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  • Broadband snarled in political wrangle

    Federal Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Daryl Williams has hit back at the Victorian ICT Minister for criticising the coalition government's contribution to regional broadband access

  • AU government opens regional broadband fund

    The federal government has invited expressions of interest in securing a slice of the AU$23.7 million in funding made available to boost broadband access in regional Australia.

  • BigPond class action campaigner claims good response

    A man who has asked people to register interest in joining a class action against Telstra over BigPond's e-mail and other service difficulties has claimed a "significant" response to his call.

  • Alston identifies successor's 'biggest challenge'

    The former federal Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Senator Richard Alston, has labeled the greatest challenge for his successor as securing the next round of funding for the multi-billion dollar Backing Australia's Ability program.

  • Thanks for the memories, Senator

    Federal Communications, IT and the Arts Minister Senator Richard Alston suffered a double-blow this week--Collingwood's premiership loss and his "sudden" departure from federal politics. Will his replacement Daryl Williams have better luck?

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    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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  • Face off: Lundy vs. Williams

    Communications minister Daryl Williams and his political foe Kate Lundy debate on a wide range of issues, including three most pressing problems facing Australia's ICT industry.

  • Melbourne wins Ericsson global IP centre

    Ericsson Australia today opened a AU$4 million global IP centre in Melbourne with plans to employ 60 staff.

  • MIT's open communications campaigner

    Andrew Lippman thinks communities will be key to the future of communications tech.

  • Experts: No end to data overload

    Is our ability to manage information keeping pace with the growing reams of stuff we're being bombarded with?

  • Are Mac users smarter?

    A new study compares Mac-using Web surfers with their PC-wielding counterparts. If you're reading this on Windows, feel free to take your time on the big words

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