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    Western Australia's Department of the Attorney-General has inked an AU$950k contract with services giant CSC for the provision of Cisco networking hardware.

  • Amcom nabs People Telecom's Perth fibre

    Western Australia-based Amcom has purchased the Perth fibre business of People Telecom, in a transaction worth some AU$6.25 million.

  • WA hails better mobile coverage

    SingTel subsidiary Optus is halfway through a state government-backed project to install some 94 mobile base stations across Western Australia.

  • Office 2007 in vogue in WA govt

    The Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority has become the second Western Australian government department in as many weeks to upgrade to Microsoft's new Office 2007 product.

  • Kentz wins $150m Gorgon telco deal

    US oil giant Chevron has awarded a $150 million contract to Irish engineering firm, Kentz, to build telecommunications infrastructure for the Gorgon gas project in Western Australia.

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    Creating and cataloguing recordings of indigenous languages is a challenging enough technology task, but the Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre had some additional barriers to overcome: creaky IT systems, a depleting base of native speakers and the ever-present threat of cyclones.

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