Stories about: National Communications

Thirteen companies have applied to bid for the right to build WiMax high-speed wireless Internet networks in Taiwan, an effort one group hopes to derail out of health concerns.

The proposed African multinational broadband project, Comtel, has stalled as individual member countries develop their own regional telecommunication infrastructures.

Taiwan is moving forward on its wireless broadband Internet initiative by finalizing rules for an upcoming WiMax license auction and preparing its first major WiMax testing zone, officials said Tuesday.

Regional and rural NSW utility Country Energy has announced it has been trialling Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) technology successfully at 45Mbps speeds with residents in the Queanbeyan area, with the promise of 200Mbps in the coming months.

The days of the glitzy IT trade show and giant technology fairs are over. Not even an endless supply of free caps, fridge magnets and frisbees can combat the time pressures IT professionals which has led to falling attendances at these events.

While IT is transforming Australia's healthcare industry, innovation in the sector is stalling because of security concerns.

In the blaze of criticism surrounding Telstra’s ambition to become a media player, those accusing our hamstrung national carrier of losing the plot have managed to avoid a key question: what precisely is Telstra meant to do when its telephony revenues dry up?

With more than 12 Web sites, each with its own look, URLs, and data repositories, Greening Australia has implemented a unified content management system that can be updated from some 80 locations.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has taken legal action against National Telecoms Group (NTG) in the Federal Court, after conducting a year-long investigation into alleged deceptive conduct by the telco provider.

The U.S. National Communications System (NCS) plans to develop a Global Early Warning Information System (GEWIS) to monitor the performance of the Internet and provide warnings to government and industry users of threats that could degrade service, such as denial-of-service attacks against the Domain Name Servers that control Internet traffic.

Australian Business Technologies (ABT) is planning to launch a national communications company later this year to deliver satellite based services to regional and rural Australia.