Internet service provider (ISP), Internode has furthered its negotiations with Telstra for more equitable wholesale pricing, following concerns the ISP’s managing director, Simon Hackett, has aired in previous months.
Despite recommendations outlined in the 2008 Gershon report to cut back on ICT spending, the Federal Government’s ICT market peaked at $5 billion in 2008-09, with recently released data indicating it has returned to normal levels in 2009-10.
Five months after "mistakenly" collecting "fragmented" data from home networks via its Street View cars, Google has confirmed that private emails, Web addresses as well as passwords were among the data captured.
Australian airline, Qantas (ASX:QAN) has penned a four-year deal with Unisys to provide a Baggage Reconciliation System (BRS) for its Australian domestic flights, to begin on 10 November.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) along with NBN Co have kicked off a public consultation process to define and finalise the locations of points of interconnect (POI) to be installed as part of the National Broadband Network (NBN).
Vodafone Hutchison Australia (ASX:VHA) has flagged intentions to move in on Telstra's Next G network, with plans to erect a total of 1500 base stations nationally for a new 850MHz network.
Lenovo has redesigned the protective cases issued with laptops distributed under the NSW program of the Federal Government’s Digital Education Revolution (DER), and is working with the NSW Department of Education and Training to distribute them to students free of charge.
Microsoft has fired the latest salvo in its battle with long-standing competitor Google with the launch of its cloud-based productivity platform, Office 365, due to hit Australian shores sometime next year.
Australian broadband speeds have increased by 20 per cent in the last eight months to average 4.2 Megabits per second (Mbps) downstream, according to an independent broadband comparison website.
The Australian ICT industry is facing a shortfall of 2700 computing professionals, adding to a looming skills shortage, according to one ICT recruitment firm.
Just weeks after the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) outlined its plan to implement Electronically Assisted Voting (EAV) system, the Electoral Commission of Queensland (ECQ) has announced it is to research its own technology to assist the blind and vision impaired vote.
Plagued with “exorbitant” maintenance costs due to out of control data growth, Queensland’s James Cook University (JCU) has overhauled its storage area network (SAN) in a $1 million upgrade to IBM’s XIV system.
Communications minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, has announced the reappointment of the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s (ACMA) chairman, Chris Chapman.
Telstra has moved to lift its poor customer service record responded with the development of a new online self-serve billing option.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) received a total of 3212 online complaints in the past year, more than three times the number of complaints it received in the previous year, according to the industry watchdog's annual report.