Tax Office readies online access for business
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is closer to its goal of letting business submit tax returns online. One online application is in pilot, and testing on another complete.
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is closer to its goal of letting business submit tax returns online. One online application is in pilot, and testing on another complete.
Primus has taken advantage of the ACCC's decision to allow Telstra's competitors access to the local loop, launching a 22c local call service.
Niche telco New Tel launched its service between Australia and China earlier this month, and is signing customers at the rate of 250 a day.
Aiming to provide failover and enhanced network performance, the NSW Department of Fair Trading (DOFT) has split its network in two with a frame relay link.
Australian Business Technologies (ABT) is planning to launch a national communications company in late 1999, to deliver satellite-based services to regional and rural Australia.
One of Telstra's last monopolies is crumbling as the carrier implements preselection for calls originating on its local networks and terminating on mobile networks.
Cable & Wireless Optus is to lease a fibre optic cable between Brisbane and Cairns from Reef Networks, in a deal worth $100 million.
Telstra has revealed a few of the lessons it has learnt during trials of voice over IP (VOIP) services over the past year.
Broadband specialist Marconi Communications' local arm received a boost this month, with the news that Telstra had signed a new contract with Siemens for the supply of telecommunications transmission equipment.
Rushed testing for the global Shared Registration System (SRS) for domain names may result in a system unable to cope with increasing demand for domain names.
One insider believes an extension of the testing schedule is vital to ensure the system can handle increasing competition.
Telstra has announced it aims to make Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)-based services available to its mobile customers by the end of the year.
Melbourne-based cabling specialist Pracom continues on the acquisitions trail, announcing yesterday that it has purchased voice and data network specialist KLM Group for $6.25 million.
Telstra is aiming for wholesaling to represent between 25 and 30 per cent of the its business within three to five years, from a base of about 10 per cent today.
An information technology pilot, which will trial home-based medical care via networked devices, is scheduled to go live mid-2000 in Brisbane.
Telstra has revealed a few of the lessons it has learnt during trials of voice over IP (VOIP) services over the past year.