Virtually every large technology goods and services provider in Australia has thrown their hat in the ring as the Northern Territory Government prepares to overhaul its ICT contracts in an $80 million whole of government purchasing initiative.
The Community and Public Sector Union said today that it has received a letter from the Australian Taxation Office which said the Office intended to cut its IT staff by 120.
Incumbent telecommunications suppliers Telstra and Optus have been put on notice as the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) plans to unleash a tender for AU$4.5 million worth of telco services and products.
Federal Communications Minister, Senator Helen Coonan, is developing a broad-ranging plan to coordinate public and private investment in next-generation broadband infrastructure.
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