Industry News
Fonterra rings in changes to telephony services
Gen-i has won the Fonterra WAN and telephony services for Fonterra supplanting outsourcer EDS. [ + ]
Government receives NBN bid review, but won't release it
The panel judging bids for the National Broadband Network has made its final submission to the federal government — but the government refuses to reveal any of the findings. [ + ]
Beware botnet-bearing Barack
A wave of emails claiming that Barack Obama is refusing to accept the US Presidency is actually an attack carrying the Waledec botnet, say experts from Marshal8e6. [ + ]
Nortel's bankruptcy an opportunity for "industry rebalancing"
Nortel's bankruptcy filing will spur a new wave of competition in the telecommunications industry, according to Ovum. [ + ]
Telcos are the biggest 'Do Not Call' offenders
More than half of complaints about violations of the Do Not Call Register are about telecommunications companies, ACMA has found. [ + ]
Nortel files for bankruptcy, local operations unaffected
One of North America's biggest telcommunications equipment suppliers, Nortel has filed for bankruptcy but purportedly the local operations are unaffected. [ + ]
Are internet data centres inefficient power hogs?
Dr Steve Hodgkinson, Research Director at Ovum, raises the question: Should it one day be green to shun the internet? The answer is, of course, that data centres need to be more efficient but there is also a 'catch 22' scenario that he explores. [ + ]
Satyam vows to continue business as usual
Satyam, the Indian outsourcing vendor, is doing everything in its power to reassure its customer base that it is business as usual, despite its woes. [ + ]
'One laptop per child' initiative suffers severe setback
The 'one laptop per child' initiative that started with great hopes has been hit by the financial storm. [ + ]
3G licences coming to China and India
Chinese regulators have issued 3G licences to the country's three operators. In contrast, India has postponed the kick-off date for the auction of 3G licences to the end of January 2009. [ + ]
New search engine enters fray
A new search engine has entered into the already crowded web search market, claiming to have several time-saving features to differentiate it from existing engines. [ + ]
Tiger Riding and the Indian SPs — Australian Impact? Ovum comments on Satyam
Jens Butler, Principal Analyst at Ovum, comments on the possible impact of the Satyam fraud for the Australian customers that include Telstra, NAB, Qantas, Optus and AAPT. [ + ]
Satyam casts a pall cross the Indian IT industry
Well it had to happen with the financial industry imploding due to questionable practices — the IT industry has taken its first hit with Indian outsourcing company, Satyam fiddling with its balance sheet to the tune of US$1.6 billion. [ + ]
Unified comms not a necessity
A new Ovum report declares that unified communications works well for some companies, but is not a must-have. [ + ]
