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Roaming Clouds: Malaysian Connectivity Issues
ZDNet, Australia
Cheong explained that although the cloud has many benefits, he was weary of implementing cloud projects in Malaysia (and a few other countries in the region) because internet connectivity just wasn’t reliable enough. Cloud computing is “a trend that we should look at seriously in efforts to save money and go green, but I [...]
Telstra to Save Millions in Jobs Cull
The Australian
TELSTRA plans a sweeping job rationalisation program that will push at least 330 senior and middle managers out of the telco.
Topics: Australia, broadband, jobs, telecom, telecommunications, Telstra
Cloud Computing: Secure or Not?
The Australian
We keep hearing that security is one of the main factors discouraging cloud adoption, but are these concerns well founded?
Topics: Australia, broadband, Cloud Computing, security, telecom, telecommunications
Telstra Next G To Come Under Threat
SmartHouse
Four years after building the Next G HSDPA network for Telstra, Ericsson is going to do it all over again for Vodafone Hutchison Australia. VHA has named Ericsson to build it a new multi-million dollar nationwide transmission network deploying thousands of upgraded microwave radio and optical fibre links across Australia. The new network is expected [...]
Indigo Telecom Banishes Australia’s Wireless Black Spots
Stock and Land
AUSTRALIA no longer has mobile phone black spots – at least, not if you subscribe to Indigo Telecom’s new satellite service. Indigo launched in Brisbane last week with the promise of 100 per cent mobile coverage of Australia using the latest satellite technology.
Topics: Australia, carrier, telecom
Australia and Japan Shake on Broadband
ZDNet, Australia
Australia and Japan appear to have signed a bilateral agreement relating to broadband, with reports saying National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) chief executive Mike Quigley and Australian government officials have met with Japanese Communications Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi this week.
Topics: Australia, broadband, government, Mike Quigley, NBN
iiNet Announces Bonded DSL For Business
Dynamic Business
iiNet, Australia’s third largest ISP has announced support for bonded DSL, which can double broadband speeds compared to a standard ADSL2+ connection. iinetiiNet’s business GM Steve Harley told CommsDay that the technology would be of benefit to the almost 42,000 businesses already using iiNet ADSL broadband connected through iiNet’s own DSLAMs.
Topics: ADSL, Australia, [...]
Optus 2-in-1
Gizmodo Australia
It seems like Optus has struck first with the announcement that they’re offering customers a 2-in-1 SIM card that can be used in your current phone, but has a smaller MicroSIM componenet that can be popped out when you get your iPhone 4. Clever.
Topics: Australia, iPhone, Optus, telecom
Retiring Australian MP to Join Telstra
Sydney Morning Herald
Retiring MP Chris Pearce will join Telstra’s Enterprise and Government division as executive director for government sales, the company has announced. Mr Pearce, 47, has more than 15 years experience in the information, communications and technology industry, according to a Telstra spokeswoman. He has worked at Telstra, Optus and BAE systems.
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Telstra Customers In Dark Over Outage
Brisbane Times
Telstra customers south of Brisbane remain in the dark over a cable outage that has left subscription television and broadband internet users disconnected for more than 18 hours. Hundreds of customers in the Robertson and Mt Gravatt area have reportedly had no access since the Telstra cables went out at about 5.45pm yesterday.
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Australia to Halt ISP Filtering Program
BroadbandBreakfast.com
Australia will stop the rollout of their controversial ISP filtering program. The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy has stated that the program is currently being re-reviewed.
Topics: Australia, broadband, ISP, Optus, Primus, telecom, Telstra
NBN Chief Well Connected
The Australian
ONE year ago, Mike Quigley was shuffled into a telephone-less office of a government department in Canberra. It was an inauspicious start to one of the toughest jobs in the country — the job to create a $43 billion national broadband network that will connect 90 per cent of Australian homes and offices to [...]
Telstra To Cut 10% of Senior, Middle Management Jobs
Total Telecom
Australian telco to make total of 300 roles redundant in bid to simplify operations. Telstra Corp., Australia’s largest telecommunications group, plans to cut around 10% of senior and middle management roles across its business as Chief Executive David Thodey looks to simplify the group’s operations and cut out duplication, a spokesman said Wednesday.
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Fate Of Business Hinges On Result
Sydney Morning Herald
In two of the largest policy differences affecting big business, the resources rent tax would be dropped and it is likely the $35 billion broadband network would be shelved if the Coalition were elected.
Topics: Australia, broadband, carrier, Sydney, telecom
Telstra Axes Senior Management Staff
Business Spectator
A management restructure at Telstra Ltd has seen the company’s deputy chief financial officer Joe Schultes and three other senior finance executives made redundant, according to the Australian Financial Review.
Topics: Australia, telecom, Telstra
VHA to Upgrade Microwave Radio and Optical Fibre
Computerworld Australia
Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has moved to keep up with the explosion in mobile broadband demand, appointing Ericsson to build its new high capacity national transmission network. The deal will see Ericsson deploy thousands of upgraded microwave radio and optical fibre links throughout Australia to boost capacity on the country’s third biggest commercial telco [...]
Want Customer Service? Just Tweet
The Australian
IPscape, a provider of hosted IP-based contact centre services, is offering businesses that use its facilities the ability to receive requests for service from their customers in the form of tweets.
Topics: Australia, broadband, telecom, telecommunications
Service Change Gives Telstra a $2 Billion Lift
Sydney Morning Herald
TENS of millions of dollars in industry fees could be reduced or wiped out in 2014 when a government-funded body takes over Telstra’s responsibility to provide every house and workplace with a telephone service.
Topics: Australia, Optus, Sydney, telecom, Telstra, Vodafone
Internode Tells ACCC Telstra’s Pricing “Anti-Competitive”
Dynamic Business
Adelaide based national broadband company Internode has called on the ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) to end Telstra’s “price squeeze” due to its anti-competitive broadband pricing.
Topics: ACCC, Australia, broadband, Internode, telecom, Telstra
Vodafone Hutchison Appoints Ericsson to Upgrade Australian Network
Total Telecom
Vodafone Hutchison Australia, or VHA, said Monday it has appointed L.M. Ericsson Telephone Co. to undertake a major upgrade of its mobile phone transmission network in Australia.
Topics: Australia, broadband, carrier, Ericsson, telecom, telecommunications, Vodafone
