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  • IBM finishes $22m Qld toll system

    IBM today said it had finished its deployment of a toll and traffic management system for Queensland's road authority.

  • Telstra launches new blogging site

    Putting the troubled history of its nowwearetalking website behind it, Telstra has re-launched its efforts to communicate with customers and stakeholders online, focused on a new blogging site dubbed "Telstra Exchange".

  • Investors revolt against Telstra separation

    A group of eight investment firms have reportedly sent a letter to Telstra's chairman calling for the rejection of its separation proposed by the government; however, a source from one of the eight signatories claims the letter is still in draft form.

  • Telstra kills nowwearetalking site

    Telstra has confirmed it closed the shutters on its nowwearetalking.com.au website, which at times has been used as a mouthpiece to promote its telecommunications sector regulatory ambitions.

  • Anxious days ahead as VHA cuts

    Tough decisions and a period of high anxiety lies ahead for Australia's third-largest mobile telco VHA as it determines which suppliers and staff to cut in the coming weeks.

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  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

    Can the Telco Reform Act be win-win?

    In the second of our two programs looking at the Senate Inquiry into the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill, we hear from shareholders, bureaucrats and industry groups.

  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

    Do we need the legislative blackmail?

    Virtually everyone in the telecommunications industry has their say in the Senate Standing Committee's public hearing into the pending legislation to split up Telstra, in this week's Twisted Wire podcast.

  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

    WiMax in Australia: Part two

    WiMax could be the standard that drives the next phase of mobile broadband, it provides an opportunity for players wanting to establish a pure IP network to carry voice and data effectively but is this what operators want?

  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

    The economics of the NBN

    In this edition of Twisted Wire, Senator Nick Minchin, Maha Krishnapillai and Ian Birks discuss with Phil Dobbie the economic viability of the new National Broadband Network.

  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

    NBN tackling the questions

    Hot on the heals of the release of a new Communications Alliance discussion paper, Phil Dobbie spoke to four industry players to tackle some of the fundamental questions that the industry, and hopefully the government, are asking.

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  • Framed for child porn - by a PC virus

    Of all the sinister things that internet viruses do, this might be the worst: they can make people an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.

  • Sue Trujillo

    The story of how Telstra lost its network is one of hubris and bungling, of misreading the play in Australia by men from the US who thought they knew everything already. Shareholders should never forget this.

  • Telstra should plan for separation

    If Telstra is serious about engaging with the Federal Government over the National Broadband Network it should immediately start the work needed to break itself in two.

  • Victorian greenfield bars Alcatel-Lucent

    Alcatel-Lucent's optical network terminal (ONT) equipment was not considered suitable for an open access fibre deployment similar to the future NBN roll-out at a greenfield estate in Victoria, according to the project's builder.

  • Mike Quigley: The background check

    Father, brother, cancer survivor, highly intelligent engineer and leader of the "Australian mafia" group of executives who battled their way to the top of global telco supplier Alcatel-Lucent. We present Mike Quigley, executive chairman of the National Broadband Network Company.

Reviews (15)

  • FAQ: Will your Intel-based Mac run Windows?

    Since Mac and Windows OSes now run on Intel-based hardware, shouldn't it be easy to run both on the same computer?

  • Voice over IP + wireless LAN = ?

    It seemed to be an obvious recipe: take two popular emerging technologies and stir vigorously. But the end result isn't to everyone's taste.

  • Spend it like Beckham

    When David Beckham departs for Spain, he'll naturally want to know the score back home, with the help of the latest technology. He won't be short of a bob or two, so here's the tackle we reckon Becks should have on his shopping list.

  • HP labs eye casual photo wear

    Researchers in England explore an always-on, wearable camera that could capture images automatically.

  • Banking on broadband

    Thousands of SMEs are expected to move to DSL broadband by the end of the year. ZDNet Australia examines the industry and shows how to navigate this competitive and confusing market.

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