Top executives at Telstra and vendor partners Ericsson and Alcatel came under fire this morning from an unlikely source: a rogue sprinker system at the telco's annual investor briefing.
The telco's move to reduce its internal technology platforms was around 15 percent complete, nearly one year after its transformation strategy was first announced.
Telstra has a "substantial" footprint of next-generation ADSL2+ technology in its telephone exchanges, but remains unwilling to offer the upgraded broadband service to customers, the telco said yesterday.
The local arm of mining machinery group Joy Global is close to completing a corporate telephony refresh, a move taking place in the context of a wider international push to consolidate the group's ICT resources.
Telstra cut around 1,000 full-time staff positions in the six months from June 30 last year and has commenced the network buildouts it announced in November.
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May fever has hit New Zealand's mobile carriers. Telecom New Zealand and Vodafone both have big initiatives under way ... and is that three? NZ Communications (formerly Econet) kicks off a third competitive network to give the big guns nightmares.
Last week I gained first hand insight into how one of the up and comers in networking is putting price pressure on heavyweights like Cisco, Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent.
There's a certain ridiculousness to Alcatel-Lucent's National Broadband Network video production that goes to the heart of an obvious worry that it will ultimately be left out when the cheques are signed.
Mike Quigley and Doug Campbell's long-standing relationships with Telstra and few of its rivals will lead Australia's telecommunications industry to question privately whether Telstra will receive a phenomenal level of access to the NBN decision-making processes.
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Today's broadband could be relegated to slowcoach status as next-generation chips get ready to rumble - but only for townies.
Technology is allowing workers to stay in contact no matter where they are. How do you choose the right combination of hardware, software, data transport, and voice transport, then secure the whole lot and make sure your organisation is set up to take advantage?
Ericcson has unveiled what it believes are the first enhanced messaging service compliant mobile phones released in Australia - the T29 and T20e.
Ericsson's hook for the T68 is the splendour of a mobile screen capable of 256 colours. Is that enough to justify its price tag?
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