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Zultys releases Linux softphone 
By Fleur Doidge | Feb 2, 2004 | Comment Now 
Zultys Technologies has released a Linux-based softphone application that could help penguin-powered SMBs adopt IP telephony.
 
Harvey Norman bundles free hotspot access with notebooks 
Feb 2, 2004 | Comment Now 
Mass market retailer Harvey Norman has started selling all its Intel Centrino-bundled notebooks with five free hours of SkyNetGlobal wi-fi access.
 
Vodafone touts Aust customer growth  
By Vivienne Fisher | Jan 30, 2004 | Comment Now 
Vodafone Australia has announced growth in Australian customer numbers, saying its Vodafone red SIM and Vodafone live! products exceeded expectations over the Christmas period.
 
SkyNetGlobal winning with channel model 
By Fleur Doidge | Jan 30, 2004 | Comment Now 
SkyNetGlobal’s year-old strategy of diversification and services provision appears to be paying off, with the wireless access specialist turning in profits higher than expected ...
 
Aust joins global spam battle 
By Vivienne Fisher | Jan 30, 2004 | Comment Now 
Two Australian government agencies have joined an international campaign aimed at persuading companies to close open relays and proxies, in a bid to reduce the amount of spam.
 
WARP Systems signs fresh mobile deal 
Jan 29, 2004 | Comment Now 
Specialist mobile data terminal distributor WARP Systems has cut a distribution agreement with new Australian market entrant Mobile Data Technology (MDT) to distribute the ...
 
Perth ISP leaves customers hanging 
 
Telstra moves to connect rural Aust 
 
Niche apps in demand at carriers 
Jan 27, 2004 | Comment Now 
Telecommunications carriers want to spend more capital on software rather than hardware as demand rises for flexible service upgrades, a specialist distributor has claimed.
 
Sensis snaps up LookSmart assets 
 
Rural NSW broadband trial seeks SPs 
Jan 21, 2004 | Comment Now 
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.
 
PBBA gets $12m for iBurst expansion 
Jan 20, 2004 | Comment Now 
Personal Broadband Australia (PBBA) has secured second-round funding of $12 million from shareholder and new CEO Jim Cooney.
 
Wanna resell broadband? Cut the contract 
 
Darlo TV data firm signs Foxtel digital deal 
 
Neighbourhood Cable buys Swift Internet 
Jan 6, 2004 | Comment Now 
Victoria telecommunications company Neighbourhood Cable has bought out Geelong ISP Swift Internet for an undisclosed sum.
 
Telstra users, Virgin all thumbs on NYE 
 
Mobile base stations increased 
 
Merry Christmas and a happy new year 
 
Home-style ENUM trial to go ahead 
By Fleur Doidge | Dec 19, 2003 | Comment Now 
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 ...
 
A spam-free New Year? 
 
Sydney switches on digital radio trial 
By Fleur Doidge | Dec 18, 2003 | Comment Now 
Eleven Sydney radio stations began broadcasting in VHF digital last night, 17 December, as part of an 18-month trial of the technology.
 
SecureTel takes on iBurst distribution 
By Fleur Doidge | Dec 18, 2003 | Comment Now 
Personal Broadband Australia (PBBA) has signed Sydney internet security services provider SecureTel as the first distributor for the iBurst mobile wireless broadband service.
 
Uecomm brings bandwidth to regional QLD 
By Fleur Doidge | Dec 17, 2003 | Comment Now 
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.
 
Watch out for IDD dumping: TIO 
 
Aust businesses need wireless smarts: IDC 
By Vivienne Fisher | Dec 15, 2003 | Comment Now 
A recent study has found that more than 90 percent of Australian businesses don’t have a company-wide wireless strategy.
 
Request Broadband chases direct dollar 
 
IT&T Awards: The winners 
Dec 8, 2003 | Comment Now 
Over 300 members of the IT&T community attended a gala dinner at Sydney’s Town Hall on 4 December for AJB Publishing’s annual IT&T Awards.
 
WebCentral spreads DSL net 
By Fleur Doidge | Dec 8, 2003 | Comment Now 
In a bid to boost demand for its managed services, Queensland’s WebCentral has promised free ADSL to any customers that sign for 10 or more mailboxes before 29 February.
 
Telstra mops up Melbourne storm damage 
By Vivienne Fisher | Dec 5, 2003 | Comment Now 
Telstra today was still repairing services for some customers after storms doubled the number of faults reported in the Melbourne metropolitan area.
 
Spam Bill hard to swallow 
By Siobhan Chapman | Dec 5, 2003 | Comment Now 
Penalties for the Spam Bill have not yet come into effect, but lawyers have already picked out potential potholes in enforcing the legislation.
 
eXeed, Hutchison combine for wireless apps 
Dec 4, 2003 | Comment Now 
Melbourne distributor eXeed has combined with 3G operator Hutchison Telecoms to bundle a range of software applications with wireless 3G voice, data network handsets and ...
 
Aust Post investigates email misuse 
 
Site launched to log security breaches 
 
Laos goes wireless with LongReach 
By Fleur Doidge | Dec 3, 2003 | Comment Now 
North Ryde company LongReach Wireless has partnered two Laotian companies to deploy point-to-point digital microwave across 300 square kilometres of steaming, mountainous ...
 
iiNet acquires national status, $260m cap 
By Fleur Doidge | Dec 2, 2003 | Comment Now 
Perth ISP iiNet has lifted its market capitalisation from $36 million to $260 million this year -- largely due to aggressive expansion incorporating nine rival ISP acquisitions.
 
WebCentral to challenge beleaguered ISPs for email crown 
By Fleur Doidge | Dec 2, 2003 | Comment Now 
Self-styled ‘incognito ASP’ WebCentral has set out to topple kingpin ISPs in the email server space, acquiring 50 percent of an 18-month-old Sydney spam filtering and monitoring...
 
Domain names for communities 
 
Govt carves up spam bill for Christmas 
Dec 2, 2003 | Comment Now 
Australia has become one of the first nations to legislate against spam, after the Federal Government's Spam Bill has been passed Tuesday.
 
Aust IP VPN market to grow: IDC 
Dec 1, 2003 | Comment Now 
The Australian IP VPN market is predicted to reach $855 million by 2007, according to research from market analyst IDC.
 
SecureData heads SQL attack with NZ acquisition 
By Fleur Doidge | Dec 1, 2003 | Comment Now 
Storage reseller and services provider SecureData Group has bought a controlling stake in a New Zealand-based database management company, SQL Services.
 
ACCC to report on corporate telco competition 
By Vivienne Fisher | Nov 28, 2003 | Comment Now 
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission plans to make its first report on competition in corporate telco markets in Q1 next year.
 
Govt advises on safe web surfing 
 
Rugby World Cup: get the message? 
By Vivienne Fisher | Nov 24, 2003 | Comment Now 
Mobile phone users clocked up 202,000 calls and 226,000 SMSs from Telstra Stadium at Saturday night's Rugby World Cup final.
 
Telstra finishes $1bn buyback 
 
Mulder puts MMS truth out there 
By Fleur Doidge | Nov 21, 2003 | Comment Now 
Niche integrator Mulder Communications has announced a deal with Dutch software vendor Fenestrae to push an integrated fax, SMS, MMS and email server to large Australian customers.
 
Aust businesses vulnerable to Net crimes? 
By Vivienne Fisher | Nov 20, 2003 | Comment Now 
The law’s ability to deal with cross-border Internet crime is being hampered by a lack of international rules and standards, according to a report released today.
 
ATUG goes bush with broadband seminars 
By Fleur Doidge | Nov 17, 2003 | Comment Now 
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 ...
 
Telstra AGM: more of the same 
 
Eko sounds in Australian SMS market 
By Fleur Doidge | Nov 17, 2003 | Comment Now 
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.
 
Broadband fund open for business 
By Vivienne Fisher | Nov 14, 2003 | Comment Now 
The Australian Government is inviting expressions of interest for project funding, in a bid to improve broadband access in regional areas.
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