Ericsson Australia has confirmed it let go of around 10 staff last week, but the industry is abuzz with speculation that hundreds more may follow as its biggest customer, Telstra, announced a $1 billion cut back in capital expenditure for the coming financial year.
Executive chairman and chief executive of NBN Co Limited Mike Quigley will receive $1.95 million a year for his efforts.
Telstra's $1.5 billion Alcatel-Lucent-led core network upgrade is 90 per cent complete, according to the telco's general managing director of networks and services, Michael Rocca.
Come September, some customers of Australian Capital Territory internet service provider TransACT will be able to select a 100Mbps download and 20Mbps upload broadband service.
Long-time Alcatel-Lucent veteran Mike Quigley has been appointed executive chairman of the National Broadband Network Company and is expected to eventually be its chief executive officer and managing director.
Calendar year 2008 was a good one for Alcatel-Lucent: the company's Australian revenues grew $43 million to reach a total of $861 million.
Victorian Premier John Brumby yesterday announced the creation of a new broadband-focused institute at the University of Melbourne, labelling it another reason why the headquarters of the planned National Broadband Network company should be in his state.
Global tech giants IBM, NEC and Alcatel-Lucent have denied reports they were planning to pay $5,000 per seat to attend a fundraising dinner this Thursday hosted by Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett and attended by Communications Minister Stephen Conroy.
Australian technology and telecommunications companies are making more use of lobbyists to gain influence in Canberra, the Federal Government's lobbyist register has revealed.
Unwired CEO David Spence today side-stepped a query on whether the company's vaunted WiMax network build would begin before the end of the year.
A WiMax trial Energy Australia has been running with Alcatel-Lucent in the Newcastle region has come up trumps, with early results being much better than expected.
Alcatel-Lucent isn't looking for work with other proponents of the government's $4.7 billion National Broadband Network, despite its partner Telstra being thrown out of the process, according to new Australian managing director Andrew Butterworth.
A hacker recently obtained unauthorised access to the IP telephony (VoIP) system of a Perth business, making 11,000 calls costing over $120,000, according to the Western Australian police.
Nortel Networks, once a high-flying telecommunications equipment maker, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection overnight.
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