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  • Australia's IT market all grown up: Ericsson

    The Australian IT market has been dubbed "technologically mature" by Ericsson's consumer laboratory (ConsumerLab), following the release of the company's survey on the nations use and expectations from IT and telecommunications in the future.

  • Optus cuts off WA-S'pore Net peering deal

    Singapore Telecommunications and its Australian subsidiary, Optus, have terminated an Internet peering arrangement with the Western Australian Internet Association's WAIX exchange, citing "a global network consolidation plan".

  • Aust IT&T companies poised for hiring surge: survey

    Information technology and telecommunications employers in Australia are leading a last-quarter 2003 charge to beef up staffing levels, according to a new survey from recruitment consultants TMP/Hudson.

  • Ringing in a new telecoms era

    Five years after competition was introduced into the Australian telecommunications sector, ZDNet Australia talks to the major players about the harsh realities of the new telecoms world.

  • Putting Iridium back in orbit

    After acquiring the remnants of this one-time high-tech flameout, Carlton Jennings--CEO of Quadrant Australia-- believes the time is right for the satellite phone company to make a comeback. Why is he so confident?

  • Commander telco arm sold to consortium

    Mysterious outfit Commander Telecom Group (CTG), a consortium set up just two days ago, has bought Commander Communication's telco business for an undisclosed sum.

  • Aussie telco complaints soar

    Complaints about telephone and internet services to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) have rocketed in the past 12 months.

  • ASIC hires IT counter-surveillance squad

    Financial markets regulator, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), has started looking for an external firm to conduct counter-surveillance activities across its information and communications technology systems.

  • Vodafone bulks customers, drops ARPU

    Vodafone Australia has stacked on customers this quarter, but its average revenue per customer has taken a hit.

  • Amcom stake up for sale

    Telecom New Zealand was today suggested as a possible buyer of the 50 per cent stake in Perth telco Amcom being sold by Australian agribusiness and car parts supplier Futuris Corporation.

  • Trujillo increases pay to $13.39m

    Telstra chief executive Sol Trujillo has increased his annual remuneration by 13.7 per cent to $13.39 million.

  • Phil Burgess quits Telstra

    Phil Burgess, Telstra's controversial group managing director of Public Policy and Communications, has announced he will leave his Australian post for good at the end of August.

  • Unions escalate Telstra struggle

    The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and individual unions will go to the Australian Industrial Relations Commission today to oppose a Telstra plan to shift workers onto contracts.

  • Broadband paves way to greener Australia

    Broadband can help Australians save money and cut their carbon footprint, according to new research.

  • Optus' Qld problems continue

    Optus services were disrupted for the third time in three weeks in Brisbane today due to software problems.

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