EDITOR'S NOTE

Good morning,

You've already seen part one of our chat with Primus chief Ravi Bhatia talking about the data centre blackout in February.

In part two, he's revealed to us that negotiations are back on with several ISPs in the 20-25k customer range, following reports that Primus' US holding company will go through a debt restructure.

This restructure will result in up to 25 percent of local profits being freed up to be used locally rather than to service the holding company's debts. Good news for Primus...

-- Ry Crozier

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Ry Crozier | March 18, 2009

Primus Telecommunications is hitting the ISP acquisition trial with renewed vigour, believing the impending restructure of its US holding company will free up to 25 per cent of local profits.

By Iain Thomson | March 18, 2009

President Obama's team has blocked access to the forthcoming global Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) copyright treaty by declaring it a national security issue.

By Rosalie Marshall | March 18, 2009

While Facebook focuses on emulating the success of its growing rival Twitter by adding contact updates to users' profile pages, Twitter is busy promoting stronger integration with the social networking giant.

By Shaun Nichols | March 18, 2009

HP has released its first notebooks equipped with a new lithium-ion battery pack from manufacturer Boston-Power.

By Phil Muncaster | March 18, 2009

Symantec today launched a new version of its Brightmail enterprise messaging security platform, along with a new online resource to help firms stay ahead of spam threats.

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