IndustryThe value of mobile data and messaging revenues has exceeded voice call revenues for the first time in Australia as consumers shift from using their mobile phones primarily for calls to mainly data.
CA Technologies has agreed to acquire Canada-based Layer 7 Technologies, a provider of security and management products for API-driven integrations.
Wholesale telecommunications carrier, AAPT, has selected OrionVM’s cloud platform to power its Connect service offering.
IBM’s poor hardware sales results have led to speculation it will sell its low end server business, perhaps to Lenovo.
Ratings agent Moody's says that the credit profiles of Telstra and Optus are likely to come under pressure from their participation in the ‘digital dividend’ spectrum auctions.
Professional services firm, Deloitte, has teamed up with accounting software provider, Xero, to offer its Australian clients the ability to migrate to Xero’s single ledger accounting solution in response to what it says is growing demand for cloud accounting solutions.
Optus has won a five year, $60 million contract with security and surveillance provider, Suretek, to deliver fixed network and high-speed mobile services via its 3G and 4G networks.
Twitter’s introduction of keyword targeting in timelines is likely to turn off users of the social network, according to one advertising industry commentator, who says the move turns Twitter advertising from “push to pull”.
iPrimus, part of the M2 Telecommunications Group, has hosted the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Stephen Conroy, to a visit to its first customer in the Northern Territory to be connected to the NBN via Fixed Wireless technology.
Australia’s Department of Defence has signed a $1.1 billion contract with Telstra for the provision of enhanced telecommunications services.
