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Telstra details $750m share buyback

Telstra details $750m share buyback

Telstra unveiled details of a $750 million off-market share buyback as part of its three-year, $4.5 billion capital management program to increase the value of its stock.
Staff Writers Sep 27 2004 12:00AM Telco/ISP
Comindico enters administration

Comindico enters administration

Wholesale ISP Comindico has entered voluntary administration, appointing accountancy firm Ferrier Hodgson to mastermind a sale of its various divisions.
Staff Writers Sep 24 2004 12:00AM Telco/ISP
DiData offers managed IP telephony

DiData offers managed IP telephony

System integrator Dimension Data has started offering a managed IP telephony service to enterprise customers.
Staff Writers Sep 24 2004 12:00AM Networking
VoIP for the home

VoIP for the home

Engin, a division of Mobile Innovations launched what it claimed to be the first broadband telephony service for consumers to be sold through retailers Dick Smith and Tandy.
Staff Writers Sep 23 2004 12:00AM Telco/ISP
Qld reseller partners hospitality industry in software initiative

Qld reseller partners hospitality industry in software initiative

Queensland reseller Byte Power has partnered Australian hospitality industry body Restaurant & Catering Australia to push POS and retail management software to the latter’s members.
Staff Writers Sep 23 2004 12:00AM Software
Ind gives up fight against Quadtel failure

Ind gives up fight against Quadtel failure

Administrators have been re-appointed to Brisbane channel company Wytomic after the firm failed to fund a feasible resurrection plan for the former niche software distributor and re-publisher.
Staff Writers Sep 22 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Wireless broadband use to multiply by five

Wireless broadband use to multiply by five

Latest IDC figures have tipped wireless broadband use to grow five times faster than the total broadband market, exploding from 25,000 users to 287,000 users by 2008.
Staff Writers Sep 21 2004 12:00AM Telco/ISP
Broadband competition heats up

Broadband competition heats up

Wholesale ISP Agile Communications announced a $3 million project to equip exchanges in Victoria and South Australia with broadband services that operate at up to 8Mb/s, speeds that aren't being matched by Telstra.
Staff Writers Sep 21 2004 12:00AM Telco/ISP
Tech Pacific signs Vodafone

Tech Pacific signs Vodafone

Tech Pacific has signed to distribute Vodafone's Mobile Connect software and new BlackBerry handsets under an agreement that commences on 4 October.
Staff Writers , Byron Connolly Sep 20 2004 12:00AM Telco/ISP
Training for Aust IT contractors?

Training for Aust IT contractors?

More than half the IT contractors surveyed for a recent Australian study said they had access to training from their employers.
Staff Writers Sep 20 2004 12:00AM Training & Development
CSC bags Navy deal

CSC bags Navy deal

CSC has won a four-year $15 million contract to design and install a shipboard and shore-based IT infrastructure for the Royal Australian Navy.
Staff Writers Sep 16 2004 12:00AM Networking
Kodak closes manufacturing plant and processing lab

Kodak closes manufacturing plant and processing lab

The increasing popularity of digital photography has forced Kodak to close its manufacturing plant and wholesale processing lab in Coburg, Victoria, resulting in the redundancy of 600 staff.
Staff Writers Sep 16 2004 12:00AM Software
OSIA calls for WINE

OSIA calls for WINE

Industry body Open Source Industry Australia (OSIA) has called on PC manufacturers to contribute to the completion of WINE, an open source re-implementation of the Windows API that would allow Linux to run most Windows applications and deliver higher margins to PC vendors.
Staff Writers Sep 14 2004 12:00AM Software
Web freeze-out over for Alaska

Web freeze-out over for Alaska

Dog sled teams in some of the remotest villages in Alaska will soon be able to tie up at internet cafes, courtesy of a program that will bring broadband to 12 isolated villages in the nation's northernmost state.
Staff Writers Sep 10 2004 12:00AM Telco/ISP
Police target mobile phone users

Police target mobile phone users

NSW Police are targeting drivers illegally using mobile phones, after 387 people were caught during a statewide crackdown yesterday.
Staff Writers Sep 9 2004 12:00AM Telco/ISP
Cellnet adds $20m Samsung handset deal

Cellnet adds $20m Samsung handset deal

Queensland distributor Cellnet Group has won a national distribution contract for Samsung mobile phone handsets that could be worth $20 million in the first year.
Staff Writers Sep 8 2004 12:00AM Hardware
ASIC, Greaves reach agreement

ASIC, Greaves reach agreement

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has reached an agreement with John Greaves, who was chairman of failed telco One.Tel.
Staff Writers Sep 7 2004 12:00AM Telco/ISP
D-Link appoints EDsys

D-Link appoints EDsys

SMB networker D-Link has signed EDsys IT Distribution as its new distributor in Western Australia.
Staff Writers Sep 7 2004 12:00AM Networking
Asia-Pacific server sales up 12.4 percent

Asia-Pacific server sales up 12.4 percent

Server sales across the Asia-Pacific region were up 12.4 percent in the second quarter to US$1.4 billion, according to new Gartner Dataquest figures.
Staff Writers Sep 6 2004 12:00AM Storage
SPAN names industry winners

SPAN names industry winners

SPAN announced the winners of its 2004 Telecommunications Achievement Awards last week, naming those companies it believes provide leadership in one capacity or another.
Staff Writers Sep 6 2004 12:00AM Telco/ISP

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