Karen Stuart

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Sausage Software and SMS Consulting have launched a Wireless Solutions Centre (WiSC) which will assist businesses planning to implement mobile commerce or wireless applications. Sausage and SMS will provide “a reality check of business concepts,” support for wireless business plan development, product and service design, technology and infrastructure planning and project management. Director […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Minister for Communications Richard Alston has answered accusations that the government was trying to delay competition in the .au domain name market. “Contrary to media reports, both the Government and auDA remain committed to the introduction of competition in a hurry, subject to the development of a sound competition model, formulated through an […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] The Internet Industry Association will use this Tuesday’s Canberra meeting with Communications Minister Richard Alston to demand a repeal of the Internet streaming review provision contained in the recently enacted digital television legislation. “The review is ill-conceived, unnecessary and highly damaging to business confidence,” said IIA executive director, Peter Coroneos. “As such, it […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] The directors of GPS Online.com Ltd have advised their shareholders that their revenue forecast has been revised to almost half the sum predicted in the company’s prospectus. The geographical positioning technology company now estimates revenues of AUS $2.2 million (US $1.3 million) rather than the AUS $4.1 million (US $2.6 million) estimated for […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Internet industry representatives were up in arms following an announcement that Melbourne IT would provide 80 percent of the funding for regulatory body .au Domain Administration (auDA). Melbourne IT has a monopoly on .com.au domain name registration in Australia, but chief executive Professor Peter Gerrand said the funding would not mean it would […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Pacific Century CyberWorks (PCCW) has agreed to purchase a five percent stake in ASX-listed technology company SecureNet for $32 million (US $20 million). SecureNet announced an “aggressive regional expansion” of its e-commerce joint venture with Cable & Wireless Hong Kong Telecom Limited (C&WHKT), which is called CWHKT SecureNet. Seperately, C&WHKT is currently in […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Austar United Communications and ADC plan to deploy a MMDS broadband wireless system with two-way transmission facilities that will provide high-speed Internet and telephony services to 60 Australian towns and cities. Initial deployment of the system is planned for late 2000 with a commercial launch planned for the first quarter of 2001. Until […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Australians will be able to participate in an online election, choosing five directors to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) board, which is responsible for administering domain names globally. Members of ICANN’s At Large Membership can become part of what the corporation calls a “bottom up approach” to policy making. […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] NetComm Limited has raised $1.6 million after announcing its alliance with Alcatel to build a broadband DSL network. NetComm made a share placement of 6,150,000 shares at 27 cents per share. In the next two months NetComm and Alcatel will finalize their business plan, within which Alcatel will provide a “turnkey solution” for […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] LookSmart has appointed Jason Kellerman as chief executive officer of its Australian operations. Kellerman will take over from current CEO Tim Pethick, who will become CEO of BT LookSmart, the joint venture between British Telecommunications and LookSmart. Kellerman joined LookSmart’s San Francisco unit as director of the eCommerce Group, in March 1999 and […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Australian Web surfers are yet to commit to favorite sites, unlike users in the more developed U.S. market, according to Nielsen/NetRatings‘ May report. Women, in particular, are yet to find sites with real sticking power, the research indicates. While U.S. home users are narrowing their list of regularly visited sites, non-U.S. home users […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Founding chief executive of the Federal Government‘s National Office for the Information Economy (NOIE), Dr Paul Twomey, has announced his resignation from the IT agency to move back into the private sector. Twomey has also resigned from his posts as special advisor for Information Economy and Technology and as the Government’s IT investment […]