Recent articles by Lilia Guan

New Australian company chooses BT for connection

New Australian company chooses BT for connection

New Australian electronic communications network, AXE ECN has chosen BT for connectivity and hosting through Radianz Proximity Solution, for electronic trading access and low-latency market data distribution.
Lilia Guan Jan 14 2008 4:13PM Telco/ISP
Australians sent almost one hundred million festive texts

Australians sent almost one hundred million festive texts

Mobile messaging systems provider Acision has said its figures of global SMS traffic over the 2007/2008 New Year period, showed an increase by 30 percent compared to the same period last year, and doubled compared to regular traffic levels.
Lilia Guan Jan 11 2008 2:52PM Telco/ISP
Sydney City Council spends $3.5M on CCTV upgrade

Sydney City Council spends $3.5M on CCTV upgrade

Sydney City Council has forked out $3.5 million to improve the City’s 82-camera CCTV network with night vision and other digital recording capabilities.
Lilia Guan Jan 11 2008 2:25PM Security
Video stores hit back at DVD piracy

Video stores hit back at DVD piracy

During the Christmas and New Year holiday season, video stores around the country are putting up posters and handing out DVD sleeves and brochures to alert Australians to the increasing problems of DVD piracy.

Lilia Guan Jan 10 2008 2:01PM Security
Commander gets new CFO, two directors resign from board

Commander gets new CFO, two directors resign from board

As Commander brings onboard an interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO), two of its non-executive board have resigned. The management changes were initiated in December 2007 and the voice and data service provider has chosen Peter Housden as its interim CFO, effective of January 7.
Lilia Guan Jan 9 2008 2:52PM Networking
Pacific Internet and Asia Netcom reform as Pacnet

Pacific Internet and Asia Netcom reform as Pacnet

Pacific Internet and Asia Netcom have completed their operational merger and unveiled their new name, Pacnet.
Lilia Guan Jan 9 2008 2:45PM Telco/ISP
Dimension Data industry veteran passes away

Dimension Data industry veteran passes away

Enterprise service provider Dimension Data has suffered a tragedy, with the sudden death of Steve "Chipper" Ross, general manager of Diminsion Data Learning Solutions (DDLS).
Lilia Guan Jan 9 2008 11:49AM Training & Development
Dell thieves charged with stealing goods worth $267,000

Dell thieves charged with stealing goods worth $267,000

The Property Crime Squad of NSW Police, has charged five men following inquiries into the theft of a container carrying DELL computer monitors.
Lilia Guan Jan 9 2008 10:03AM Hardware
New botnet set to unseat Storm as the nastiest around

New botnet set to unseat Storm as the nastiest around

According to anti-virus vendor Secure Computing a botnet virus, dubbed Nugache, is set to unseat Storm as the nastiest botnet on the planet.
Lilia Guan Jan 8 2008 1:51PM Security
Motorola buys BigPond music content provider

Motorola buys BigPond music content provider

Mobile phone vendor, Motorola has signed an agreement to acquire Soundbuzz, a privately held, Asian-based music provider.
Lilia Guan Jan 8 2008 1:42PM Hardware
Navman Australia penalised $1.25 million for resale price maintenance

Navman Australia penalised $1.25 million for resale price maintenance

The Federal Court imposed penalties totalling 1.36 million on GPS equipment vendor Navman Australia, after it was revealed the vendor and its employers had engaged in resale price maintenance.
Lilia Guan Jan 7 2008 3:48PM Financial Services
Telstra sells subsidiary for $50M to US company

Telstra sells subsidiary for $50M to US company

While most of the nation was busily preparing for the big Day on Christmas eve, Telstra was busily signing an agreement to sell-off its general insurance transaction processing subsidiary, Telstra ebusiness Services Pty Limited (TeBS), to US NASDAQ-listed Ebix for $50 million.
Lilia Guan Jan 7 2008 7:23AM Financial Services
EFA attacks Labor’s ‘clean-feed’ Internet proposal

EFA attacks Labor’s ‘clean-feed’ Internet proposal

Independent industry body, the Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) has savaged a plan by the Labor Government plan, (championed by Communications Minister Stephen Conroy) to "clean feed" filtered Internet connections to all homes and schools.
Lilia Guan Jan 3 2008 7:32AM Telco/ISP
Bing Lee co-founder passes away

Bing Lee co-founder passes away

Chairman and co-founder of NSW electrical retailer, Ken Lee, has died on the 21st December 2007 at St Vincent's Private Hospital.

Lilia Guan Dec 21 2007 4:12PM Hardware
Federal Court finds Telstra's Next G advertising 'deceptive'

Federal Court finds Telstra's Next G advertising 'deceptive'

The Federal Court has granted industry watchdog, the ACCC, the permission to permanently restrain Telstra from engaging in misleading or deceptive conduct concerning its Next Generation mobile network.
Lilia Guan Dec 21 2007 10:12AM Telco/ISP
$82M Defence Centre created to boost technology innovation

$82M Defence Centre created to boost technology innovation

A centre to help drive innovation and technology for the Australian Defence and Australian SMEs will be opened in 2008 and it already comes with a promise of $82 million in funding from the Labor Government.
Lilia Guan Dec 21 2007 7:19AM Security
CSG buys WA consulting service for $20M

CSG buys WA consulting service for $20M

Australian ITC provider CSG has acquired WA-based service provider, Change Corporation.
Lilia Guan Dec 19 2007 3:20PM Financial Services
Telstra labels Optus cable as 'lazy', ACCC intervenes

Telstra labels Optus cable as 'lazy', ACCC intervenes

Telstra has blasted Optus's cable network as "lazy and under-utilised" as the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) intervenes between Australia's two largest telcos to settle an access dispute.
Lilia Guan Dec 19 2007 7:36AM Telco/ISP
NetComm goes out to Africa in deal worth over $1M

NetComm goes out to Africa in deal worth over $1M

Australian-based communications vendor, NetComm, has signed a distribution agreement with Space Television, as part of its plans for broader reach in the middle east/African region.
Lilia Guan Dec 18 2007 3:28PM Networking
S Central acquires Queensland-based Clariti

S Central acquires Queensland-based Clariti

Australian services company S Central has made its seventh acquisition in less than twelve months after acquiring Brisbane-based Clariti to expand its security offering and presence in Queensland.
Lilia Guan Dec 18 2007 2:58PM Strategy

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