RISING oil prices might mean fatter profits for the State’s
oil producers but there’s a downside for the broader community, with business and consumers set to foot the bill at the fuel pump.
THE State Government has launched its Innovation Initiative against the backdrop of the Western Australian component of the Australian Innovation Festival.
COMPETITION is likely to intensify within the voice services sector in the latter half of this year as several players begin to drive the battle into the residential Voice over Internet Protocol market space (VoIP).
A CAPITAL raising undertaken by wireless technology company Wavenet International Limited closed fully subscribed last week, with the company raising $A5,000,000 through a share placement.
TEN Western Australian companies exhibited at this year’s
CeBIT conference at a Western Australia stand organised through the Department
of Industry and Resources.
WESTERN Australian universities have responded to comments
made by a leading venture capitalist that were highly critical of the
commercialisation efforts of Australian universities.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS provider Optus is hatching major expansion plans in Western Australia after experiencing steady growth across its various offerings in the past two years.
A TECHNOLOGY Park start-up claims to have produced a world first in its field and is preparing to take its solution to market at a fraction of the cost of current market offerings.
IN a statement that has clear implications for Western Australian exports of liquid natural gas, US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan has urged the US to import and process liquid natural gas to
ONE of Western Australia’s top scientists is calling for more support from venture capitalists and financiers to back innovation and get commercialisation deals across the line.
THERE has been a marked increase in local activity in the Voice over Internet Protocol market as VoIP business models emerge in the US, Europe and Japan.
THE Western Australian Government’s dream of turning the Burrup Peninsula into a world-class industrial park seems to be rapidly eroding as yet another project is called into question.
THE intellectual property clauses of the recently negotiated Australia-US Free Trade Agreement are causing concern to some in the ICT and software development industry.
THE push to create a Western Australian-based annual information communications technology showcase has gained momentum with almost half of available space booked at the ambitious Comm-IT WA exhibition and conference.
AS the strong growth in major resource projects continues, the resulting social and economic impacts are providing concern for industry watchers, local communities and stakeholders.
LISTED satellite and computer technology firm Comdek is looking to capitalise on the corporate data reticulation market through strategic acquisitions and by growing its satellite business.
