AUSTRALIAN Telecommunications Users Group national director Walter Green said there had been a significant cost reduction in the delivery of fibre to homes in the first half of last year.
A PRODUCTIVITY Commission Report released in 1999 indicated that Australians were paying too much for telecommunications services compared with OECD standards.
WITHOUT world class, affordable telecommunications infrastructure the distance between an already remote Western Australia and the rest of the world is even greater.
INFORMATION technology incubator Entrepreneurs in Residence (EiR) may soon be without Federal Government funding as Canberra prepares to wind down the Building on IT Strengths (BITS) incubator program.
TECHNOLOGY and Industry Advisory Council spokesman Rob Meecham told those at the WA Business News luncheon that access to existing telecommunications infrastructure already in the ground remained problematic as it was too costly for businesses to access.
HEWLETT Packard has completed the sale of its 18 per cent
stake in Perth-based IT outsourcing firm ASG Group for $3.8 million.
HP sold 11.85 million ASG shares for 32 cents a share, which
Once thought to contain only gas, the oil exploration renaissance in the Perth Basin continues with a hive of activity capturing market attention. Alison Birrane reports.
WESTERN Australia’s web development industry is reaping the benefits of larger IT spends off the back of growing positive sentiment in the State’s ICT sector.
People power is an increasingly influential component in the decision making process with regard to major projects in Western Australia. Alison Birrane reports on community consultation and the tussle over public involvement in industry and government dec
LOCAL software developer CAZ software has won its second Hong
Kong contract in six months, securing a deal to supply its school management
software to the German Swiss International School.
ON the back of major developments in the resources and property sectors, and a surging State economy that’s driving infrastructure projects, community consultants in Western Australia have been enjoying an increased demand for their services.
THE growing number of communities forming action groups and taking their anger over coastal development to the streets may cause some to question the value of community consultation.
LOCAL e-learning specialist Westinfo Services has won an award for the second year running at the Thomson NETg annual Channel Partner Conference in Cannes, France.
MAJOR projects based on heavy industry have always proved a sticking point within local communities, particularly when they are located in a sensitive environment.
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).
