Uecomm lauds growth as sparking Optus bidJunior telecommunications company Uecomm has lauded the "quality of business" recorded over the last two years as validating a takeover bid made by SingTel Optus last Friday.Uecomm chairman Peter Shore made the comment at the company's annual general meeting, at which he also said the offer delivered a substantial premium to the company's recently traded share price.May 24, 2004 by ZDNet Editors in Mobile Carriers
Williams plays down privacy impact of telco billThe Minister for Communications Information and the Arts, Daryl Williams, has moved to assure telecommunications companies and consumers that the Communications Legislation Amendment Bill will not violate individual privacy.The legislation will improve the arrangements for telecommunications carriers and carriage service providers to assist law enforcement agencies.April 1, 2004 by ZDNet Editors in Mobile Carriers
SMB Series: Secure your perimeterSmall- and medium-sized businesses are all the rage at the moment.From storage vendors to applications developers, the SMB market in Australia is booming at rapid pace.April 26, 2006 by ZDNet Editors in Mobile Carriers
Teen who studied monkey DNA wins top science honorsResearching monkey's DNA, senior developed theory of how traits developed during evolution. Work "offers new insights," MIT prof says.November 17, 2006 by ZDNet Editors in Mobile Carriers
KS virtual schools growing fast, legislature poised to step inA special audit team is monitoring the virtual schools, trying to come up with a plan to evaluate whether students are really taking the classes and how they perform against traditional schools.February 6, 2007 by ZDNet Editors in Mobile Carriers
SingTel builds first regional overland cableSingTel together with five other regional telecommunications carriers have built the first overland cable linking China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.February 4, 2001 by ZDNet Editors in Mobile Carriers
Schools worry over poor local communicationsOnly six cities have fully adequate emergency communications systems, DHS finds. So how will responders handle school emergencies?January 4, 2007 by ZDNet Editors in Mobile Carriers
AltaVista pulls plug on UK Internet serviceAltaVista becomes the latest Internet firm to back down on its promises to consumers as it ditches its unmetered access service "indefinitely" and blames British Telecom for the failure to deliver.Less than six months after it announced flat-rate Internet access for life to a fanfare of publicity, the Internet search engine giant disappoints thousands of users who had registered for the service.August 21, 2000 by ZDNet Editors in Mobile Carriers
Brazil: Mobile empire expandsTelefonica and Portugal Telecom announce a $10 billion joint venture inLatin America'slargest economy. What will this mean for Brazil and for the rest of theregion?January 25, 2001 by ZDNet Editors in Mobile Carriers
Poll: What's your iiNet trial care factor?The judgement for the iiNet versus Australian Federation against Copyright Theft trial, or #iiTrial, is falling tomorrow. How concerned are you about the outcome?February 2, 2010 by ZDNet Editors in Mobile Carriers