Tsunami Offers 'Wireless' Fibre Optic
One Australian networking company believes that wireless has been the poor cousin of cabling for too long and that we are heading for a role reversal.
Stories by Kelly Mills
Telstra and Entellect Team on New Wireless Office
Telstra MobileNet and Entellect Solutions have teamed up to join the wireless mobile office bandwagon.
Southern Cross Cable Is Go!
Southern Cross Cable's trans-Pacific network will be ready for operations as planned on November 15 2000.
SecurePay Launches Online Antifraud Service
SecurePay has launched its new E-Commerce Fraud Detection and Prevention Service, which checks 'black listed' cards and stolen cards in real time, and prevents them entering the approval phase.
Update: Big Four Banks Merge Online
The finding of the exclusion of smaller Australian banks to the recently announced AusMarkets.com portal would be of concern, said the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
New Tel Readies for China's Internet Industry
Australian telecommunications group, New Tel has aligned with Web development company Nihao.net to extend its reach into China's Internet industry.
Dun & Bradstreet Sets Up Free B2B Hub
Dun & Bradstreet Australia has launched a free B2B hub called B2NB (business to any business).
Net companies delay hardware buys
Dotcoms and Internet service providers (ISPs) in particular are putting off buying hardware due to the impending new cable infrastructure and introduction of ADSL.
Domain names take Chinese characters
Domain name supplier Melbourne IT has started accepting registration of domain names in Chinese through its subsidiary, Internet Names Worldwide (INWW).
HP offers Web hosting service
Hewlett-Packard (HP) in partnership with Top Layer Networks has launched a purpose-built Web applications infrastructure hosting service centre for existing HP customers.
Oracle & HES Take Online Learning Programs to Universities
Oracle and Higher Ed Systems (HES) have partnered to provide online information technology (IT) courses to Australian universities.
Prices Go Up as Aussie Dollar Goes Down
Microsoft will increase enterprise software and hardware prices by 10 to 18 per cent from December 1, 2000, due to the unstable Australian dollar.
HP Supports Existing Customers with Web Apps Centre
Hewlett-Packard (HP) in partnership with Top Layer Networks has launched a purpose-built Web applications infrastructure hosting service centre for existing HP customers.
Visa Offers Incentives for Smart Cards
Visa is offering Australian member banks substantial discounts to encourage the uptake of smart card technology and to promote what it calls universal commerce, or u-commerce.
Dangerman Branson Launches Virgin Mobile
The charismatic Richard Branson has done it again. Suspended from a helicopter, looking like Santa in red combat gear, he swept into Cockle Bay in Sydney's CBD to set Australia's mobile phone 'freedom fighters' free. Upon releasing the 'freedom fighters' (from a gaol cell on top of a pontoon in the middle of the bay), Branson went for a spin around the bay on a jet ski, thereby launching Virgin Mobile.