Telstra has revealed an R&D deal with a major telecoms kit maker to improve its network.
Alcatel has announced a AU$7.5 million joint investment with the Australian government to upgrade m.Net Corporation's next-generation UMTS/WCDMA wireless network in Adelaide.
Telstra has released the details of its new fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) network plans, declaring that a commercial pilot of the system will commence in new Queensland estates around June of this year.
AAPT and Alcatel have signed a five-year AU$53 million outsourcing agreement that will see Alcatel take increased responsibility for the telco's network design and operations services.
Australian telecommunications industry veteran Mike Quigley was today left out in the cold as French networking vendor Alcatel-Lucent named a new chief executive to replace a departure in July this year.
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In this week's Twisted Wire podcast, Tasmanian NBN chair Doug Campbell talks about the roll-out of the National Broadband Network in that state, as well as its economic viability and the path ahead.
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Ray Gilbert, assistant vice president for IT enterprise collaboration at Alcatel Lucent, tells ZDNet.com editor-in-chief Dan Farber how the telecom services provider is addressing mobility needs and convergence challenges for the next generation of digital devices.
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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.
Alcatel-Lucent's optical network terminal (ONT) equipment was not considered suitable for an open access fibre deployment similar to the future NBN roll-out at a greenfield estate in Victoria, according to the project's builder.
The Alcatel One Touch 320 lacks many of the features that grace modern mobile phones, but an ultra-low price point should appeal to people who just want to talk.
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