Australia's second largest telecommunications company has played down the promise of third-generation (3G) mobile services ahead of Hutchison's launch of its AU$3 billion network in coming months.
Without more investment in high-speed fibre broadband, Australia's competitiveness will suffer, according to academic Internet service provider Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet).
Media company Seven's plan to acquire WiMax spectrum-holders Unwired appears to have been a success, with Seven's various holding companies now holding over 50 percent of Unwired shares.
Broadcaster Seven Network has made an off-market cash bid of up to AU$127 million to acquire Unwired in a move designed to guarantee access to a national wireless network.
Business-focused telco Pacific Internet has retained the business of around 90 general practitioners (GPs) as part of the government's subsidised AU$35 million Broadband for Health (BFH) program.
With all the excitement over the iPhone, few people have noticed that 1 July was the 11th anniversary of the deregulation of Australia's telecommunications market.
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CeBIT Australia, one of the region's leading ICT tradeshows for the business marketplace, is back again.
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