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Unisys has won a five-year contract worth $37 million to develop and manage a passenger baggage reconciliation system (BRS) for Australia’s international airports.

South Africa open source advocates are saying that a new IT policy framework proposal that advocates the use of open source software would, if approved, go a long way toward encouraging local developers to create and sell new products.

France Télécom SA's consolidated revenue for the nine months to Sept. 30 grew 9 percent year on year to €34.44 billion (US$33.79 billion as of Sept. 30, the last day of the period being reported), and the company expects full-year revenue to grow by between 8 percent and 9 percent, it announced Tuesday.

Air transport IT services provider Sita has launched an aviation security solution, specifically targeting the US market.

As a result of the merger between global network operator Equant NV and France Télécom SA's Global One Communications subsidiary that was finalised on Friday, about 3,000 people can expect to lose their jobs.

France Télécom SA assumed control of global network operator Equant NV on Friday, selling the international data networking operations of its Global One Communications Inc. subsidiary to Equant, and buying the stake in Equant owned by the SITA Foundation, the companies said in a joint statement.

Think you went beyond the call of duty when deploying your network globally? Then consider the experiences of Sara Lee's Lance Kull. When Kull and his networking team traveled to the Dominican Republic to install equipment and cabling in a plant in Atabo, they found themselves in the midst of a riot as they drove their minivan through the streets of Santo Domingo.

Air transport solution provider SITA has added global roaming WAP (wireless application protocol) access for the airline industry's staff and passengers allowing users direct access to WAP services via a local call.

A roundup of international news involving Microsoft, SITA, IBM and the Bush administration

Contracts worth more than $A600 million were signed and sealed this week as Telstra offloaded design and maintenance work on its Customer Access Network. Elsewhere, as Australia gears up for the Olympic Games there will be plenty of eyes on IBM's visiting chief Lou Gerstner - has his trip had anything to do with Westpac's decision to delay its outsourcing decision?

A rattled government minister has attempted to counter the claims of angry Australian scientists who were sufficiently mad about inappropriate IT outsourcing plans to arrange a day of protest this week. In other news the sizes of the orders being signed around town seem to increase as the Olympics draw closer