Seek forced to conduct first redundancy program
Scrapping the loan scheme for vocational training is costing job search site Seek $8 million and forcing it into its first ever redundancy program, its chief executive has revealed.
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Lucy Battersby
Lucy Battersby has covered trends, technology and telecommunications since joining The Age in 2008.
Government repeals telco-specific competition laws
The federal government will instead rely on the broader misuse of market power provisions in competition law.
NBN issues fibre to the curb contract to NetComm
NBN Co has signed an agreement with listed equipment maker NetComm Wireless to supply equipment in its fibre-to-the-curb technology, which will cover about 700,000 households.Â
Telstra apologises for taking ABC, SBS digital radio off-air
It wasn't your early-morning brain failing to function: ABC radio really did go silent Tuesday morning.
Free news website now owned by super industry mega-group
The New Daily, a free news site set up by six super funds as a 'commercial venture' three years ago, has been handed over to a single parent fund and is barely profitable after three years.
Akamai's video streaming technology threat to live broadcast
Video streaming will be faster and better quality than high definition broadcasting within a decade, according to the head of media at delivery platform Akamai.
Government loaning NBN $20 billion to finish roll-out
NBN Co has abandoned plans to borrow money from debt markets to complete the roll out and will instead borrow $19.5 billion from the federal government "on commercial terms". This takes total government contributions to the project to nearly $50 billion. Â
Investigation launched into black-market consumer data
The Australian Information and Privacy Commissioner is investigating allegations personal information held by telcos can be bought on the black market from overseas call centres.
Telstra flags better returns for shareholders, $1b cost cuts
Telstra has flagged better returns for shareholders thanks to more than $10 billion it will get from the government-owned company rolling out the NBN.
Seven reveals support for expanding anti-siphoning rules to internet
Free-to-air TV networks should get first crack at the rights to stream big sporting events on the internet as well as on television, Seven West Media is arguing
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