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Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.

Asia Pacific buyers of IT services and products seem to be hesitating on new purchasing commitments as the region appears to have been negatively impacted by the current global economic conditions, according to a new report just published.

Ethical worker rights do-gooders plan wheelbarrow delivered petition protest featuring 250,000 signatures and an ethical iProtester dressed in a presumably ethically made iPhone iSuit – in Sydney, Washington DC, New York City, San Francisco, London and Bangalore.

Communications minister, senator Stephen Conroy has capped the amount of spectrum any single organisation will be able to acquire in the upcoming 700MHz and 2.5GHz auctions at 2x20MHz in the 700MHz and 2x40MHz in the 2.5 GHz band.

Macquarie Telecom's 'greenfield' data centre site in Fairbairn ACT has been added to the Federal Government's data centre facilities panel, even though Macquarie has not yet committed to building a data centre on the site. Also added is a site owned by Dell at Hume in the ACT.

If you’ve got one of Telstra’s superfast 4G USB modems, and you wish that you could plug it into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot so all your devices can feel the need for 4G speed… Netcomm’s new M2 could well be your new best M8.

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UXC Connect secures $8 million worth of contracts

Australian ICT infrastructure solutions and services company, UXC Connect, has secured four contracts to the value of $8 million to provide its campsite entertainment solution to thousands of workers located in four remote mining camps across the Pilbara in Western Australia.

ACMA names-and-shames Sydney-based spammers

It's probably quite difficult to annoy the ACMA, but when your spamming gets beyond a joke, expect to be thrust into the spotlight.

iPhone ‘worker abuse’ iProtest at select global Apple iStores

Ethical worker rights do-gooders plan wheelbarrow delivered petition protest featuring 250,000 signatures and an ethical iProtester dressed in a presumably ethically made iPhone iSuit – in Sydney, Washington DC, New York City, San Francisco, London and Bangalore.

Hitachi first with 25nm SLC NAND flash enterprise SSD

Hitachi GST claims its latest Ultrastar solid state drives are the first enterprise-class SSDs to use 25 nanometre SLC NAND flash memory technology.

TestPro selects IBM smart cloud solution

Software testing services company, TestPro, has selected IBM’s smartcloud enterprise solution to increase the flexibility and timeliness of its IT service delivery.

ITU progresses cloud interoperability

The International Telecommunication Union's Telecoms sector (ITU-T) Study Group 13 (SG 13) has created a new working party on cloud computing.

Global economic woes hit Asia Pacific tech market

Asia Pacific buyers of IT services and products seem to be hesitating on new purchasing commitments as the region appears to have been negatively impacted by the current global economic conditions, according to a new report just published.

Conroy sets spectrum caps in digital dividend auction

Communications minister, senator Stephen Conroy has capped the amount of spectrum any single organisation will be able to acquire in the upcoming 700MHz and 2.5GHz auctions at 2x20MHz in the 700MHz and 2x40MHz in the 2.5 GHz band.

Symantec warns of Android botnet

A 'million dollar' Android botnet has been created, security vendor Symantec has warned.

Macquarie Telecom and Dell greenfield data centre sites added to AGIMO panel

Macquarie Telecom's 'greenfield' data centre site in Fairbairn ACT has been added to the Federal Government's data centre facilities panel, even though Macquarie has not yet committed to building a data centre on the site. Also added is a site owned by Dell at Hume in the ACT.

Cloudy outlook for the NBN - but that's good news

A New Zealand study into the potential applications and demand for high-speed broadband services has concluded that cloud computing services for consumers could be a major driver.

Microsoft hires new public sector supremo

Microsoft has appointed Laura Ipsen as corporate vice president of its worldwide public sector organisation.

Roy Morgan: Internode tops ISP satisfaction survey

Internode has a history of coming out on top of ISP customer satisfaction surveys, and has just clocked an impressive 94% satisfaction on the latest Roy Morgan Research ISP survey.

Social media scams go mainstream

Where the good guys go, the bad guys follow. The popularisation of social media services such as Facebook and Twitter has led to malicious links becoming commonplace.

Sweet! Netcomm’s smallest Wi-Fi router for 3G/4G USB modems is here!

If you’ve got one of Telstra’s superfast 4G USB modems, and you wish that you could plug it into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot so all your devices can feel the need for 4G speed… Netcomm’s new M2 could well be your new best M8.

Telstra adds one million mobile services, but Sensis plummets

Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.



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