industry / IT
Senator wants ban on fee for paying bills by cashINDEPENDENT senator Nick Xenophon will seek parliamentary endorsement for a ban on consumers being charged a fee for paying their bills by cash.
Australian IT Monday, September 14, 2009Eircom board recommends STT takeover offer(Telecompaper) The board of Eircom Holdings has recommended an offer from STT Communications. The offer and estimated capital returns are currently equivalent to AUD 1.335 per Eircom share. The board has now entered into a Scheme Implementation Agreement (SIA) with STT and Emerald Communications (Cayman) under which Emerald will acquire the entire issued share capital of Eircom Holdings.
dmeurope.com Monday, September 14, 2009IEEE ratifies WLAN 802.11n-2009 amendment(Telecompaper) IEEE's Standards Board has ratified the IEEE 802.11n-2009 amendment, defining mechanisms that provide significantly improved data rates and ranges for wireless local area networks (WLANs). This new amendment to the IEEE 802.11 base standard is designed to help the data communications industry address the escalating demands placed on enterprise, home and public WLANs with the rise of higher-bandwidth file transfers and next-generation multimedia applications. WLANs based on IEEE 802.11 are widely deployed, with more than 1 million units shipping per day. The IEEE 802.11 standard defines how to design interoperable WLAN equipment that provides a variety of capabilities including a wide range of data rates, quality of service, reliability, range optimisation, device link options, network management and security. The 560-page 802.11n amendment, which is called WLAN Enhancements for Higher Throughput, will enable rollout of more scalable WLANs that deliver 10-fold-greater dat
dmeurope.com Monday, September 14, 2009Avaya to buy Nortel Enterprise Solutions for USD 900 mln(Telecompaper) Nortel Networks has concluded a successful auction of substantially all of the assets of Nortel's global Enterprise Solutions business as well as the shares of Nortel Government Solutions and DiamondWare, Avaya has emerged as the winning bidder agreeing to pay USD 900 million in cash to Nortel, with an additional pool of USD 15 million reserved for an employee retention program. The sale is subject to court approvals in the U.S., Canada, France and Israel as well as regulatory approvals, other customary closing conditions and certain post-closing purchase price adjustments. While today's auction is a significant step in the overall sale process, it is not the final step. Nortel will work diligently with Avaya to close the sale later this year, subject to the timing of regulatory approvals. Nortel will seek Canadian and US court approvals of the proposed sale agreement at a joint hearing on 15 September. The sale close is expected late in the fourth quarter of this year.
dmeurope.com Monday, September 14, 2009Broadband appointmentsTHE federal government's National Broadband Network Company has appointed a former senior official in France's Ministry of Finance to oversee the financial operations of the company.
Australian IT Monday, September 14, 2009Telstra rivals resurrect TerriaA POSSE of Telstra rivals have resurrected the slumbering Terria consortium.
Australian IT Monday, September 14, 2009Consumer bill deadline 'unworkable'AUSTRALIAN banks may have to spend millions of dollars to update IT systems over Christmas to comply with new consumer laws.
Australian IT Monday, September 14, 2009Victoria's Satyam grant a mysterySATYAM failed a federal government litmus test for funding but was still given a grant by Victoria.
Australian IT Monday, September 14, 2009Clearwire, UQ, Yota sign Wimax roaming MOU(Telecompaper) US Wimax operator Clearwire Communications has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Japanese Wimax operator UQ Communications and Russian Wimax operator Yota of Russia that identifies the objectives and activities each operator will perform towards the realisation of establishing Wimax roaming between the operators. Under the MOU, Clearwire, UQ, and Yota plan to collaborate on business and technical aspects of their respective operations to define and institute the process necessary to support international roaming and to ensure the operators' systems and devices are able to support roaming. Additionally, the operators will work with Clearwire's Global Alliance Partner Program members and other Wimax operators to ensure that seamless roaming occurs in an increasing number of countries. Furthermore, the collaboration will leverage Wimax Forum roaming guidelines, specifications and templates where necessary to help meet business objectives. Clearwire, UQ, and Yo
dmeurope.com Monday, September 14, 2009Qantas staff fear IBM transferQANTAS employees transferring to IBM as part of a $200 million outsourcing deal have told unions they fear their jobs being shipped to India or elsewhere if they accept IBM's offer.
Australian IT Monday, September 14, 2009
Archived it news stories.
Available news archives.