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		<title><![CDATA[20% of Australian phone users ready to cut the cord]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=10259]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[20% of Australian phone users intend to cut the cord, according to Vodafone Australia, as reported by TeleGeography. 40% of respondents used their mobile phone as their main point of contact, whilst 22% said they would get rid of their landline and use only a mobile if they moved house.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2006 00:10:01 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Australian printer market up 16% in Q2 2005]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=9096]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian printer market grew 16% in Q2 2005 compared to Q1 2005 results and 11% YTY,  IDC says. Laser printer shipments were up 29% over Q2 2004, inkjets up 6%. Multi-function devices grew 26% over 2004. Laser MFP shipments were up 38% over Q2 2004.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2005 00:10:01 -0700</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/q2+2004.html"><![CDATA[Q2 2004]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/australian.html"><![CDATA[AUSTRALIAN]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[50% of Australian kids have a cell phone]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=8646]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[50% of Australian children now own a mobile phone, which they use for a wide array of services beyond calls and SMS, according to Nielsen//NetRatings. There was an explosion in the use of camera phones,  particularly among children and teenagers in metro areas of Australia, from 2% in 2003...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2005 07:10:01 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[66% of Australian parents say their kids are more Internet-savvy]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=8650]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[66% of Australian parents believe their children to be more Internet and technology savvy than they are themselves, according to Nielsen//NetRatings. One of the most significant developments on the Australian Internet access market in the past two years was the massive leap in home broadband uptake, and this enticed daily...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2005 07:10:01 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Australian kids on average spend 6.2 hours a week online]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=8521]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[When asked which media they could not live without, almost 33% of Australian kids aged between 6-17 years stated that they could not live without television, 20% of kids would not want to miss music in their lives. One in every 6th child in Australia considers the Internet to be...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:10:01 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/australian.html"><![CDATA[AUSTRALIAN]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Australian monitor market up 3% in Q1 2005]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=8089]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian total PC monitor market grew 3% QTQ and declined 2% YTY in Q1 2005, IDC says. The top five vendors on Australian monitor market were LG Electronics (18.0%), Samsung (15.5%), BenQ (14.5%), Acer (11.1%), Philips (10.2%) and others (30.7%).]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2005 00:10:01 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[2-3% of Australian households have cut landlines]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=1219]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian landline costs have risen about 40% since 2001 while mobile phone costs have been falling. Fixed-line rental costs about $30 a month in Australia. Nearly a third of telephone calls made from homes are already on mobiles. 10-15% of European households no longer have landlines as a result of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2005 03:03:04 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/australian.html"><![CDATA[AUSTRALIAN]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Australian handheld market OS shares: Symbian - 44.2%, Microsoft - 36.1%, Palm - 10.6%]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=685]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian smart handheld market grew strongly in Q4 2004, according to IDC. Converged devices accounted for 68.6% of the smart handheld market, achieving 42.7% growth from Q3 2004, while the pen-based device market grew 28.8%. Symbian continued to be the most popular OS with 44.2% of the market. This was...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2005 17:25:07 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/handheld.html"><![CDATA[handheld]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/australian.html"><![CDATA[AUSTRALIAN]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/palmone+inc..html"><![CDATA[palmOne Inc.]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Australian handheld market OS shares: Symbian - 44.2%, Microsoft - 36.1%, Palm - 10.6%]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=7335]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian smart handheld market grew strongly in Q4 2004, according to IDC. Converged devices accounted for 68.6% of the smart handheld market, achieving 42.7% growth from Q3 2004, while the pen-based device market grew 28.8%. Symbian continued to be the most popular OS with 44.2% of the market. This was...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2005 17:11:25 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/australian.html"><![CDATA[AUSTRALIAN]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/palmone+inc..html"><![CDATA[palmOne Inc.]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Australian thin client market will grow 28% in 2004]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=6165]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian thin client device market is expected to grow by 28% for 2004 relative to 2003, slowing from the 48% growth figure for 2003 YTY, according to IDC. Wyse continued to dominate the local market with 64.6% share of the total thin client market in 2003 while HP was able...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2004 17:24:26 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[By 2007 more than half of Australian businesses will be using VOIP]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=6065]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[IDC found that 14.3% of medium to large Australian organisations already have an IP telephony system deployed, with another 47% planning to implement one in the next three years. Cisco and Telstra have the biggest mindshare as equipment vendors, according to the survey, with 86% and 38% respectively.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2004 17:06:23 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/australian.html"><![CDATA[AUSTRALIAN]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Australian LCD market leaders: LG, Samsung, Philips]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=5805]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In Q1 2004 Australian LCD market experienced a record growth of 20.7% in unit shipments. LCD was the leader with 17.7% market share, followed by Samsung (16.4%) and Philips (11.9%). 53% of all the PCs shipped in Australia sell with an LCD. Among the branded PCs the ratio is even...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2004 17:36:38 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/australian.html"><![CDATA[AUSTRALIAN]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Average Australian broadband bill for business is $3500/month]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=5668]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Average enterprise broadband spending has decreased significantly in the last 12 months and Australian businesses are spending more on IP services this year, compared to 2003, according to an IDC report. The study Australian Broadband and IP services Usage and Preferences 2004 found that on average, surveyed companies were now...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:26:04 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/broadband.html"><![CDATA[broadband]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[IP VPN to grow in Australia]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=4982]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Australian IP VPN market is predicted to reach $855 mil by 2007, according to research from market analyst IDC. The analyst's ‘Australian IP VPN Services and Equipment Forecast and Analysis, 2002-2007' found that the total IP VPN market is expected to grow by at least $100 mil every year...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2003 16:40:46 -0800</pubDate>
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