Jessica Aldred

[Sydney, Australia, June 16, 2000]: Online mobile phone retailer Mobile Stop and recent Australian telecommunications market entrant Orange have joined to sell and deliver CDMA mobile phones in rural and regional Australia over the Internet. Under the deal, Mobile Stop and Orange will undertake a national development campaign promoting the benefits and security of buying […]

Regional and rural pay television provider Austar and broadband delivery service chello have signed a joint agreement with Internet search and navigation portal LookSmart for the provision of Internet directory and online shopping services. Both services will be made available through Austar’s Internet service package which will offer regional Australians the choice between Austar’s narrowband […]

Telecommunications carrier Cable & Wireless Optus subsidiary XYZed has partnered with service and software provider Lucent Technologies to build a national Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) network to deliver broadband access to business customers. Under the deal, Lucent will build, manage and maintain the initial XYZed network, including the provision of equipment in Telstra exchanges and […]

The Australian Internet travel market continues to expand, with the entry of new online travel agency,

Online music and multimedia provider ChaosMusic has signed a contract with the Strathfield Group to provide CDs, DVDs and computer games to the car radio and mobile phone chain of retail stores. The deal will extend to 80 Strathfield stores which will incorporate individual vending stands, or ‘Chaos Bars’, which will supply and update Australian-sourced […]

Digital solutions and multimedia provider Spike Networks has obtained shareholder approval for its joint venture (JV) with Hong Kong-listed Pacific Century Cyberworks (PCCW), to be known as Spike Cyberworks. Under the JV, Spike will hold a 70 per cent interest in Spike Cyberworks, and PCCW, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, will hold the remaining 30 per […]

Business management software provider MYOB has taken a 50.1 percent stake in software and online application development company Recall Design. Under the deal, MYOB aims to use the Internet to deliver cost savings and efficiencies to MYOB and its customers, with a view to a longer term opportunity through service delivery online. “This acquisition will […]

Telecommunications carrier Cable & Wireless Optus has announced a move into the Australian application service provider (ASP) market after its parent company struck a global alliance with two of the world’s largest computing firms. Cable & Wireless plc will include Microsoft in the agreement signed last November with Compaq, enabling the telco to offer enterprise-wide […]

Web-based radio group Interactive Media Network (IAM) has announced an agreement with Australian record label Warner Music Australia covering the transmission of the music online. Under the arrangement, Warner Music and its artists will receive all royalties generated from the broadcasting of its artists on the IAM network, where previously no royalty on digital broadcasting […]

In a few years, women will surpass men when it comes to online shopping, an Internet entrepreneur has predicted. Emma Rosenberg, co-founder and business development director of Australia’s online resource for women, theLounge, said during her presentation at the Internet World 2000 show that by the end of 2001, two out of every three online […]

Two newly released surveys have provided an opportunity for analysis on the dynamics of home and business Internet usage among the Australian population. Independent Web measurement and analysis group Red Sheriff‘s new report details the behavior and user dynamics between home and business users, while the latest report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) […]

Trade exchange Bartercard International has added to its e-commerce portal with the launch of its Internet Shopping Mall, ahead of the company’s planned float on the Australian Stock Exchange later this month. Bartercard intends to create an electronic marketplace for cashless barter transactions, and will use proceeds from the share float to fund further software […]