Australian transport systems company Technisyst has acquired subsidiaries Saab ITS and Saab Professional Systems from the global Saab Group.

The managing director of boutique broadband player Internode, Simon Hackett, believes that 2006 will be the year when "Triple Play" service provision will come into its own in Australia.

Canberra school student Pascal Klein has been named by Linux Australia as the inaugural winner of the organisation's People's Choice Community Member of the Year award, giving him a free trip one of the world's top Linux technical conferences.

Consumer electronics company LG Electronics Australia has aappointed a new managing director, Daniel Shin, who commences his role on 30 January. Mr Shin was previously director of sales and marketing, Appliance Division, LG Electronics USA and has spent 15 years in overseas markets including Korea and Spain. Mr Shin's appointment follows the departure of Mr UC Hwang, who returns to Korea after his two year tenure as managing director of the Australian office.