Councils lobbying NBN Co for NBN preference
NBN Co is coming under intense lobbying from local councils around Australia to prioritise NBN rollouts in their electorates, NBN Co chief executive, Mike Quigley, has said.
NBN Co is coming under intense lobbying from local councils around Australia to prioritise NBN rollouts in their electorates, NBN Co chief executive, Mike Quigley, has said.
The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) will spend up to $2.2 million on prototyping new cyber security technologies to help ‘future proof’ Australia’s defence capabilities.
Woolworths has launched its shopping app for Android, following strong demand from its iOS cousin.
An "infinite" demand for Australia’s supercomputing resources could threaten the quality of climate change science if more high performance computing isn’t found, a leading academic in the field has warned.
Support for Gov 2.0’s principles of openness and transparency appears to be growing in one of the least expected quarters of government – the Australian Federal Police (AFP).
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) warning this week that it cannot accept Telstra’s structural separation undertaking (SSU) in its current form has come as no surprise according to the telco’s chief executive officer, David Thodey.
Australia’s major Defence intelligence agencies will shortly move to a new direct-source relationship for their Oracle-based hardware, software and services.
NBN Co and the Federal Government must do more to keep Australians and the telecommunications industry more informed on the progress of the National Broadband Network (NBN) and its consequence, the Joint Committee on the NBN has concluded.
New safety technologies, rather than the banning of mobile device use in cars, will have a major role to play in reducing the number of road fatalities during the next 10 years, according to motoring researchers and academics.
The Australian Government Treasury will shortly adopt an e-learning system to help provide meaningful and cost-effective training to staff.
CenITex, the Victorian Government's shared services IT agency, will adopt a new IT governance, risk and compliance (ITGRC) package to improve its information security function.
Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland has again labelled the release of thousands of US embassy cables by WikiLeaks as a threat to national security.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has cast doubt on the future of Telstra’s deal with NBN Co, stating that the telco’s structural separation undertaking cannot be accepted in its current form and important changes are required.
ASX-listed VoIP provide MyNetFone has signed a heads of agreement to acquire IP voice carriage provider Symbio Group.