The Australian Telecommunications User Group (Atug) and West Australian telecommunications company, Westel yesterday announced a joint venture to develop number portability services for telecommunications carriers.
Telstra chief executive officer, Ziggy Switkowski is firmly behind the privatisation of the billion-dollar telecommunications organisation.
Telecom New Zealand has confirmed it has acquired a 9.9 per cent stake in AAPT.
Alcatel company Xylan last week announced Phase II of its switched network services (SNS) initiative.
Aiming to be a trendsetter in the financial services industry, Count Wealth Accountants has realigned its business around the Internet.
Telecommunications providers need to embrace the business benefits associated with establishing Internet Protocol (IP) networks rather than just focus on the technology issues, industry sources told Computerworld.
A network manager's spaghetti nightmare of tangled cables has finally been solved with the introduction of a simple, yet revolutionary patch cord rack system from Krone.
Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) is shifting its business focus and has jumped on the storage area network (SAN) bandwagon.
Cable & Wireless Optus' $1.5 billion takeover bid for AAPT has entered the Supreme Court.
The NSW Government Network Service (GNS) will not be limited to benefiting government users, but is designed to encourage enhanced services for the whole community.
Australian Customs and other law enforcement agencies will get a technological boost to surveillance systems soon as new networks come online at the organisation.
AAPT is preparing to make an aggressive attack on Telstra's local call business with the introduction of LMDS (local multi-point distribution service) technology to Australia later this year.
Alcatel company Xylan yesterday announced Phase II (two) of its switched network services (SNS) initiative.
SNS is an initiative by Xylan to enable customers to build policy-based, directory enabled secure networks.
Telstra Big Pond yesterday launched a new free broadband service to its Internet cable customers.
Telstra's claim of a $1.8 billion net universal service obligation (USO) cost for 1997-98 should be closer to $600 million.
So says a preliminary analysis from the Australian Communications Authority (ACA).