Alicia Camphuisen

[Sydney, Australia, June 28, 2000]: Australian digital music site MP3.com.au is expanding into New Zealand and the UK, after purchasing the domains of its namesake. Public company ehyou.com, which owns the self-described Music Service Provider, will expand into New Zealand to try to draw a following of musicians and music consumers with services to musicians, […]

[Sydney, Australia, June 28, 2000] Insurance company Royal & SunAlliance will offer its customers the ability to investigate and pay for a range of financial service products online, after confirming an alliance with national postal service Australia Post. The POST BillPay site, which will launch in October, will be underwritten by Royal & SunAlliance, and […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA, June 27, 2000] Online department store dstore has kicked off point to point delivery for customers, by committing founding equity investment to build Home-Delivery. The project, created in partnership with dstore’s logistics company e-fill, is aimed to provide dstore with added value, as it will be the first such shopping site to tailor […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA, June 27, 2000] The Federal Government will formally introduce legislation to impose a 12 month moratorium on the introduction of new gambling services. The legislation will be effective retrospectively from May 19, and will prevent both the introduction of new online gambling sites, and new services offered by existing providers. Sites will also […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA, June 27, 2000] Australian content developer Market Faxts, which operates finance and telecommunications product infomediary Infochoice.com.au, has struck a content alliance to supply its service to Internet portal OzEmail. Under the deal, Market Faxts will provide content, data and tables from its network of sites, including phonechoice.com.au, lending and investment product comparison site […]

The Federal Government has called on the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to develop voluntary guideliness and policies to help prevent cybersquatting. The Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Richard Alston, made the call for assistance after Australia joined an international coalition of governments and organizations to restrict cybersquatting. Chief executive officer […]

Australian companies selling goods and services via the Internet to European consumers may soon be taxed for the transaction. The landmark proposal is currently being considered by the European Commission, and would see all companies selling to European consumers fall within Europe’s taxation net, regardless of the retailer’s physical location. The move is a strike […]

Telecommunications manufacturer Ericsson and national telco Telstra have upgraded the Greater Sydney GSM network to also accommodate General Packet Radio Switch (GPRS) data services, after demonstrating the technology locally earlier this month. GPRS is designed particularly to take advantage of mobile data services such as Wireless Application Protocol (WAP). Within this network system, data transfer […]

ISP OzEmail has launched its Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) offering by providing one of its most popular services available to WAP mobile phones. The StockWatch service will offer live share quotes and the extra functionality for subscribers, in a quest to provide more than news and horoscopes for WAP users. Members of StockWatch and StockWatch […]

While the ‘I love you’ virus devastated computer and email systems around the world, it caused an increase in page impressions at some software companies’ sites, as users search for antivirus solutions and advice. May audience ratings figures released by Internet measurement firm Media Metrix show that antivirus solutions sites symantec.com and mcafee.com almost doubled […]

The Federal Opposition has released its planned amendments to the Government’s digital broadcasting legislation, before it goes before the federal Senate on Wednesday. Core to the Australian Labor Party‘s (ALP) proposal is an overhaul of the Government’s definition of datacasting, which to this point has allowed the planned legislation to restrict content distribution particularly by […]

Online mortgage search and application service E-Loan has announced two strategic alliances in a move to expand its urban and rural customer base. E-Loan will partner with investment information site InvestorWeb and national rural and regional property site Property Guide, to provide their customers with direct access to E-loan’s mortgage product selection facility. As part […]