Jessica Aldred

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Brick and mortar retailer Harvey World Travel has signed an agreement with Penzance Travel Technology for the development of its Web site. The new site will allow travelers to make online bookings and plan itineraries in Australia, as well as remote locations in South Africa and New Zealand from next September. Harvey World […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Telecommunications services provider Telstra has launched an online banking solution initiative to provide Internet banking services to second tier financial institutions such as credit unions and small banks. Through an alliance with Axis Media Group subsidiary NBBS, the Telstra eBanking Solution (TeBS) will use network banking technology from the global software company Brokat. […]

[Sydney, Australia, June 28, 2000] Service station chain BP Australia has joined with online retailer wishlist to provide an online convenience retailing alliance beginning in August of this year. Under the deal, BP will take a 5 to 16 percent equity position in wishlist, giving the online retailer exclusive access to BP’s physical network for […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Online auction site LibertyOne has severed final ties with portal directoryExcite, following a two-year effort to develop regional versions of the Excite portal. LibertyOne said it was not planning to exercise its option to take a 60 percent stake in an Excite Asia Pacific joint venture in a statement to the Australian Stock […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Business-to-business (B2B) Internet company Vertical Markets has announced the appointment of Web development firm Hothouse to undertake all content and tools development for the planned rollout of online communities. Hothouse has previously undertaken Web development work for clients including MacDonalds, Telstra, Coca Cola, Stuff Auctions and Womanzone, in a joint venture with the […]

Online trade exchange Bartercard has announced the multi-million dollar acquisition of its competitor, IBEX International Business Exchange, after the cancellation of its intended float on the Australian Stock Exchange earlier this week (see story). Under the deal, Bartercard will receive an additional trade volume of more than AUS$ 50 million (US$ 30 million) a year, […]

Domain name supplier Melbourne IT subsidiary Internet Names WorldWide (INWW) has secured the renewal of its accreditation agreement as a registrar of domain names following a compliance review. INWW announced that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) had granted the division permission to continue to register .com, .net and .org domain names […]

Eisa‘s directors have approved the off-market takeover bid made by pay television and communications provider Austar which may rescue the embattled ISP. Austar has announced it intends to pay AUS$0.20 for each ordinary Eisa share, putting the value of Eisa in shares at around AUS$24.4 million (US$14.64 million). However, Eisa shares have since slumped by […]

International trade exchange company Bartercard has withdrawn from its planned AUS$20 million (US$12 million) initial public offering (IPO) and float on the Australian Stock Exchange. The company cited uncertain market conditions for its decision to halt the IPO, despite support from its members and public investors. Though the Bartercard members priority share allocation recently closed […]

The technology industry is a high performer in terms of generating growth through innovation, but will need to increase the volume and frequency of new products and services to sustain this performance, according to a new global survey by international consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. The survey found that based on the percentage of revenue generated from […]

United Energy subsidiary Ue Comm has secured a five year contract with telecommunications carrier Vodafone Australia to provide further access to the Ue Comm fiber optics network. The deal, which is worth AUS$20 million (US$12 million) over an initial five year period, includes access to sections of Ue Comm’s fiber network in Sydney and Brisbane. […]

Domain registrar and e-commerce infrastructure provider Melbourne IT has introduced a new service to handle the transfer process of large volumes of .com, .net and .org domain names to another registrar. Bulk Transfers is designed to automate the transfer of more than 100 domain names from any ICANN approved registrar to Melbourne IT’s domain registrar […]