Telstra and its subcontractor Motorola, have been chosen to design, build, operate and maintain a new Queensland government wireless network (GWN) in a deal worth $457.3 million covering a 15-year period. Telstra beat other candidates in ...
Tags: Wireless Deal, Computer Products
The winners of the 2013 Queensland Supply Chain & Logistics Awards, held in cooperation between the Supply Chain & Logistics Association of Australia, Queensland Division, and Telstra Enterprise and Government, All Purpose Transport, ...
Smartphones and tablets have moved from executive toys to essential work tools, according to customers on a panel at the AirWatch Connect conference in Melbourne. However, smart mobile devices have not replaced laptops in all cases, they ...
Tags: Smartphones, tablets, Computer Products
Resource companies have shaken off a slowdown in Chinese manufacturing to help the Australian sharemarket finish higher. At 4.15pm AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 18 points, or 0.36 per cent, at 5035.1. The broader All ...
Tags: Chinese Woes
HUAWEI has launched two new high-end phones in Australia: the workhorse Ascend P2 and the more designer-focused P6. Both have their strengths. The P6 is extremely thin (6.18mm), has an HD display, removable micro-SD card slot, and a ...
Tags: Computer Products, Consumer Electronics, huawei, Slim Phones
ROSS Barker, the managing director of several listed investment companies, is not betting on the yield trade to drive markets as hard in the next 12 months, saying some big dividend-paying stocks got "very toppy" before the recent sell-off. ...
Tags: economy
THE sharemarket recovered strongly from a six-month low,with the resources sector leading gains after the People's Bank of China vowed to prevent a credit crunch in Australia's biggest trading partner and the world's second-largest economy. ...
Tags: sharemarket, trading partner, BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto
Leaders from Coca Cola, Coles, Telstra, GraysOnline, Walgreens and the National Broadband Network will come together in Sydney on Wednesday for Australia's leading supply chain and logistics event, the Smart Conference & Expo. Smart 2013 ...
Tags: Service, Smart Service
China credit crunch fears sent the stockmarket tumbling almost 1.5 per cent lower, with investors fleeing materials as China called on its banks to control credit expansion risks and declared liquidity in its financial system was at "a ...
Tags: China, Investors, Banks, Financial System
Social media can make financial institutions seem less dull and better engage customers, according to officials on a panel at the AB+F Retail Financial Services Forum. Engaging customers through social media is a “game ...
Tags: Social Media, Financial Services
The competition watchdog has revealed that Telstra has breached measures designed to stop the telco giant from gaining unfair advantages over its rivals during the rollout of the National Broadband Network. The telco giant on seven ...
UNION leaders are demanding a halt to the National Broadband Network to ensure an end to asbestos exposure as they put forward a plan to dispatch independent assessors across the project to check on the danger to public health. The union ...
Tags: NBN, Asbestos Safety
Australian shares have opened half a percentage point weaker as falling commodity prices hit mining stocks, and banking shares rally. At 10.30am AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 26.6 points, or 0.54 per cent, at 4900 points. ...
Tags: Stocks, Mining Stocks
Australian stocks have closed flat, with a strong day from the major miners offset by weakness among the banks. The local market took its cues from a positive finish on Wall Street, opening up about 0.3 per cent, but slid into the close ...
Tags: Bank, Sharemarket
THE S&P/ASX200 has turned down 0.1 per cent to 4966.6, paring a 0.4 per cent rise that followed overseas gains on stronger US economic data. The reversal comes as investors react to higher US bond yields, a falling Australian dollar, and ...