Alicia Camphuisen

Western Australia-based ISP Chariot Internet is expanding its interests beyond the Internet to encompass general telecommunications carrier services, after gaining a carrier licence from the Australian Communications Authority (ACA). The licence allows the Australian Stock Exchange-listed Chariot to directly supply telecommunications services to the public and share facilities with other carriers such as Telstra and […]

Local software developer Bullant has secured one of the largest private capital raisings by an Australian technology company, after gaining $40 million to fund global expansion strategies. The majority of the investment has come from a consortium led by VC firm JP Morgan Equity Partners. The funding will go towards financing Bullant’s growth through a […]

The University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) has developed new postgraduate courses to take advantage of the interest in, and nurture the development of, e-learning. Starting this March, UTS will offer a masters degree, a graduate certificate and a graduate diploma in e-learning, as part of what the university describes as a recognition of the emergence […]

Online financial transactions technology developer Sanford has won a $1.3 million grant from the Federal Government to develop a solution that will facilitate trade across global currencies and systems. The grant is specifically aimed at allowing investors to trade across international currencies, execution and settlement systems at an affordable price, to encourage these transactions. Sanford […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Singapore-based e-business and Internet professional services provider Icon Medialab Asia has continued its expansion into the Australian market by acquiring Sydney multimedia and e-business solutions provider Vitascope. The acquisition, which is the latest step in Icon’s push into Australia, follows the company’s takeover of Melbourne-based e-business solutions provider Fluid Digital three months ago. […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Nearly half of all Australians are ready to move from paper billing to Internet-enabled payment methods, according to research commissioned by BPay. The study, carried out by Mark Dignam and Associates, indicated that 48 percent of BPay users and 40 percent of other electronic banking users would be interested in receiving and paying […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] The National Australia Bank (NAB) will use its recent acquisition of broking site Your Prosperity to build its own funds management services, after announcing plans to integrate the two businesses. The integration will see NABs OnLine Trading move into the banks new Global Wealth Management division, and the combined business will have around […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Australian Stock Exchange-listed travel site travel.com.au has welcomed a new investor, with Spain-based global distribution system (GDS) and technology provider Amadeus taking a 19.99 percent slice of the retailer’s pie. The $9.93 million cash investment leaves Amadeus with 10.68 million travel.com.au shares, purchased at 93 cents each. The deal finalizes and expands upon […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Australian Stock Exchange-listed telecommunications carrier Amcom has sealed the first deal on its long-haul fibre link between Australia’s eastern and western seaboards before it is even completed, with a $18.5 million agreement with Asian telco SingTel. The deal is Amcom’s first major pre-sale of capacity on the proposed cross-country link, for which the […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Travel booking site travel.com.au is the latest in an ever-growing list of companies applying their content to mobiles, with a new Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and Short Message Service (SMS) service designed to make the site a more useful tool for travellers. The new predominantly WAP-based mobile services are part of a slew […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Australian Stock Exchange listed e-commerce software developer m2m Corporation and e-commerce market provider Omnemart have joined forces to create an online market for large suppliers within the hardware industry. The site, which went into soft launch on December 1 but was officially announced this week, aims to provide a mechanism through which suppliers […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] i7, the online and broadband arm of the Seven Television Network, has signed a network agreement and exclusive partnership with the Australian Liquor Group (ALG), to add the liquor retailer to its e-commerce strategy. ALG will join i7’s newly launched online store icanshop.i7.com.au, as part of i7’s focus on bringing together clicks-and-mortar retailers […]