John Brumby, Alexander Downer and John Lord have been announced as independent Directors to sit on Huawei Australia’s newly-established Board of Directors. The Board will be charged with overseeing Huawei’s local strategy and developing further inroads into the Australian market.
The world's leading e-commerce company Alibaba.com now has well over 550,000 Australians using it as a business source, with an average of more than 20,000 people signing up to its site each month, latest figures show.
Globe Telecom, one of the leading mobile operators in the Philippines (over 27 million subs), is launching VMS (Video Message Service) nationwide. By doing so, Globe will be the first to market VMS as a new media channel to their subscribers.
Australian Xbox users were given an early Christmas present when Foxtel declared that there will be no data charges for Telstra BigPond customers who are signed up to the Xbox 360 service. The pay subscription service also announced that BigPond TV channels which include the AFL and NRL channels, TVN and BigPond Sport TV will become available to Xbox gamers who use Foxtel's Xbox package.
The famed deal between Telstra Corporation Ltd and the National Broadband Network (NBN), which amounts to $9 billion, is expected to be signed as early as next week with the cabinet to see documents by late second quarter or early third quarter of this year.
Stocks in Australia and Tokyo close higher Wednesday, reflecting the generally brighter sentiments around Asian markets.
NBN Co has contracted Fujitsu Australia as its prime alliance partner to deliver fibre infrastructure to New Developments. Fujitsu will manage the design, construction and associated works for the deployment of fibre to new developments, with the initial value estimated at over $100M for the first 12 months.
The smartphone wars are fully engaged, with no clear winner in sight -- if there will ever be one -- despite the Nokia-Apple horse race.
Telstra (ASX: TLS) will be the first telco in Australia to offer the Motorola Xoom tablet, the first device worldwide to run the designed-for-tablets Android 3.0 OS. Motorola and Telstra have announced today the Motorola XOOM will be available on Telstra from 24 May for $840 RRP.
Australia's internet service providers are wary that the planned National Broadband Network (NBN) may push up their prices much to the dismay of customers.
Apple Inc has denied reports that the company installed a tracking device on its iPhones to know the locations of users.
Sony Corp has warned its 75 million PlayStation Network and Qriocity online service customers to check their credit card accounts as some important credit card data such as billing addresses and other personal information may have been stolen by a hacker.
Asian regional markets are mixed in the last hours of trading in Australia, Singapore, and Japan as investors kept a "wait and see" attitude and bearish sentiments spilled from European and U.S. markets.
NBN Co says it is on track for the September commencement of commercial super-fast broadband services with the signing of the first retail service providers to connect to the new network for trials on mainland Australia.
Australian telco giant Telstra (ASX: TLS) says it is launching a new high-speed mobile Wi-Fi hotspot to enable Australians to connect multiple mobile devices to the internet when they’re on the go.
Leading mobile affiliate network MobPartner just closed a $3.5 million first round from Alven Capital and Newfund. This funding will enable MobPartner to accelerate its international growth.
SBS has launched its first iPhone app, The World Game, which will provide fans with up to date information across more than 40 football leagues worldwide.
The cities of Beijing and Chongqing, China have recently issued a rule banning outdoor advertising that tends to promote high-end lifestyles and may trigger social unrest.
Apple has announced that iPad 2, the second-generation of its third post-PC device, will go on sale in 25 additional countries this Friday, March 25.
Six companies that own and operate some of the largest networks in the world - Deutsche Telekom, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Verizon, and Yahoo! - has announced the launch of the Open Networking Foundation (ONF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting a new approach to networking called Software-Defined Networking (SDN).
Google has announced a partnership agreement with Sprint Mobile to integrate Google Voice into the mobile phone's applications. In a press statement, Google said the firm has been working to bring an integrated Google Voice experience to your mobile device by building mobile apps, introducing Google Voice Lite, and most recently Number Porting.
Australian mobile users appear to be gravitating towards Virgin Mobile for their portable communication needs thanks mostly to the satisfactory services delivered by the telco owned and operated by Virgin Group owner Richard Branson, a new report said on Thursday.
The powerful Japan earthquake last week damaged some communication cables that link many countries in the Asia-Pacific region and to the mainland America.
The person who used to man the frontline on Telstra Corporation’s industrial tiff with its labor unions has departed from the company, according to a news statement released on Tuesday.
Web developers will get the most benefit with Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) launched early this week.
Telecommunications giant Telstra on Tuesday offered free telephone calls and text messages for customers wishing to check on family and friends affected by the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
TELSTRA has announced it will shift its focus on online marketing and plans to open a new bath of 100 retail stores adding to the existing 300 allover the country.
Telstra Corporation’s decision on Wednesday to shut down its Moe call centre will render 114 workers out of job, leaving Latrobe Valley executives in doubt whether the soon-to-be separated employees will find replacement works within Telstra, as pledged by the telco yesterday.
Brightstar, a global provider of services and solutions for the wireless industry, has signed a new, three-year supply chain agreement with Telecom New Zealand Ltd, New Zealand's largest telecommunications service provider, to provide supply chain services for all mobile, broadband and fixed line products.
Ads promoting Optus' broadband plans as being "unlimited" were misleading and deceptive in contravention of the Trade Practices Act 1974, the Federal Court in Melbourne has ruled.
