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• Simon Hackett leaves executive role at Internode, joins iiNet

  By Spandas Lui | 28 May, 2012 14:12

  Plenty of changes at Internode as it integrates with iiNet after being acquired for $105 million.

• CeBIT 2012: Telstra economist says Australia needs a collaborative infrastructure strategy

  By Spandas Lui | 22 May, 2012 16:53

  Australia is lacking a collaborative infrastructure strategy which has stifled the implementation of intelligent technology solutions across the country, according to Telstra principal regulatory economist, Dr Flavio Romano.

• CeBIT 2012: Conroy spruiks success of Digital Economy strategy

  By Spandas Lui | 22 May, 2012 14:41

  Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, has talked up the success of the Digital Economy Strategy he launched last year during his address to CeBIT Australia 2012, Sydney.

• AusBBS ties NBN knot with Nextgen

  By Mike Gee | 21 May, 2012 11:18

  Cloud-based ISP, Australian Broadband Services (AusBBS), will use Nextgen Networks, NBN Connect product, to enable the delivery of data and voice services nationally.

• Telstra switches on network intelligence for Next IP

  By Spandas Lui | 10 May, 2012 15:25

  Telstra has launched the first phase of its intelligent reporting service on its Next IP network.

• Optus Q4 revenue down, blames mobile termination rate cuts

  By Spandas Lui | 10 May, 2012 11:04

  Optus has reported a 1.1 per cent decline in operating revenue in its fourth quarter amid tougher competition and the recent compulsory reduction of mobile termination rates.

• Optus continues post-paid growth momentum

  By Hafizah Osman | 09 May, 2012 16:10

  Telco service provider, Optus, is continuing its post-paid growth momentum with net additions of 82,000 this quarter.

• Telco watch: NBN rolls out, at last

  By Spandas Lui | 09 May, 2012 15:25

  In 2009, then Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, with Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, by his side, announced the $43 billion National Broadband Network (NBN). Originally put up for tender to the private sector, the decision to make the lucrative – not to mention expensive – network a 100 per cent Government project has garnered much praise and criticism.

• Growth 2012: From backyard to boom

  By Hafizah Osman | 09 February, 2012 14:18

  iiNet: The third in a series of 10 interviews with channel-relevant technology companies that have achieved significant growth over the last three years

• Growth 2012: Making acquisitions pay

  By Spandas Lui | 07 February, 2012 14:48

  M2 Communications: The second in a series of 10 interviews with channel-relevant technology companies that have achieved significant growth over the last three years

• PROFILE: Working towards global ICT

  By Patrick Budmar | 28 July, 2011 10:27

  While Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) has been in the Australian market for several years, the company has recently found itself in the spotlight following a series of high profile acquisitions. ARN spoke to NTT’s Australian managing director and CEO, Yoshimasa Hashimoto, about its local plans.<

• ISP Q&A: TransACT's Ivan Slavich on networks, the NBN and more

  By Spandas Lui | 24 June, 2011 21:45

  The Federal Government’s $36 billion National Broadband Network (NBN) aspires to be an open-access network which will eventually level the playing-field in the broadband market for ISPs nationwide.

  But one company already has its own open-access network, albeit on a smaller scale.

  TransACT began its life in the 2000 and has strong ties with the main utility services supplier in ACT, ActewAGL. Its origins stemmed from the fact Telstra and Optus left Canberra out of their HFC broadband network footprint.

• 11 Android apps to boost speed, battery life

  By Eric Geier | 20 September, 2011 06:11

  The mobile operating system Android for phones and tablets offers a wide variety of apps and can be quite useful in your professional and personal life. But after you've added a bunch of apps and used it for a while, Android can also get bogged down or unstable, run slowly and/or eat battery juice too quickly.

• IN DEPTH: Star struck in a world of satellites and secrets

  By Spandas Lui | 15 August, 2011 16:25

  A long worn-out road leads to the plot of land where the Optus Sydney Satellite Earth Station resides.

• NEWS FEATURE: The Digital Economy Strategy - a roadmap to where?

  By Spandas Lui | 04 July, 2011 15:43

  The Digital Economy Strategy, recently announced at ceBIT Australia 2011, has been warmly received by the industry. But analysts are less certain of the strategy.

• Cell-phone service surprises & portion sizes

  By Martyn Williams | 16 May, 2009 02:27

  For the past 10 years I've expected three constants when visiting the U.S.: friendly people, large portions of food and bad cell-phone coverage.