Singapore Telecommunications and its Australian subsidiary, Optus, have terminated an Internet peering arrangement with the Western Australian Internet Association's WAIX exchange, citing "a global network consolidation plan".
The Western Australian government has named a panel of telecommunications carriers that will compete for agency contracts for the next three years.
Protests over Telstra's new broadband deals continued as the Western Australian Internet Association (WAIA) expressed their outrage, saying Telstra has delivered a "devastating blow" to competition in the Internet industry.
Leighton subsidiary Nextgen Networks has pipped Optus for the $250 million deal to roll-out 6000 kilometres of backbone links to regional Australia.
HP-owned EDS has won the bulk of a three-year application development and maintenance outsourcing deal with Australia's number two telco, Optus.
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The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft's (AFACT) hunt for Australia's third largest internet service provider iiNet is set to resume on Monday, with all eyes on its managing director Michael Malone as he takes the stand.
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