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• TPG: Don't worry, we're just like Optus

  A spokesperson for Pipe Networks' potential new parent, SP Telemedia, has pointed to Optus as a prime example of how it can successfully operate a wholesale and retail telco.

• Industry laments loss of Pipe Networks

  Pipe Networks' chief, Bevan Slattery, may have found his "cash-out" door from the company that helped internet service providers snub Telstra, but many of those customers are not happy that a direct competitor could now control it.

• ANZ dishes out free Wi-Fi

  Australia and New Zealand Banking Group has begun to offer free Wi-Fi wireless internet access in over 100 locations across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, in an act of generosity to last the next few months.

• Pipe's Guam cable carries first packets

  Last month, Pipe Network's PPC-1 cable from Sydney to Guam carried its first light. This time, tests run with early customer, Internode, has seen the cable carry its first data packets.

• Aussie-backed Xumii gets acquired

  Mobile technology specialist Myriad Group has acquired Xumii, a mobile social networking and instant messaging start-up with its roots in Australia that also operates in the United States.

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  Aussie start-up Liaise wows Demo

  Two entrepreneurs flying the flag for Australia at the prestigious DemoFall 09 showcase in Silicon Valley last week made their presence known in the best possible way: by beating 70 other attendees to be named the best enterprise product.

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  Defend copyright: Take NZ off the internet

  We're not thinking outside the box enough on the problem of copyright criminality. I would like to propose a solution to that.

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  Australia snares Silicon Valley wireless start-up

  Silicon Valley-based wireless technology start-up Quantenna Communications is planning to open a 30 to 50-person research facility in Australia following an injection of venture capital by the Australian-US fund Southern Cross Venture Partners.

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  Has Telstra Sol-d out?

  This may be one of the few times I find myself in agreement with John Howard -- the recent announcement that Telstra's CEO, Sol Trujillo, will now find his pay packet bloated to some AU$12 million seems a little like overkill.

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  The perils of technology planning

  The in-between setup at Melbourne's Southern Cross station provides an example of how the best-laid IT plans can be disrupted by external factors.

Features and Case Studies (2)

• AAPT unlikely to be sold

  Australia's third-largest telecommunications company, AAPT, has been left at the altar so many times that there is understandable scepticism that it will tie the knot in 2009.

• Have (IT) certs will travel?

  Is certification better than experience? Here's what industry analysts and IT professionals have to say, including issues with MCSE.

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