NBN urges watchdog to be flexible

Annabel Hepworth and Mitchell Bingemann NBN Co has urged the ACCC not to take a proscriptive approach when it finalises competition rules for broadband services.

SAP ByDesign unveiled after delays

Stuart Kennedy SAP has finally got around to launching its troubled Business ByDesign software as a service enterprise application suite in Australia.

IT ray of hope for Kashmir

Robin Pagnamenta INDIA’S IT revolution is being harnessed to help calm tensions in Kashmir, the beautiful, but volatile economic backwater.

Down-to-earth Thodey's calm message

Matthew Stevens WHAT makes David Thodey such a pleasant change as a Telstra CEO is his unobtrusive determination to deal with the known knowns.

Telco well placed to hold off gloom

Jennifer Hewett, National affairs correspondent IN such a fragile market, David Thodey has more reason to sound optimistic than most Australian chief executives.

Webjet soars on strong profit

Teresa Ooi WEBJET has delivered a 5 per cent rise in full-year net profit after tax to $11 million, as the shift to internet travel bookings gathers pace.

Optus gains in revenue

Mitchell Bingemann OPTUS, as the nation's No 2 telco weathered attacks from rival Telstra as it made stable revenue gains in its first quarter.

The game's up for government investment

Sallie Don SECURING federal government funding has been a struggle for Epiphany Games, which has subsidised its creativity by selling software overseas

NBN rollout may bypass planning laws

Annabel Hepworth and Mitchell Bingemann THE NBN Co would be given sweeping powers to bypass state and local laws and install broadband infrastructure without the consent of landowners.

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Telstra upwardly mobile at last

Tracy Lee TELSTRA chief David Thodey is confident mobile and internet spending will help the company meet its profit guidance.

NBN key to Labor's plan for the arts

Matthew Westwood THE future of the arts looks wired and inspired under Labor, with a discussion paper identifying key planks of a federal cultural policy

Online sales soar at Coles

Fran Foo ONLINE sales at supermarket giant Coles is the equivalent of around five stores, a senior executive said.

Telstra's outlook defies gloom

Tracy Lee SHARES in Telstra jumped 5 per cent after the company's profit fall was less than feared and it forecast growth in 2011-12

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HP discounts TouchPad before launch

UPDATED Chris Griffith HEWLETT-PACKARD has decided to discount local prices of its webOS-driven TouchPad by $100, before the tablet has even gone on sale.

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Optus 'resilient' in mobile war

Mitchell Bingemann OPTUS reported a "resilient" first-quarter result despite pressure from Telstra, which continues to lead on mobile customers.

Hackers threaten Facebook

A SPLINTER group of notorious hacker collective Anonymous was fomenting support Wednesday for a plan to "kill" online social networking star Facebook.

Optus net profit falls 5pc

Gaurav Raghuvanshi OPTUS posted a 5 per cent fall in quarterly net profit as revenue jumped to $2.3 billion, its parent, SingTel, said.

Telstra climbs despite profit fall

Gavin Lower TELSTRA posted a smaller-than-expected 17 per cent fall in full-year net profit, but revenue returned to growth.

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Cisco offers comfort to the market

CISCO has provided some comfort to the stock market with quarterly results underscoring its resolve to improve its financial performance.

Key Google units probed

Thomas Catan A US Federal Trade Commission investigation of Google is probing several key areas of the search giant’s business.