Telstra has welcomed the re-election of the federal coalition due to its policy supporting the full privatisation of the carrier, with chief executive officer Ziggy Switkowski saying the board and management would like to "congratulate the government on their stunning victory".
A necessary evil or one that must be stopped--the debate over offshore outsourcing is hotting up and a conclusion could be near, but what is the right answer?
Telstra has revealed that it will be offshoring a substantial portion of its bill support contact centre operation to the Philippines.
Acquisitions and mergers by the industry's US powerbrokers continued at pace throughout 2006, but locally, offshoring and fibre-optic broadband networks provided the biggest talking points.
The office of the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts has backed Telstra's decision to use offshore software developers.
The mobile market in India, I recently learned, is racing towards 300 million -- and doing so at a rate of 8.77 million new subscribers per month, according to the latest government figures.
The office of the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts has backed Telstra's decision to use offshore software developers.
Is this a marriage made in heaven? The federal government and shareholders at Australia's largest carrier certainly hope so.
Claims that Australia suffers from an ICT skills shortage is simply unfounded but the lack of support from the government and industry associations to counter these assertions has left workers in the lurch.
The latest Oracle ruling is just another indication that consolidation, mergers and acquisitions are part and parcel of the business landscape. The underlying issue for customers is this: who controls the destiny of their software?
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