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  • News Limited phases out Solaris

    Publisher News Limited has decided to cut down the number of its server operating systems from four to three, with Solaris drawing the short straw.

  • Basslink goes live; Aurora, Internode online

    The fibre-optic Basslink cable linking Tasmania to the mainland has officially gone live, with two customers, Aurora and Internode, hooked up to receive transmissions.

  • Conroy calls $250m backhaul tender

    Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has called for tenders to build the $250 million backhaul telecommunications links, which target six regional centres in all states and territories except Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory.

  • Vic system 'couldn't cope' with 000 calls

    A massive failure of the triple-zero system to handle phone calls on the day of Victoria's Black Saturday bushfires was due to the technical shortcomings among the state's emergency services, the Bushfires Royal Commission has heard.

  • ATO confirms $186.5m Optus deal

    The Australian Taxation Office today has confirmed Optus as its managed network services provider in a deal worth $186 million over four years up to $55 million less than previously indicated.

  • Australian launch for Lebara Mobile

    A new prepaid calling service offers Australians international calls from their mobiles at rates comparable to Skype.

  • Optus trialling 3G web accelerator

    Optus is considering using web accelerator technology widely across its 3G mobile network to increase the speed its customers can access websites on increasingly popular data-rich devices like the iPhone.

  • Another Optus fibre break hits Qld

    Queensland-based customers of Optus and several other telcos were suffering service outages this afternoon due to what the SingTel subsidiary suspected was a break in an optical fibre cable north of Coffs Harbour.

  • VoIP hackers strike Perth business

    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.

  • Victoria ramps up myki effort

    The Victorian Government yesterday opened a new centre where mobile salespeople dubbed "Myki Mates" will sell Victoria's troubled public transport ticketing smart card to facilitate a trial of the offering.

  • Chrome for Mac/Linux due mid-2009

    Google late last week said it hoped to release versions for Mac OS X and Linux by the first half of the year, and it released a new version Wednesday that paves the way for the most requested feature: extensions.

  • CD with 3,000 taxpayer details goes missing

    A compact disc containing taxation details of 3,122 Australian taxpayers has gone missing whilst en route to the Australian Taxation Office from its printers.

  • Alcatel-Lucent bags $10m AAPT deal

    Alcatel-Lucent has bagged a $10 million deal with AAPT to provide routing hardware and services at the network edge, the next step in AAPT's network overhaul.

  • ACMA OK's in-flight mobile plans

    The Australian Communications and Media Authority has proposed to permit the installation of in-flight mobile phone systems, which are necessary for Qantas and Virgin Blue plans to offer SMS and GPRS services on an aircraft.

  • Massive quantum network unveiled

    The world's largest quantum-encrypted network has been unveiled in Vienna, providing a glimpse of how data could be transmitted securely in the future.

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