Cisco Australia vice president Ross Fowler will move to the company's European operations as part of local management changes at the networking giant.
Internet service provider Dodo has in the last several weeks deployed a new call centre and enterprise communications solution utilising Internet Protocol-based (IP) telephony to two key Melbourne facilities.
From an IT management perspective, Microsoft's new relationship with networking vendor Nortel is troubling.
Brisbane-based hospital group Mater Health Services has flagged a wide-ranging upgrade of its internal network as it standardises on kit from vendor Cisco Systems.
Australian telecommunications heavyweight, Telstra, unveiled its new "Innovation Centre" in Sydney yesterday, designed to "accelerate the development of new and emerging technology solutions for customers".
Add two more Oz telecomms bloggers to the list: AAPT's regulatory affairs chieftan David Havyatt, and Optus/Cisco/everywhere veteran Laurel Papworth.
Like many reporters engaged in the shady business of covering the Australian telecommunications sector, I spent Friday, 6 October, at Telstra's mammoth eight hour investor briefing in Sydney.
It may have had its share of teething pains, but medical clinic chain Medi 7 has used its VoIP and open source Asterisk PABX rollout to improve call routing and slash thousands of dollars in telecommunications costs.
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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.
There's been a lot of talk about network convergence, the idea that data, voice and video traffic will one day travel over a single network. In this special report, we look at how Mount Erin Secondary College is tackling convergence and IP telephony goals at footy club the West Coast Eagles.
Apple's iPhone hasn't even made it onto store shelves yet, but it already faces a growing number of rivals, from Cisco to Nokia and even Prada.
Apple's iPhone hasn't even made it onto store shelves yet, but it already faces a growing number of rivals, from Cisco to Nokia and even Prada.
High-powered panelists discuss the evolution of content delivery in the age of convergence and the empowered consumer at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association's annual conference in San Francisco. Panelists include Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers, DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg, America Online CEO Jonathan Miller, Google co-founder Larry Page and Comcast CEO Brian Roberts.
If you're thinking about voice over IP, we take a look at the steps involved in getting it set up and what's on offer from four major vendors.
Intel is building new technology for connecting chips inside telecommunications and networking equipment, part of its plan to delve deeper into the communications world.
Chips in desktops and notebooks will start to go their separate ways in 2003 with the introduction of two new processor families that Intel will tout this week at its Developer Forum.
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In this exclusive video interview, Optus chief information officer Lawrie Turner speaks to ZDNet.com.au about being the IT head for Australia's number two telco.
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