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    Telstra's battle with the unions is heating up as a second union has called on its 1000 members to strike over the telco's alleged anti-union wage strategy.

  • Telstra strike to start Saturday

    Telstra's strike will start this weekend, with unionised workers refusing to work overtime, recalls and call backs.

  • Telstra, unions agree on bargaining principles

    Telstra chief David Thodey has signed an agreement with the telco's key unions outlining the principles that will guide negotiations over its new enterprise agreement.

  • Telstra freezes executive pay

    Telstra will freeze the remuneration of its executive-level staff at current levels as the result of its regular annual salary review.

  • ANZ spends $10m to offset offshoring

    The Australia and New Zealand Banking group has committed money to re-skill its employees affected by offshoring jobs to the technology and operations centre in Bangalore, India.

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  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    NBN needs workers on board

    Without consensus on labour issues, the eventual winner of the NBN may end up as little more than a lame duck and a cashed-up symbol of the conflict between the desire for progress and the lack of mechanisms to deliver it.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Telstra's 100Mbps: The great PSTN robbery

    Many Australians are drooling at the prospect of 100Mbps broadband, but Trujillo seems to have a bigger endgame in mind. As Telstra poaches customers from the PSTN and NBN, he'll leave more poison pills than we've seen since Phar Lap.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Weighing the odds for the new Sol

    Telstra changed so much internally under Sol Trujillo's watch that it seems likely the company's next CEO will be drawn from a small pool of executives who are already well practised in the Way of Sol.

  • Robbing Joe the Shearer to pay Paul

    Joe the Shearer can wait. Telstra is clearly going to roll out its NBN in capital cities first, where the most customers live and, despite Telstra's assertions, many residents already have access to decent broadband.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    NBN tender turns into bloodsport

    Fair is not what the National Broadband Network tender is about; it's bloodsport, and a fight for survival, and a challenge of the wills, and all the other sorts of superlatives you might expect from an Olympics announcer.

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    Hewlett-Packard's contemptuous termination of the 47-year-old EDS brand in a five-paragraph statement filled with marketing hogwash today is a colossal mistake and one the company will live to regret.

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    As Microsoft unveils the next version of its flagship Office suite, we ask: is it revolution or evolution?

  • Telstra's AGM: A day to remember

    This morning, Telstra executives are limbering up behind the scenes as they get ready for their big yearly showing to shareholders at the annual general meeting.

  • Telco 2008: A year in review

    2008 was a cracker year for telco in Australia, with so many huge events happening that those at the beginning of the year have been drowned by the importance of those at the end.

  • Real-life internet scammers dissected

    Listen to audio recordings of conversations with real-life internet scammers in this guide to their history and recent activities.

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  • The holy hype around 3G

    Have third-generation services failed the wireless industry? So thinks Marty Cooper, the man who's credited with inventing the cell phone.

  • Japan gets to work on 4G comms

    Japan is the home of hi-tech, but unfortunately most if it is incompatible with international standards. But things are changing, starting with 4G mobile phones.

  • Voice over IP: Security, stability, success

    If you're thinking about voice over IP, we take a look at the steps involved in getting it set up and what's on offer from four major vendors.

  • Microsoft boosts enterprise licenses

    Starting Oct. 1, Microsoft will move many of its most popular enterprise packages--including Office--to a new subscription system that could raise the price 33 to 107 percent.

  • People are the problem: 3 HR management packages tested

    Does your company's human resource management functions need to be automated? We look at what you need to consider, and three packages to help you do it.

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