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  • UPDATE: AU government to ban spam

    The federal government intends to introduce legislation that will ban unsolicited commercial e-mail, the Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Senator Richard Alston announced today.

  • Alston slams ACS unemployment report

    The federal government has savaged an Australian Computer Society survey which alleges employment in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector stands at 11.9 percent as "blatant grandstanding".

  • Alston returns from Mid-east road trip

    Several countries in the Middle East are looking to Australia's IT sector to fulfil a range of projects.

  • CeNTIE high-speed network launched

    A 10 Gbps fibre-optic connection between Perth and Sydney designed to foster research and development was officially launched today, halfway through a three year program intended to connect as great a number of Australian research centres as possible.

  • SME spend: opening the funds door

    How can small-to-medium businesses in Australia get a bigger piece of the Government spending pie?

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  • UPDATE: AU government to ban spam

    The federal government intends to introduce legislation that will ban unsolicited commercial e-mail, the Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Senator Richard Alston announced today.

  • SME spend: opening the funds door

    How can small-to-medium businesses in Australia get a bigger piece of the Government spending pie?

  • Alston's ICT initiatives for 2003

    The Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Senator Richard Alston, outlines the Federal Government's ICT initiatives for 2003.

  • How to fix Australia's telco policy conundrum

    Ovum's David Kennedy says Australia can have a world-leading telecommunications regime if it wants one.

  • Defining the deficit

    Australia has a $14 billion trade deficit in ICT products and services, but is it something we need to worry about?

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  • Government bans mobile phone ID change

    The Federal Government has announced it will make it illegal to change a mobile phone's unique IMEI number in a move to strengthen attempts to end rampant mobile theft.

  • UPDATE: Qld government muscles carriers into better coverage

    The Queensland government has used its buying power to increase mobile coverage within the state, after it "got tired of waiting for the federal government to do something".

  • Telstra pledges better bush telecommunications

    Telstra Country Wide has announced a AU$231 million investment in 2003/04 to improve services to regional areas.

  • What next for the Internet?

    Despite showing occasional signs of strain, the Internet has become an integral part of all kinds of business and consumer technologies. How will it change in the years ahead to meet with new demands? We identify some key areas to watch out for.

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