The Western Australian state government today invited private sector groups to register their interest in building its planned AU$1 billion statewide broadband network (SBN).
ASX-listed ISP iiNet is to buy fellow West Australian service provider Westnet for AU$81 million in cash.
The government has handed out over AU$9 million in two separate grants to bush schools and emergency services in Western Australia.
Customers of Optus and iiNet, along with users of TPG and Internode, have a much faster Internet connection than their Telstra-using counterparts, according to results generated by ZDNet Australia's Broadband Speedtest.
Medical information will soon be shooting across Western Australia's regional expanses, with the development of a new AU$21.3 million medical communications network which will cover 2.55 million square kilometres and reach 454,000 people.
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