Optus chief Paul O'Sullivan received a total pay package of $2.1 million in the year to 31 March 2009, the company's annual report released today has revealed.
Telstra, Optus, Microsoft, Deloitte and Macquarie Telecom donated thousands of dollars to NSW political parties in the second half of 2008, the state's Election Funding Authority has revealed.
National broadband network consortium Terria said today that AAPT's withdrawal from the group would not affect its ability to hand in a bid on 26 November.
Optus believes that Communications Minister Stephen Conroy's decision to scrap plans for an AU$1 billion WiMax network, set to be built by Optus-Elders (OPEL), was "flawed" and the telco has left the door open for legal action.
It's not at all quiet on the fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) network front, as telcos lodge their submissions on regulatory issues for the AU$4.7 billion national broadband network (NBN) and the Liberal party throws a spanner in the works by starting an inquiry into the government's handling of the network tender.
Virtually everyone in the telecommunications industry has their say in the Senate Standing Committee's public hearing into the pending legislation to split up Telstra, in this week's Twisted Wire podcast.
If there's one indication that customer relationship management (CRM) systems at telcos are screwed up it's got to be the phenomenon of the 'zero dollar' bill.
Hillary Clinton's nine lives are not yet depleted and, despite allegations that her stubborn refusal to concede defeat earlier has fragmented her party, she fought her battle to the very end. By placing bets several ways, that battle may just turn into gold for her down the track. Has Optus taken a leaf out of Hillary's book?
Say what you will about Senator Stephen Conroy, but he is clearly not a man afraid of confrontation. Well, he'd better not be, because by killing off the OPEL WiMax project he has just set himself up for a battle with Telstra of Biblical proportions or a big meal of crow washed down with a $4.7 billion gift to SingTel Optus.
Keen news readers would have heard about the strong earthquake that rocked south-western Greece on Sunday. Fewer may have realised that the quake was not so much an act of God, as an act of Jobs.
In the everlasting war to win your dollar, Optus has again recalculated its capped contract plans, calling these new plans Monster Caps. But as with the announcement of its prepaid broadband plans late in 2008, the devil is in the details, or monster as the case may be.
Optus CEO Paul O'Sullivan had it right when he said that the new National Broadband Network would be a commercial failure unless there was only one network that included Telstra's fixed-line assets.
Get an insider's look at the recent history and potential imminent future of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group's technology operation in the third of our Changing of the guards series examining generational change in the nation's big four banks.
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Optus and its parent company SingTel have signed a two-year multimillion-dollar deal to provide a virtual private network to multinational insurance firm Marsh.
For the beige retail PC industry, there is a dark side to the idea of a PC as a whitegoods purchase.
For its target market -- budget users and those who don't want bells and whistles -- the MOTOFONE is an excellent phone option. Those who require more pizzazz will quickly grow irked at its shortcomings, however.
The Samsung SGH-V200 has the stylish appearance typical of Samsung mobiles, with a great screen that the handset maker intends to put in all its phones.
The broadband business -- plans, peaks, and penalties -- can be confusing to say the least. We line up some of Australia's best.
The Internet is in the process of taking over our lives, so if you aren't connected, maybe it is time you were.
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