Technology, Innovation & Science

The Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) joint venture says its customer service and performance levels have improved and further progress is on schedule, after the problems that plagued the telco la

Millions of Australians were left disconnected and disgruntled as Telstra's internet service crashed earlier today.

Biotechnology company Sirtex Medical said today that its long-running legal dispute with the University of WA and Bruce Gray has ended, after it was paid the final instalment in its $5.8 million co

IT services minnow Empired today announced several senior appointments, giving it “arguably one of the strongest and most experienced IT leadership teams in the country".

Internet service provider iiNet says it welcomes recent pricing moves by the competition regulator to open up the national broadband network to all players.

The Kerry Stokes-controlled Seven Group Holdings has agreed to sell its wireless broadband business to Singapore Telecommunications' Australian unit Optus for $230 million.

Western Australia is about to learn if it has been recommended as the site for the world's most powerful telescope, known as the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).

Australia's number two telco Optus says it has posted a resilient third-quarter result where net profit rose four per cent and operating revenue increased two per cent.

The federal government expects to raise about $3 billion from the renewal of spectrum licences for mobile phone and wireless broadband services held by Australia's three main telecommunications gro

Local businesses have collected nearly $245,000 in funding from the Western Australian government’s innovation vouchers program.

Telstra Corporation signed up more than a million new customers in the first half of its financial year, giving a hefty lift to its profit.

Telstra Corporation shares have fallen after the nation's largest telco reported a lower-than-expected first-half net profit.

The federal government will consider whether there needs to be changes to copyright laws after being lobbied by Australia's sporting codes over broadcasting rights.

 US firm Space Systems/Loral has won the $620 million contract for two satellites to provide high-speed broadband to areas in remote Australia.

 The federal government has reopened a multimillion-dollar solar energy grant process amid concern about an investment shortfall at its preferred first-round choice.

Software provider ISS Group has inked a three-year deal with iron ore miner and existing client Fortescue Metals Group.

A Federal Court ruling allowing Optus to broadcast sports matches online means multi-million dollar exclusive rights deals are worthless, media analysts say.

Facebook is updating its status from a private to public company.

Australian entrepreneur Dick Smith fears the electronics chain he founded could be sold to foreign owners by retail giant Woolworths.

Telstra has won a $39 million contract to improve mobile telecommunications infrastructure in rural Western Australia.

Biofuels producer Algae.Tec has signed a deal to fund the construction of a facility in China that will produce a renewable alternative to fossil fuels.

Perth-based oil and gas explorer WHL Energy says it will sell off its UK-based wind energy projects to focus on its Seychelles oil and gas assets, and its recently-awarded 33 per cent stake in a pe

The federal government must better explain the productivity gains that small and medium businesses can achieve from the National Broadband Network, a new report on technology investment says.

Optus has appointed the former head of British mobile phone operator Hutchison Three as its chief operating officer in Australia.

Generation Y is far more financially savvy than they are given credit for, research shows.

Telstra says its revised submission to the competition regulator regarding its participation in the national broadband network does not require further shareholder approval.

Carnegie Wave Energy is seeking to raise $4 million to fund further commercial demonstrations of its tidal power technology.

Telstra Corporation chief customer officer Gordon Ballantyne says the telco's plan to lift service standards and improve its standing among customers is on track.

NBN Co chief executive Mike Quigley says about 3,000 people now have services on the national broadband network, including people on the interim satellite service, and people at sites in Tasmania a

A parliamentary committee has demanded the rollout of the national broadband network be more transparent, especially in regional areas.

Qantas's public relations team is red-faced after a twitter publicity campaign backfired.

Shares in iiNet have soared after the internet service provider confirmed its intention to buy Canberra-based TransACT for $60 million.