The government has extended its subsidy to help rural Australians establish a broadband connection by four years.
The Queensland government has set aside AU$3 million in its budget to replace the fire alarm monitoring service for over 6,500 buildings such as hospitals, schools and shopping centres.
The Howard government serenaded disillusioned voters tonight, with a big spending budget designed to win back support ahead of an election, and postponed any further sale of Telstra.
The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) is disappointed the federal budget failed to allocate new funds to further the rollout of a world class high-speed broadband network.
The federal government has confirmed funding for the controversial health and welfare access card scheme in tonight's budget. Airport security, Centrelink's call centre and DIMIA are other winners.
I should have known better, but I was still a bit suprised to find absolutely zilch for broadband in the latest Howard-Costello Budget.
Fair is not what the National Broadband Network tender is about; it's bloodsport, and a fight for survival, and a challenge of the wills, and all the other sorts of superlatives you might expect from an Olympics announcer.
Great to see so many constructive comments on here definitely a case of the facts speaking for themselves.
Internode has no incentive to provide free access to its Wi-Fi networks for any reason at all, apart from genuine love, and maybe the joy of finding a new way to flip Telstra the bird.
The Olympics are nearly over, and the Australian team deserves kudos for an excellent performance all around. Yet even as the Olympic sun sets on the Bird's Nest for the last time this weekend, millions of spectators around the world will be scanning their dials in the hope of finding something else to fill their viewing hours.
Ahead of the election, with promises for nationwide broadband networks and digital revolutions in schools, the ICT industry could hope the government was on their side. But now the glamour of a sparkling new government has worn off, how ICT-friendly is the Rudd government really?
As the place where all legislation governing New South Wales originates, NSW Parliament has more than your basic obligations when it comes to ensuring the security of its data. But how can a small government department, with just five network staff looking after a main office and network of 94 branch offices spread across the country, ever hope to keep up?
We look at five organisations that took different approaches to satisfying a common business requirement: to improve the management of corporate information. We hear from Jetstar, Family Court, SHFA, Count Wealth and MBF.
The office of the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts has backed Telstra's decision to use offshore software developers.
ZDNet Australia looks at the ever-expanding pressures placed on in-house e-mail and weighs up the pros and cons of the outsourced alternatives.
The Telstra F850 offers a relatively inexpensive way to jump aboard the carrier's Next G platform, as long as you don't mind travelling in the slow lane.
Telstra's prepaid wireless broadband offering is good for casual browsers or those who'd rather avoid dodgy Net cafes, but beware there's a pricing sting to be considered.
Vodafone Australia's managing director has savaged mobile number portability as a regulator-driven failure that cost his company AU$50 million.
Vodafone Live, launched on Tuesday, is likely to be a success in Australia, according to mobile communications analyst Jason Ross.
As Next G handsets go, the A551 isn't the best, nor is it the worst. Its middle of the road design and feature set is matched by a mid-range price tag.
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