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The online retail giant will officially be making its way to Australia, providing the outlet with its first official statement about its expansion into the region. Amazon said, “Amazon Web Services launched an Australian region in 2012, we launched a Kindle…
Victoria Police in Australia will adopt a new managed service mobility solution for at least 10,000 police officers across the state. The A$50 million ($37.6 million) solution from Motorola Solutions will help increase situational awareness, safety and…
Manhattan Associates, today announced that Country Road Group, one of Australia’s largest specialty fashion retailers, has completed a successful roll out of Manhattan’s Warehouse Management Solution (WMS). The technology deployment is a key component of a…
Fast-growing Australian fixed line operator TPG Telecom has bid A$1.26 billion ($944.8 million) to acquire 2×10 MHz of valuable 700-MHz spectrum, and plans to build its own mobile network using the bandwidth. TPG has revealed plans to spend A$600 million over…
Australia’s nbn, the company in charge of rolling out the National Broadband Network, has achieved 102Gbps aggregate speeds during a lab trial of Nokia’s universal NG-PON fiber technology. Universal NG-PON (next-generation passive optical network) combines…
The Qantas unit hopes to break the monopoly currently held by national carrier Vietnam Airlines, which is also a Qantas partner. Australia’s trade and tourism ministry on Wednesday announced two low-cost direct services from Melbourne and Sydney to Ho Chi…
A consortium consisting of Asian operators, Google and telecommunications infrastructure company Superloop have commissioned a new subsea able system linking Singapore, Indonesia and Australia. Singtel, Indonesia’s Indosat Ooredoo as well as Australia’s…
Australian new vehicle sales bounced modestly in March as the timing of the Easter holidays resulted in more selling days compared to the same month last year. The Australian Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries’ VFACTS report out on Thursday showed…
Singapore Airlines is locking in its advanced Airbus A350 jet for a year-round schedule between Melbourne and Singapore starting May 11, 2017. The sleek jetliner has made a number of short-term appearances on the route, but later this year it’ll be running…
Australian operator Telstra is drawing on the investments made through its venture capital arm Telstra Ventures to add five new SaaS solutions for its international enterprise customers. The suite of new applications is designed to better help companies as…
The Vietnam government contends the ban by the Australian Department of Agriculture on raw imports is ‘causing serious damage’ to the country’s shrimp farmers and exporters, and has requested it be reversed. Australian Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce…
Asian low-cost carrier AirAsia is at it again with another mammoth sale to dozens of Asian destinations during the Australian winter – so you can escape the cold and looking forward to warmer climes, naturally. Prices start from $95 one-way, which is for…
Head Of the Indonesian Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), Thomas Trikasih Lembong, predicted that Australia’s investment in Indonesia could increase up to USD 3 billion (around Rp 40 trillion) throughout the next three to five years. Most of Australia’s…
National airliner Garuda Indonesia (GIAA.JK) will increase its flight frequency to destinations in Australia during the holiday period from May to October, 2017. The company targets its passenger growth from flights to Australia to reach 650,000 passengers…
Australian operator Telstra has entered a strategic partnership with US-based Cloud-Delivered SD-WAN company VeloCloud to help accelerate the adoption of SDN in enterprise networking. The partnership, which includes an investment from Telstra Ventures into…
Telstra has announced plans to launch LTE-Broadcast (LTE-B) services this year, and roll out the technology across Australia by 2018. The company is working with network vendor Ericsson to enable LTE-B in existing Telstra Media services this year. Telstra…
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