Stories by: Sandra Rossi

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Blog lifts mystery surrounding telecommunications projects 08/05/2008 08:45:08

A corporate blog about the construction of a subsea fibre-optic cable has received 20,000 hits in less than four hours.
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Blackberry users lured into Faustian pact 06/05/2008 07:30:30

Research examining the love/hate relationship Australian executives have developed with their BlackBerrys describes ownership of the popular e-mail device as akin to signing a Faustian pact.
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Customer churn costing Australian business $1.5 billion a year 21/04/2008 12:54:54

Customer churn is spreading beyond the banking and telco sectors costing Australian business more than $A1.5 billion a year.
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Data a competitive asset, not a necessary evil 19/03/2008 15:20:35

Data should be viewed as a competitive asset rather than a necessary evil and is a business issue, not an IT matter, the research vice president at Gartner, Ted Friedman, said today.
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Hundreds of tech predictions revealed for 2008 through to 2018 06/03/2008 08:41:04

More than 600 predictions were released by analysts this week in ICT industry research reports that identify a long list of trends, forecasts and estimates ranging from the top technologies for the year 2010 to growing tensions in the telecommunications industry as a result of convergence.
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Hosted security market picking up pace in Australia 26/02/2008 14:00:13

A new report by analyst firm Frost and Sullivan claims the Australian market for managed security services will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21.6 per cent between 2006 and 2012 reaching $843.1 million.
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Cable network to meet Trans-Pacific demand for bandwidth 26/02/2008 16:01:33

Pacnet today announced its latest investment into expanding its subsea cable network with the launch of its first Trans-Pacific cable infrastructure, EAC Pacific.
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Mesh network for Pacific undersea cable system 26/02/2008 10:13:05

Verizon Business has deployed a technologically advanced network configuration on the trans-Pacific portion of its global network to provide more diverse routes to benefit large business and government customers.
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University inks unmetered Web access deal with Bigpond 25/02/2008 11:56:48

The University of Newcastle has partnered with Telstra's Internet Service Provider (ISP) Bigpond to offer unmetered access to its Web site.
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Telecom blitz on ASX following Voltage takeover 25/02/2008 15:48:53

Melbourne based telco provider Blitz Telecom Australia Pty Ltd will seek public listing via reverse merger on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) following its acceptance of a $16.5 million takeover offer from Voltage IP Ltd.
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Locally developed technology to be rolled out in seven countries 25/02/2008 17:10:29

Finder technology developed by a location-based services developer in Melbourne, Tenzeng, is being rolled out in seven countries across the globe.