Former Alphawest CEO, Garry Henley joins Synergy, while Peter Cappendell stays on as COO
Channel veteran, Garry Henley, has become CEO of ASX-listed entity, Synergy Plus (ASX:SNR).
Business groups and political parties have cited concerns about the retail/wholesale split and express opposition to parts of the Government's NBNco legislation
Analysts and industry representatives have given the Government’s NBN draft legislation mixed reviews, but political parties are signalling plans to oppose it.
Melbourne reseller appoints administrators but continues to trade
Melbourne-based reseller, Organiser World, has been put up for sale one week after administrators were called into the embattled business.
The trio have planned and are now building a Cisco-based internal cloud with Alphawest, which will be linked in with an Optus external cloud
Curtin University has become the first pilot customer of Optus Business and its subsidiary, Alphawest, to move into a private enterprise cloud.
Telecommunications provider boasts strong mobile driven revenue
A healthy mobile business has boosted Q3 financial results for telecommunications stalwart, Optus.
Old partners renew wholesale contract
Optus and Dodo have renewed their wholesale relationship with a four-year contract worth $160 million.
HP will handle customer billing, data warehousing and other core systems
In a bid to improve the performance and quality levels of its key application and support services, Australian telecoms company Optus signed a three-year outsourcing contract with HP Enterprise Services.
Paul O'Sullivan jumps in the deep over National Broadband Network
Optus CEO, Paul O’Sullivan, has called on all sides of politics to unite against Telstra and speed up construction of a National Broadband Network.
Partnership provides SMBs with refinancing for PABX equipment as well as new plans to combine landline and mobile phones
NEC and Optus have partnered to give SMB customers one phone number across their mobile and desk phone tools.
Telco gets the jump on other carriers in the race to launch the highly-anticipated business smart phone
Telstra will be the first Australian carrier to sell the much-anticipated BlackBerry Bold 9700.
Several ISPs using Pipe's service are concerned over a competitor buying their wholesale supplier.
Several of Pipe Networks’ (ASX: PWK) customers have expressed apprehension about the [[artnid:325874|company’s imminent sale to telecom player, Soul/TPG|new]] (ASX: SOT).
But Telstra will not confirm or deny release or availability of smartphone
The highly anticipated BlackBerry Bold 9700, codenamed Onyx, has been confirmed for release by the Optus, Vodafone and 3 networks but dates and pricing have yet to be confirmed.
Industry watchdog calls for more action and customer compensation
A new industry report has found a 54 per cent increase in customer complaints against telecoms providers between 2007/2008 to 2008/2009.
iiNet accuses plaintiffs and BitTorrent partners of similar inaction against copyright infringements
iiNet has used contractual relationships between movie studios and BitTorrent websites to counter AFACT's accusations the ISP is guilty of "authorising" copyright infringements by customers through inaction.
The wireless ISP recruits more vendors for Perth WiMax rollout
Unwired claims the need for traditional Internet access will provide the driving force behind uptake of its forthcoming 4G services.
