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The federal department responsible for regulating telecommunications in Australia has chosen local integrator BTAS to implement a new Alcatel-based Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony system throughout its operations.
The ACT government is in the midst of transferring 12,000 employees from Telstra fixed lines to a voice over Internet protocol service provided by Canberra-based carrier TransACT.
The federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has flagged plans to migrate to an Internet Protocol-based (IP) telephony system, keeping its options open on a full unified communications move.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is slowly converging its voice and data networks under the guidance of its new chief information officer, with some staff already using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony and a further pilot planned for the organisation's Queensland office.
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