The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) is proposing to monitor and report on provision of telecommunications services to remote Indigenous communities.
Telstra has sealed a multi-million dollar contract with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), with the national broadcaster deciding to award its fixed and mobile services to the telecommunications provider.
Telecommunications hardware supplier Commander Communications has continued its move into the telecommunications services market with the AU$59.9 million purchase of RSL COM.
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The Shadow Treasurer claims the focus on telecommunication services in the bush is a smokescreen by the government to avoid the real issue - splitting Telstra.
We've all experienced that irritating feeling upon walking into a nearly empty restaurant, only to see little 'reserved' signs on the empty tables, and to be told by the matre d' that no tables are available even as other people enter and are escorted to their tables.
If someone gave you AU$93.5 million to spend, would you forget it? I wouldn't either. But this is exactly what seems to have happened in the aftermath of the 2007/8 federal budget, which was widely lambasted by many observers -- including yours truly -- for its lack of funding for meaningful ICT related initiatives.
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A while back, frustration with my inability to get online outside of the office drove me to invest in a 3G data service from Hutchinson's 3. For $30 per month, I get 2GB of data that's accessible pretty much anywhere I go (I do all my work in metropolitan areas).
After we published a list of the funniest and most biting public comments by Telstra's bombastic public policy chief Phil Burgess last week, a number of ZDNet.com.au readers wrote in suggesting more.
It may have had its share of teething pains, but medical clinic chain Medi 7 has used its VoIP and open source Asterisk PABX rollout to improve call routing and slash thousands of dollars in telecommunications costs.
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There's been a lot of talk about network convergence, the idea that data, voice and video traffic will one day travel over a single network. In this special report, we look at how Mount Erin Secondary College is tackling convergence and IP telephony goals at footy club the West Coast Eagles.
For Loddon Shire Council's corporate services director, Brett Eastwood, making the move to a VoIP telephone system was a no-brainer.
Telstra has unveiled an upgrade to its Next G mobile high-speed data network that it claims has delivered download speeds of up to 2.3Mbps at a range of 200km.
Australia's mobile telecommunications market grew by more than 12 per cent in 2002/03, driven by a continuing surge in pre-paid services.
Telstra Country Wide has announced a AU$231 million investment in 2003/04 to improve services to regional areas.
The Australian Communications Authority is looking at extending premium rate number services and allowing individuals to send and receive voice and data messages using non-mobile numbers, according to a discussion paper released yesterday.
Have third-generation services failed the wireless industry? So thinks Marty Cooper, the man who's credited with inventing the cell phone.
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