There will be a lot of consumer movement in the telco space with 46 per cent of Australians expected to change telco carriers in 2012, according to a report by Macquarie University.

Macquarie University has deployed “hundreds” of iPads to meet staff demand for the hyped Apple tablet — just a scant few months after the device launched in Australia in late May this year.

The managing director of Avaya’s Australian division, Rob Wells, has tossed out a challenge to rivals such as Cisco, claiming his company has no competition when it comes to the next generation of unified communications solutions.

Macquarie University has become one of the first Australian universities to provide Google Gmail accounts to its staff.

Communications integrator, NSC Group, will supply the Australian Central Credit Union with Avaya and Verint call centre equipment under a newly inked contract.

NSC has begun its IP telephony system rollout at Sydney’s Macquarie University.