The number of Australian mobile phone users will grow to 19.2 million this year, according to an industry analyst.

One out of five Australian households will have a home network by 2009, analyst IDC has predicted.

The Australian PC market grew 9.6 percent in the first calendar quarter compared to the final quarter of 2003, driven by strong notebook sales, according to figures released by IDC.

Short messaging service (SMS), multimedia messaging service (MMS) and wireless IP data and content will drive a growth in Australian mobile phone users by 2007, according to research firm IDC.

The 'thin client' computing market grew by almost 50 percent in Australia last year due to reduced costs and increased security, said industry analyst IDC.

Value-added resellers have emerged as the preferred choice of channel for Australian business customers seeking to purchase single-function printers.

Latest IDC figures have tipped wireless broadband use to grow five times faster than the total broadband market, exploding from 25,000 users to 287,000 users by 2008.

Resellers have cautiously welcomed the Coalition's ICT policy ahead of the polls, citing relief of public indemnity requirements as a big boon for channel players reliant on government contracts.

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Toshiba’s resident portable computer visionary speaks about hardware design, Vista, and the future of notebook tech.

Electronics giant Samsung has unveiled an ambitious next day replacement service on several of its PC monitors in a move that was initiated by its Australian subsidiary.

Lenovo is set to inherit IBM’s PC business partners in its US$1.75 billion purchase of a major share in IBM’s Personal Computing Division (PCD) – a deal that has made the Chinese vendor the world’s third-largest PC business.

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Australians are increasingly opting for broadband, with one in three internet users predicted to have broadband connections by the end of the year.

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Sydney service provider Multiemedia has launched VoIP over satellite broadband for customers in Australia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, parts of New Zealand and eventually even further afield.