Technology, Innovation & Science

A Perth-based technology group says it has solved the riddle of providing satellite communications in Western Australia's most remote areas by creating a mobile platform rugged enough to get there.

Telstra plans to send 170 jobs from one of its fastest-growing divisions to India.

Space boffins should prepare for a wave of astronomical revelations with the $51 million Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) radio telescope now in full swing.

Biofuels developer Algae.Tec has signed on with refining group Biodiesel Industries Australia to refine algal oil from the Perth-based company's biofuel production facility near Sydney.

Telstra has signed a $32 million deal to protect government agencies from online viruses and hacking attempts.

Perth-based biofuels developer Algae.Tec has signed on with New South Wales power generator Macquarie Generation to build an algae carbon capture and biofuels production facility alongside a 2640 m

Information technology services firm ASG Group has announced its third significant contract win in less than a month, this time an $11.3 million deal with the Department of Housing.

IT services provider ASG Group has signed a $14.8 million contract with the Department of Education.

Point of sale financing provider ThinkSmart has signed a three-year contract with electronics retailer Kogan to develop a system to provide customers the ability to organise finance for purchases o

The evolution of mobile technology has been so rapid that the web may be left behind.

IT services firm Intergen has outgrown its Leederville office, shifting to a new premises on William Street.

Western Australia's mining sector has again proven its worth to related service providers with an information technology company receiving a significant award for work with BHP Billiton.

Google captured more than half of the $US8.8 billion ($A9.33 billion) spent on mobile internet advertising worldwide last year and is expected to boost its share in 2013, market watchers say.

Perth ‘hackers' have justified the city's growing reputation as a host for start-ups, walking away with a swag of prizes at a national competition aimed at mining government data for the people.

Former Ezeatm boss Todd Zani has challenged the ATM distributor's claim that he has been ousted from its board of directors.

West Perth company Ezeatm has announced an earning downgrade one week after sacking company founder and chief executive Todd Zani, who has allegedly responded by requesting a shareholder meeting to

IT services firm ASG Group has announced $25 million in new contracts, while flagging it is in the process of finalising $60 million worth of additional deals.

Perth-based information technology company Datacom has swooped on the failure of its peer XciteLogic to expand into new territory.

Global information technology company IBM is bucking the trend of companies cutting back in Western Australia and instead investing heavily in its local operations.

As Australia cuts reliance on big power stations and embraces rooftop solar panels and other renewable energies, grid planners will to need to change the way electricity is moved from sources to us

Curtin University is in the running to build a key component of the Square Kilometre Array radio-astronomy project after securing Federal Government support.

Telstra is not saying how many jobs may be lost as part of a major restructure of its internal operations.

iiNet has reached an agreement to sell its TransACT fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) network to NBN Co for $9 million.

The Wyllie Group has realised a big profit on its six-year investment in Amcom Telecommunications, selling half of its total holding in the listed Perth company.

Australian's are increasing their social media presence and reach, according to a study on the nation's social media habits.

Perth IT company Ajilon has proven itself as a reliable provider to the justice and law enforcement arena as the Western Australian department of the Attorney General awards it a successive five ye

Perth-founded IT company XciteLogic has been placed in the hands of administrators with debts of just under $4 million.

Australia's second-biggest telco, Optus, has suffered a 7.5 per cent slump in net profit for the year to March 31.

Perth-based information and communications engineer Titan ICT Consultants has signed an agreement with a US-based group to enhance its underwater fibre optics services for the oil and gas sector.

Australia's biggest telco, Telstra, has maintained its full-year earnings guidance and is aiming to lift dividends over time.

The supercomputing force that will power Western Australia's scientific researchers is fast-taking shape at the new Pawsey Centre in Technology Park.

Former agricultural investment company AACL Holdings has decided its future lies with a technology business established by Perth entrepereneur Gavin Burnett.