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IDC New Zealand has consummated a partnership with the country’s telecoms user group at a time when, according to IDC, the NZ telecommunications industry is at a crossroads as it faces international competition for what it calls 21st century telecommunications infrastructure and services.

Broadband provider, Internode, is out in the market looking to employ new staff as it continues to record strong growth despite what it says are slowing growth rates n a maturing broadband market.

Just two weeks to the day after attacking the federal government for overlooking the ICT industry as a critical source of economic stimulus and growth for Australia’s economy, the ACS has joined the chorus of those welcoming the government’s NBN decision but with a cautionary reminder that it’s by no means all of what’s needed to kick along Australia’s digital economy.

Telstra and its old adversary, the Competitive Carriers’ Coalition have both ‘welcomed’ the government’s decision on the national broadband network (NBN) – but, it’s probably just the start of the next round of sniping between these two muscled up fighters.

In the midst of doom and gloom, mobile broadband has proven to be Australia's beacon of light, with the market doubling in the past year to more than $1 billion.

Telstra is to introduce additional measures which it says will safeguard its customers from unintentional subscriptions to premium SMS services.

Communications Alliance, the peak industry body for the Australian communications industry, has called for a ‘NBN Digital Vision Day’ to set the direction for Australia’s transition to the broadband environment.

Telstra has today opened the first of 67 new business centres around Australia where it says it will provide local face-to-face help for small businesses faced with the difficulties of the economic downturn.

The financial downturn has all businesses tightening their belts and focussing on getting greater bang for their buck as they look for ways to survive the crisis.

Vodafone Australia is in the final stages of testing and tuning its high speed 3G network in major regional centres, with the network to go live in the first week of May 2009. 
 

Verizon Business will provide network and data services at U.S. Department of Defense installations around the world under a new contract awarded by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).
 

Telstra has been quick to respond to criticism of the capabilities of DOCSIS 3.0, and HFC networks in general, with a blog post on Nowwearetalking from its CTO, Hugh Bradlow.