Telecom New Zealand’s bid for PowerTel will create a significant new player in the Australian telecommunications market.

WOOLWORTHS has posted a 15.9 per cent lift in first half sales on the back of strong performances in all divisions, putting it on track to meet its full-year sales target.

NATIONAL Australia Bank has tried to ease concerns about job losses in any future outsourcing or “offshoring” of jobs by Australia’s largest bank.

Biotechnology company Chr. Hansen’s Australian offices will move to a private IP network as part of their headquarter’s decision to link all global sites.

AUSTRALIA’S High Court has ruled a shareholder in failed miner Sons of Gwalia can be treated as a creditor of the company.

Apple on Tuesday released the software needed to unlock the fast Wi-Fi chips inside almost every one of its new Macs.

Users can use a .tel domain name to initiate communication over telephony, VoIP, instant messaging, e-mail, SMS, and other Web communications, the company says..

update: Telecom NZ announced today that it would acquire PowerTel in a bid to boost its Australian business.

The Western Australia state government has hired a key executive to oversee the development of its planned AU$1 billion state-wide broadband network (SBN).

WESTERN Australia would not be bullied into changing its betting laws, the state Government said today.