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    Nortel Networks has taken the axe to 3500 jobs but it remains unknown how many heads will be swiped by the hatchet at the company's local operations.

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    Networking equipment supplier Nortel's Australian operations are expected to escape the global job cuts flagged overnight, according to Australia and New Zealand president Mark Stevens.

  • University removes outer firewall to improve security

    Sydney's Macquarie University recently spent AU$1 million upgrading its network security and found the best solution was to remove the perimeter firewall.

  • Nortel shuts Photonics plant in Australia

    As part of a global axing spree of 3,000 jobs, Nortel Networks has shut the doors on its optical component solutions unit in Australia.

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    The consortium of Telstra's rivals known as Terria has started looking for companies to supply the products and services required to help build the federal government's $4.7 billion national broadband network.

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    How can you tell if your business is ready for Voice over IP? Also, who are the leading IP handset providers and systems integrators in Australia?

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    There's been a lot of talk about network convergence, the idea that data, voice and video traffic will one day travel over a single network. In this special report, we look at how Mount Erin Secondary College is tackling convergence and IP telephony goals at footy club the West Coast Eagles.

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