Tag: rural

Deep dive: Inside Elders' IT transformation 
By Ry Crozier | Dec 8, 2011 | Comment Now 
Data centre faces retirement as SAP rolled onto private cloud.
 
Telstra makes case for NBN cherry-picking 
By Ry Crozier | Mar 9, 2011 | 5 Comments 
Telco says market theory argues it "should be allowed" to pick and choose.
 
OpenGate eyes vividwireless Perth experience 
By Ry Crozier | Feb 2, 2011 | Comment Now 
Reveals details of NZ rural broadband bid.
 
RFID tags track harvested kangaroos 
By Liz Tay | Feb 24, 2010 | Comment Now 
To meet international demands.
 
Vodafone completes 3G network expansion 
Aug 31, 2009 | 2 Comments 
Only eight months late.
 
US mulls $6bn broadband commitment 
By Shaun Nichols | Jan 16, 2009 | Comment Now 
The US House of Representatives is considering a plan to invest US$6bn in expanding the nation's broadband internet system.
 
Telstra customers pay for local presence plan 
Jan 9, 2009 | Comment Now 
Telstra has opened for public comment its latest regional and rural presence plan but said customers would wear the cost of it preparing the ‘unnecessary’ document.
 
IBM returns to broadband over power line market 
By Shaun Nichols | Nov 17, 2008 | Comment Now 
IBM is once again planning to set up a broadband over power line (BPL) system in the US.
 
Vodafone selects Ericsson for metropolitan and rural broadband rollout 
Mar 6, 2008 | Comment Now 
Vodafone Australia has appointed Ericsson as its hardware and software vendor to support Vodafone’s national mobile broadband rollout, based on High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) ...
 
Labor's Australian Broadband Guarantee committments brought into question 
By Lilia Guan | Feb 29, 2008 | Comment Now 
NewSat’s announcement that its application for an Australian Broadband Guarantee (ABG) license was put on hold by the Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital ...
 
NewSat's satellite access for rural areas put on hold 
By Lilia Guan | Feb 27, 2008 | Comment Now 
Australian satellite and Internet service provider, NewSat Limited, has had its application for an Australian Broadband Guarantee (ABG) license put on hold by the Department of ...
 
ID theft soars in rural US 
By Robert Jaques | Aug 3, 2007 | Comment Now 
ID thieves are increasingly targeting US individuals living in rural communities, new research warns.
 
Intel boffins showcase rural Wi-Fi 
By Shaun Nichols | Mar 27, 2007 | Comment Now 
Chipmaker teams up with university researchers on third-world connectivity.
 
WA reseller Comdek escapes closure 
By Byron Connolly | Jul 8, 2005 | Comment Now 
An application to wind up ASX-listed IT solution provider Comdek was dismissed this week by the Western Australia Supreme Court.
 
Telstra moves to connect rural Aust 
 
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.
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