The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) draft decision to price wholesale ADSL in Australia based on the cost that Telstra has estimated it incurs to offer the service to retailers, has been labelled as disappointing by iiNet. Wholesale ADSL is generally used by telcos in areas where Telstra’s retail competitors, such as iiNet, […]

  No, the PC industry isn’t vanishing anytime soon. But it has reached a level of maturity where year-over-year growth in sales has stalled, and most new purchases are replacements. Devices that we traditionally think of as PCs – towers, all-in-ones, and clamshell-style laptops with a keyboard and pointing device – are still selling by […]

  Imagine that you are inside your favorite mobile phone retail store. The air conditioning blows cool on the back of your neck; you tap your foot to the Foster the People tune playing softly on the loudspeaker. In your left hand, you hold the smartphone you’ve been eyeing for months — you know, the […]