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    Health agency Medicare Australia has recently started trialling a call centre solution based on internet protocol (IP) telephony that allows calls to be routed to regional offices during peak periods.

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    Cisco Systems announced on Monday plans to buy an IP software start-up for US$200 million.

  • Broadband technologies vie for dominance

    Cisco says Metro Ethernet is the future of broadband. Rubbish, says Alcatel, celebrating its 20 millionth DSL line

  • NSW Commerce Dept makes connections

    The NSW Department of Commerce has awarded several contracts jointly worth more than AU$1 million as it continues a project to upgrade its extensive wide area network (WAN).

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    NEC Australia's NEXTEP DSL wholesale division will speed up the ongoing upgrade of its broadband infrastructure to the ADSL2+ standard as part of an access agreement announced today with Internet service provider People Telecom.

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    With US cellular operator Sprint Nextel and WiMax provider Clearwire suspending their partnership to build a new nationwide wireless network using WiMax, the future looks precarious for the much-hyped technology that was supposed to revolutionise the mobile Web.

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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?

  • Cisco turns 20

    When Cisco Systems unveiled its latest and greatest network router in May, it trumpeted the event as a watershed. Can the networking giant build on past success and find new ways to grow?

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    Getting broadband to everyone in Australia should be a major concern for businesses and government.

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    As the place where all legislation governing New South Wales originates, NSW Parliament has more than your basic obligations when it comes to ensuring the security of its data. But how can a small government department, with just five network staff looking after a main office and network of 94 branch offices spread across the country, ever hope to keep up?

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