With an election looming, regional broadband has once again found itself at the centre of a political battle -- this time, it's the Northern Territory's turn for a war of words.
Telecom New Zealand today said its Australian subsidiary AAPT had in the last six months been rocked by the loss of a number of large corporate and government contracts.
Several Victorian local councils have bought new hardware from vendor 3Com as they upgrade their telephony and data networks.
Telco AAPT picked up work at homeware specialist HomeArt and clothing manufacturer Canterbury in the three months to September 30, among other wins.
Melton Shire Council in Victoria has signed a AU$750,000 deal with Avand for content management software that will drive a three year project to overhaul workflow.
For Western Australia's DVG Automotive Group, the ability to move phone calls over a data network was just the beginning of a VoIP project that's on track to pay for itself in as little as seven months.
New technology gains legitimacy when it solves real business problems, but becomes indispensable when it offers to take that business in completely new directions. Such has been the case at Maroochy Shire Council, where a quite conventional thin-client rollout is now facilitating new ways of working for employees in the office and on the road.
For Loddon Shire Council's corporate services director, Brett Eastwood, making the move to a VoIP telephone system was a no-brainer.
If all goes to plan, Australia's fourth-largest local council will kick the paper habit once and for all. Getting to that point, however, has been less about cold turkey than about gentle weaning, says Sutherland Shire Council's Chris Fripp.
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