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  • Telstra threatens vividwireless speed claims

    Within a month of the birth of Channel Seven's WiMax internet service provider, vividwireless, Telstra had welcomed it with "cease and desist" letters over its use of the term "4G".

  • Abigroup wins vividwireless base station deal

    The telecommunications arm of construction company Abigroup has won a multimillion-dollar deal to build base stations for Perth's new WiMax network vividwireless.

  • Nextgen to roll-out new backhaul pricing

    Over the coming weeks Nextgen boss Phil Sykes will be touting a new pricing regime for regional backhaul, which the telecoms industry hopes will undercut Telstra's pricing.

  • 3Com appoints new local head

    Network equipment maker 3Com has appointed Angela Hughes as its new country manager, replacing Grant Howe.

  • ACCC backtracks on Telstra ULLS pricing

    In the face of industry-wide criticism, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has reverted to its old pricing schedule and released a discussion paper on how it should value Telstra's network in the future.

  • Optus chief: Telstra split not communist

    The government's plan to split Telstra is not communist, says Optus chief Paul O'Sullivan, because Telstra is not a normal company.

  • Academic claims NSW Health censorship

    A professor at the University of Sydney who wrote a scathing essay about NSW Health's implementation of a Cerner system within emergency departments has accused the government of pressuring his institution to take the essay down, which it did, if only temporarily.

  • Alcatel-Lucent hires Conroy staffer

    Outgoing media advisor to Minister of Communications Stephen Conroy, Tim Marshall, will be taking up a role with NBN Co chief Mike Quigley's former employer, Alcatel-Lucent.

  • IBM scores $62.9m Medicare deal

    Medicare has decided to pay IBM $62.9 million for the extension of an information technology services and support contract while its parent agency, Human Services, reviews its technology strategy.

  • AUSTRAC finds PayPal deficient

    PayPal has promised the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) to improve its act on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing.

  • iPhone virus adds botnet powers

    In a similar fashion to the relatively benign ikee virus that was recently released, another iPhone virus is targeting jailbroken Australian devices and builds botnet functionality into it, according to computer security firm, Sophos.

  • TechnologyOne execs see pay freeze

    TechnologyOne has decided not to increase the pay packets of its executives and directors this year on the back of its 2009 results released today.

  • Aussies flock to SAP Business Suite 7

    Forty per cent of SAP's Australian and New Zealand customer base has already chosen to migrate to the company's new platform, Business Suite 7, since it was made available earlier this year.

  • Optus upgrades HFC too

    Optus has finally put an end to speculation on whether it will follow Telstra's upgrade of its hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) network, announcing that it has already started work on its cable in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

  • NSW Education inks $280m Telstra deal

    NSW Minister for Education, Verity Firth, today said that the government had signed on Telstra to bring fast broadband to over 1.2 million students.

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