MobileIGNITE, an industry organisation, founded by BridgePort Networks in January of 2005 to promote the adoption of fixed mobile convergence technologies, has become an independent body.
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Atheros Communications has announced a "design breakthrough in WLAN...a complete 802.11b/g wireless access point...[combining] the wireless network processor, media access controller (MAC), baseband, and all radio functions up to the antenna in a single silicon chip."
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SSL VPN specialist Aventail has released a new high end version of hardware designed to serve up to 2000 concurrent users and aimed at mid to large-size enterprises with hundreds to thousands of remote users as well as its service provider partners.
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Motorola and Juniper Networks have announced plans to collaborate on the development of a modular cable modem termination system.
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Juniper Networks is to acquire Funk Software, a provider of standards-based network access security solutions, for approximately $US122 million in cash.
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The ACMA has released a report 'Consumer benefits resulting from Australia's telecommunications sector' designed to "assess the benefits accruing to households and small businesses from improvements in the telecommunications sector arising from the competition reforms of 1997, and particularly benefits achieved in the 2004-05 financial year."
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Optus has launched its 3G service claiming a number of key differentiators from its rivals. Coverage is identical to that of Vodafone with which Optus has an infrastructure sharing agreement.
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As Optus proudly displays its newly released 3G offering to the market, one of the doyens global telecommunications believes the technology is a load of hot air wihout substance.
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 Optus has launched its initial 3G services covering Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Brisbane’s CBD and Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth airports, dangling the carrot of cheap always on instant messaging.
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Worldwide IPTV service revenue will skyrocket to over US$44 billion with more than 53 million subscribers by 2009, according to a new report.
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Cisco and Linksys have launched a radical new approach to providing communication services to the SME market in partnership with service providers and have named Australian company, IP Systems as one of only four of the first global partners.
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Telstra subsidiary, KAZ, has signed a $45 million five-year contract to provide IT infrastructure services to ING Australia.
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Telstra has taken delivery from Beam Communications, a subsidiary of ASX-listed Tele-IP, of its first remote calling satellite telephone system designed to be deployed anywhere in the world and configured from ac central location.
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Q1, the world's tallest residential apartment tower, which opened in late October on the Gold Coast, has been equipped with Nortel technology to deliver broadband Internet access to the tower's 526-apartments.
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According to European research company, Butler Group, enterprises need to be very wary of letting employees install Skype, because it works by making use of the resources of client computers.
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UK software developer, Cramer and Alcatel have demonstrated a jointly developed BSS/OSS solution for IPTV that they claim will accelerate tier 1 operators' ability to quickly deliver and support next generation converged voice, data and video services.
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