BROWSING: australia

ZDNet | August 19, 2011 | Michael Lee Kantar, which examines smartphone OS market share every 12 weeks, saw iOS first overtaken by Android during its recording period in May, when the platform's local market share dropped to 31.5 per cent and Android's increased to...

Accenture | August 14, 2011 | Press Release MELBOURNE, Australia; Aug. 15, 2011 – National E-Conveyancing Development Ltd (NECDL), the company charged with developing a national electronic system for property exchange, has signed a master agreement with Accenture to design and build a national e-conveyancing...

Accenture | August 17, 2011 | Press Release SYDNEY, Australia; August 17, 2011 – Australia’s Department of Health and Ageing has selected Accenture (NYSE: ACN)  to design and implement the country’s Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) system. The initiative will span all Australia-based health...

SingTel | August 11, 2011 | Press Release Revenue growth across Singapore and Australia in the quarter Stronger Australian Dollar offsets weakness in regional currencies  Net profit affected by finance and tax expenses Singapore, 11 August 2011 – Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) today announced that Group revenue rose 7...

Reuters | August 10, 2011 | Devidutta Tripathy Samsung Electronics, which has been locked in a patent infringement battle with Apple Inc, on Wednesday said a German court order to temporarily bar its flagship Galaxy tablet in the European Union would not affect its launch...

Telstra | August 8, 2011 | Press Release Businesses in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane will be the first to experience 4G/LTE mobile broadband after Telstra announced it would commence selling Australia’s first commercial LTE device later this month. Telstra switched on its first 4G base stations,...

Telstra | August 2, 2011 | Press Release Organisations will be able to manage their smartphone fleet more easily, track multiple devices and update mobile security configurations through a new Telstra web service launched today. Tim Webber, Director of Business Mobility, Telstra said the Telstra Mobile...

iTnews | August 4, 2011 | James Hutchinson The chief information officer of ANZ's financial management subsidiary has called on colleagues and security managers to focus on securing applications, rather than data, in a cloud environment. Read the full article here via iTnews

iTnews | August 4, 2011 | James Hutchinson NBN Co has started an education campaign to curb potential opposition to new phone towers required in communities that will receive fixed wireless services. Read the full article here via iTnews

The ongoing patent lawsuit between Apple and Korean electronics giant Samsung has put a ban on sales and marketing of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia, following a court ruling.

iTnews | July 29, 2011 | Liz Tay Westpac has established an in-house team of commerce, legal and finance experts to support its move toward shorter deals with a greater number of outsourcers. Read the full article here via iTnews

iTnews | August 1, 2011 | John Hilvert Telstra has sought an 18-month exemption from proposed laws that would require telcos to preserve data on persons suspected of serious crimes. Read the full article here via iTnews

Bloomberg | August 1, 2011 | Robert Schneider, Robert Fenner Apple Inc. won an agreement from Samsung Electronics Co. that the South Korean company won’t sell the newest version of its tablet computer in Australia until a patent lawsuit in the country is resolved. Read the...

iTnews | July 26, 2011 | Ry Crozier The Queensland Government has announced plans to appoint a "standalone" chief information officer tasked with driving consistent IT outcomes across state departments and agencies. Read the full article here via iTnews

iTnews | July 26, 2011 | James Hutchinson Telstra has begun discussions with mobile reseller carriers in hopes of opening its Next G network for wholesale opportunities early next year. Read the full article here via iTnews

iTnews | July 25, 2011 | James Hutchinson The University of Western Australia has embarked on an 18-month project to consolidate approximately 1000 disparate servers to a private cloud platform in Amcom data centres. Read the full article here via iTnews

iTnews | July 19, 2011 | James Hutchinson The NSW Government's new integrated transport authority has been handed formal responsibility for approving a wider rollout of free WiFi on the state's buses, trains and ferries. Read the full article here via iTnews

iTnews | July 19, 2011 | James Hutchinson The NSW Government's new integrated transport authority has been handed formal responsibility for approving a wider rollout of free WiFi on the state's buses, trains and ferries. Read the full article here via iTnews

iTnews | July 19, 2011 The City of Melbourne is deploying a pay-by-phone trial for on-street metered parking spaces. By October, drivers in the inner-city suburb of Carlton will be able to use an iPhone application or website to pay for parking. Read the full article here...

iTnews | July 15, 2011 | John Hilvert The Victorian Government's digital train radio system project faced a cost blowout of up to $31.4 million, public transport minister Terry Mulder has said. Read the full article here via iTnews

iTnews | July 15, 2011 | John Hilvert The Victorian Government's digital train radio system project faced a cost blowout of up to $31.4 million, public transport minister Terry Mulder has said. Read the full article here via iTnews

Pacific Fibre | July 18, 2011 | Lance Wiggs 12,750km System Will Set Record for Cross Sectional Capacity, Support Increasing Capacity Demands in Australia and New Zealand Read the full article here via Pacific Fibre  

Ericsson | June 24, 2011 | Press Release Telstra, Australia’s leading telecommunications and information services company, is now the operator with the largest HD voice network in the world. Across more than 2.1 million square kilometres of Australian landmass, Telstra offers the...

Economic Times | June 15, 2011 | Deepali Gupta MUMBAI: After exiting telecom businesses in India, the Essar Group is following suit in Africa. The telecom service operations it acquired from Warid Telecom in Uganda and Congo are being returned and the group is looking...