Bell awards Nortel $US1B in network deals
Bell Atlantic has guaranteed Nortel Networks a massive chunk of business, signing two agreements together worth up to $US1 billion.
Bell Atlantic has guaranteed Nortel Networks a massive chunk of business, signing two agreements together worth up to $US1 billion.
One.Tel yesterday announced the Australian Communications Authority has approved its GSM licence application, paving the way for it to build Australia's fourth GSM network.
Telstra announced yesterday its latest organisational changes, naming 10 senior executives, and revealing its extended focus on the mobile market.
Global network provider, Equant has expanded its frame relay service to reach over 100 countries worldwide, the company announced last week.
Fujitsu and Amdahl announced yesterday they have merged operations in Australia and New Zealand to form a joint organisation.
Trading under the name of Fujitsu Australia, the new organisation becomes effective today.
In a $100 million agreement, local telco provider PowerTel has selected Cisco Systems to build a multiservice network offering voice, data and video services.
Software heavyweights Informix and SAP have joined forces to deliver SAP's R/3 enterprise resource planning suite on the Linux platform.
Global One yesterday announced the launch of its remote access service to Australian and New Zealand customers.
The federal government announced on Friday it has sold the National Transmission Network to NTL Australia for $650 million.
Global Crossing and Frontier this week announced an $US$11.2 billion merger of their two companies, creating a global IP-based network offering Internet, data, local and long-distance telephone, and conferencing services.
Nortel Network announced on Thursday it has released Optivity Service Level Management (SLM) 2.1, its next management tool.
The NSW government has announced the results of its tendering process for delivery of a whole of Government Network Service (GNS).
Rather than a single supplier the tender has been awarded to 11 companies and will operate on a contestable basis with the aim of stimulating competition in the telecommunications industry.
Telstra yesterday successfully demonstrated it new CDMA (code division multiple access) network at an official launch in Swan Hill, Victoria.
Deputy Prime Minister, Tim Fischer made the first phone call on the network to Telstra CEO Ziggy Switkowski from Swan Hill.
A new telecommunications player offering telephony and Internet services via the web was launched for the Australian market yesterday.
Known as EcomTel, the telco is e-commerce driven and is focused entirely on doing business via the Internet and e-commerce.
Federal government departments and agencies appear to have a tighter grip on year 2000 compliance projects than government business enterprises (GBE) and external entities, according to a progress report released by Senator Alston, Minister for Communication, Information Technology and the Arts, yesterday.