Hackers took over the Nortel-based PABX system of software vendor Legrand Software this week, ringing up to AU$1,800 of calls to Algeria in one night.
Optus last week acknowledged it had evaluated a platform that claims to use the processing power of "smart" phone handsets to deploy and run applications more effectively than browser-based alternatives.
Telecommunications companies' overall performance in the third quarter of 2004 either remained steady or improved, according to the Australian Communications Authority's latest performance bulletin.
The Australian Communications Authority has reported that telecommunications carriers showed an overall improvement in fault repairs during the June quarter of this year.
The federal government has sought to claim credit for a rise in telecommunications performance during the December 2003 quarter, claiming the performance shows its industry measures "are working effectively".
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