SBC Communications has closed its acquisition of AT&T, 14 months after the deal was announced and has started a "well-planned integration" of the two companies.
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Amcom Telecommunications has entered a 20 year agreement with the South Australian Broadband Research and Education Network (SABRENet) to build, manage and access a $7.35 million 10gigabit per second fibre-optic network throughout Adelaide.
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Nokia is to acquire Intellisync, a developer of platform-independent wireless messaging and applications for mobile devices, and one of the main competitors to the BlackBerry push email technology.
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The Federal Government has released a discussion paper outlining how it proposes to spend $1 billion on broadband through the Broadband Connect and Clever Networks programs announced as part of the $1.1 billion Connect Australia package.
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The Federal Government has released a discussion paper outlining options for its $30 million Mobile Connect initiative to extend terrestrial mobile phone coverage in regional areas and to ensure satellite handset subsidies for more remote locations will continue.
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The government has issued draft guidelines for its $50 million Metropolitan Broadband Connect program, designed to bring broadband services to urban 'black spots'.
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has published interim determinations in three telecommunications mobile terminating access service (MTAS) arbitrations, all from other carriers seeking access to the Optus mobile network.
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Brightpoint Australia has been appointed an authorised distributor of Skype products and services.
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Optus has revised its broadband pricing, scrapping 'free months' for customers who bundle it with other Optus services and instead giving them discounts of the standard rate and additional download quotas, in off peak periods.
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Bucking the tide of a growing consensus that Telstra's prospects look bleak, financial markets analyst firm Fat Prophets predicts a bright future for the carrier if management can succeed in delivering on its vision.
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 IPSTAR Australia, a subsidiary of Thailand's Shin Satellite Plc, has launched a satellite broadband service targeted at regional and rural dwellers, offering speeds of up to 4 megabits per second.
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The Competitive Carriers’ Coalition (CCC) stepped up its war on Telstra's bid to retain its monopoly, slamming its plans to junk its investment in the CDMA network rather than sell it to a competitor.
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Vodafone has outpaced Optus by handsome margin in the three months to 30 September, adding 125,000 net customers (excluding MVNO customers) compared to Optus' 59,000.
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D-Link has launched "a complete VoIP solution for small business" comprising IP PABX, IP phone and analogue network gateway.
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A number of carriers and manufacturers, lead by France Telecom, have launched Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum to "promote development and deployment of applications and services on Linux phones through standardisation."
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