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Woolworths Launches Its Own Mobile Network

9:30AM Nick Broughall | Remember back in February when we told you Woolies was planning on launching a MVNO off the back of Optus’ GSM network? Well, it launches today. More »
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Lebara MVNO Network Offers Cheap International Mobile Calls

9:12AM Nick Broughall | Do you make a lot of international calls? Do you find the current mobile networks a little – shall we say – expensive? Then the Australian launch yesterday of European phone company Lebara Mobile in Australia will be welcome news, considering their international rates start at just 5c per minute. More »
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Get Ready For A Woolworths ‘Fresh Food’ Mobile Phone Network

1:18PM Nick Broughall | In today’s Australian IT, among the regular doom and gloom that the current global financial situation is forcing journalists to write about, was news that Woolworths are planning on launching an MVNO off the back of Optus’ mobile network. Much like the current arrangement between Crazy Johns and Vodafone (or Virgin Mobile and Optus, even), the Woolies network would use Optus’ infrastructure, while they look after the customer relationships and billing side of things themselves. More »
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Apple Virtual Operator Patent Opens Way to Free Carrier Selection

11:10PM Jesus Diaz | Remember the rumours about Apple becoming a Mobile Virtual Network Operator, which were constantly buzzing before the announcement of their exclusive deal with the Death Star? Well, the usual USPTO archeologists have discovered a patent showing their system to dynamically select carriers using an iTunes MVNO ID: More »