Mobility

Rural NSW broadband trial seeks SPs

Rural NSW broadband trial seeks SPs

Consultancy Badja Interconnect has called for service providers and user groups to contribute to a rural broadband access trial scheduled for April in north-eastern NSW.
Staff Writers Jan 22 2004, 12:00AM Mobility
PBBA gets $12m for iBurst expansion

PBBA gets $12m for iBurst expansion

Personal Broadband Australia (PBBA) has secured second-round funding of $12 million from shareholder and new CEO Jim Cooney.
Staff Writers Jan 20 2004, 12:00AM Mobility
Want to resell broadband? Cut the contract

Want to resell broadband? Cut the contract

Customers for broadband are proving increasingly resistant to signing up for long-term contracts, a new local survey reveals.
Angus Kidman Jan 19 2004, 12:00AM Mobility
Healthcare needs broadband: NOIE

Healthcare needs broadband: NOIE

Hospitals could gain by more than $190 million over 10 years using broadband, if a recent report proves correct.
Staff Writers Jan 16 2004, 12:00AM Mobility
Bush broadband firm to get $15.7m boost

Bush broadband firm to get $15.7m boost

Victorian broadband provider Neighbourhood Cable has embarked on a $15.7 million capital raising to upgrade its regional network and services, competing with Telstra in the bush.
Fleur Doidge Jan 15 2004, 12:00AM Mobility
Neighbourhood Cable buys Swift Internet

Neighbourhood Cable buys Swift Internet

Victoria telecommunications company Neighbourhood Cable has bought out Geelong ISP Swift Internet for an undisclosed sum.
Staff Writers Jan 6 2004, 12:00AM Mobility
Telstra triples mobile base stations installed

Telstra triples mobile base stations installed

Telstra tripled the number of new mobile base stations it installed last year, compared to 2002.
Staff Writers Jan 5 2004, 12:00AM Mobility
Home-style ENUM trial to go ahead

Home-style ENUM trial to go ahead

Brisbane’s NAS Communications will trial an IP service in NSW from January that might pre-empt ENUM plans -- an international telecommunications initiative aimed at helping traditional telephone networks and the internet interoperate.
Fleur Doidge Dec 19 2003, 12:00AM Mobility
Uecomm brings bandwidth to regional QLD

Uecomm brings bandwidth to regional QLD

Australian carrier Uecomm has signed an agreement with Ergon Energy to buy capacity that would extend high-speed fibre internet services up the eastern coast of Queensland.
Fleur Doidge Dec 17 2003, 12:00AM Mobility
NSC signs up Avaya rival Genesys

NSC signs up Avaya rival Genesys

Telecommunications specialist NSC has signed a deal with contact centre software vendor Genesys -- which competes in the Australian market against main NSC partner Avaya.
Fleur Doidge Dec 15 2003, 12:00AM Mobility
Request Broadband chases direct reseller dollar

Request Broadband chases direct reseller dollar

Request Broadband has signed a direct reseller channel to push its voice over DSL (VoDSL) packages, citing a desire for strong customer relationships in the PABX space which its established wholesale partners could not provide.
Fleur Doidge Dec 12 2003, 12:00AM Mobility
Telstra mops up Melbourne storm damage

Telstra mops up Melbourne storm damage

Telstra today was still repairing services for some customers after storms doubled the number of faults reported in the Melbourne metropolitan area.
Vivienne Fisher Dec 5 2003, 12:00AM Mobility
ACCC to report on corporate telco competition

ACCC to report on corporate telco competition

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission plans to make its first report on competition in corporate telco markets in Q1 next year.
Vivienne Fisher , Staff Writers Nov 28 2003, 12:00AM Mobility
Rugby World Cup: get the message?

Rugby World Cup: get the message?

Mobile phone users clocked up 202,000 calls and 226,000 SMSs from Telstra Stadium at Saturday night's Rugby World Cup final.
Vivienne Fisher Nov 24 2003, 12:00AM Mobility
ATUG goes bush with broadband seminars

ATUG goes bush with broadband seminars

The Australian Telecommunications Users Group (ATUG) has taken the plight of bush broadband to heart, launching a series of regional broadband seminars with a pilot in Dubbo this Thursday, 20 November.
Fleur Doidge Nov 17 2003, 12:00AM Mobility
Telstra AGM more of the same

Telstra AGM more of the same

Angry Telstra shareholders were not placated by the chairman’s call to ‘accept reality’ on its share prices at the company's lengthy and aggressive annual general meeting in Sydney last week.
Siobhan Chapman Nov 17 2003, 12:00AM Mobility
Catholic schools jump on broadband bandwagon

Catholic schools jump on broadband bandwagon

Three Catholic dioceses have combined their purchasing power to provide broadband services to 4,000 teachers and 40,000 students at around 100 regional schools, at a cost of around $4.5 million.
Byron Connolly Nov 17 2003, 12:00AM Mobility
Eko sounds in Australian SMS market

Eko sounds in Australian SMS market

Victorian system integrator and developer Remora Technologies has lobbed its first SMS appliances on a trajectory targeting the direct-marketing needs of medium to large companies.
Fleur Doidge Nov 17 2003, 12:00AM Mobility
Broadband fund open for business

Broadband fund open for business

The Australian Government is inviting expressions of interest for project funding, in a bid to improve broadband access in regional areas.
Staff Writers , Vivienne Fisher Nov 14 2003, 12:00AM Mobility
IM goes mainstream

IM goes mainstream

Instant messaging (IM) applications and wireless LANS are two technologies that will move into the corporate mainstream in 2004, according to research group Gartner.
Siobhan Chapman Nov 13 2003, 12:00AM Mobility

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