Stories by Computerworld Staff

Nationals seek more funds from Telstra sale

The Nationals in Queensland have upped the ante by demanding new Internet services if the government wants to sell its remaining stake in Telstra.

Coonan defends opposition to Telstra sale

The NSW Farmers' Association released a survey today showing 80 percent of farmers are opposed to the full sale of Telstra.

Unwired secures spectrum swap deal

Unwired Australia has struck up an agreement with Allco Finance for a $15.7million secured loan to finance the Austar spectrum swap deal.

Toshiba refutes group's claim

Toshiba is seeking a public retraction from Environment Victoria, which criticised the vendor's environmental policy.

Internet phone number trial goes live

Mapping of telephone numbers to domain names using a Domain Name System (DNS)-based architecture to facilitate services like voice over IP moved a step closer Monday with the launch of a local Enum trial.

Wireless network goes bush

One of the largest rural wireless networks in Australia will be officially launched tomorrow at The University of Queensland's Gatton campus.

Consumer council reviews e-commerce guidelines

The federal government's consumer affairs advisory council is developing best practice guidelines for online shopping and e-commerce sites.

Victoria launches Broadband Framework

The Victorian government has announced $137 million of broadband initiatives as part of its Broadband Framework.

Ericsson mobilises local developers

Ericsson has announced a two-year, $6 million contract with DEK Technologies to design hardware and software for mobile use as well as for wireline core networks.

Qld TAFE extends Unisys outsourcing deal

Queensland TAFE has extended an existing three-year contract with Unisys for a further two years of desktop support and managed services.

Optus trials wireless broadband

Optus has announced plans to trial wireless broadband in Sydney in a bid to take on rivals such as Unwired Australia.

Telstra sale scoping study to get under way

The Prime Minister John Howard has admitted customers will continue to suffer problems with Telstra's phone and Internet services regardless of who owns the company.

Nigerian scammer gets minimum four-year sentence

The Australian mastermind behind a global Internet fraud, more commonly known as the Nigerian or West African scam, was today sentenced to more than four years jail.

SourceCode pushes .NET workflow tool

SourceCode Technology, a provider of workflow platform for .NET, has been actively promoting its most recent workflow tool, K2.net 2003 in the Australian market.

NSW Roads kicks out Exchange for Sun, deploys Mozilla

The NSW Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) will migrate 1500 users across 120 offices from Microsoft Exchange to Sun’s Java Enterprise System messaging and calendar servers for e-mail and calendaring.