At yesterday's WA Innovation Summit, put together for new Innovation Minister Bill Marmion, 250 invited guests came up with plans on how best to spend the newly allocated $20 million of innovation funds.
Tempo Australia has expanded its service offering with the acquisition of local electrical, telecom and data communications contractor Cablelogic for an undisclosed sum.
Telstra will be challenged to replace all earnings lost to the National Broadband Network when the rollout of the NBN is completed, says credit ratings agency Moody's.
Digital entertainment system business Swift Networks has won a contract to provide its services to Rio Tinto’s Jerriwah Village near Tom Price, for an undisclosed sum.
WAIITA Incite startup of the year Family Zone is Techboard’s top trending startup for this fortnight, after launching a $4.5 million IPO and capturing significant mindshare as a result.
A subsidiary of TFS Corporation and a joint venture between a Melbourne oils producer and a local indigenous business have been shortlisted for wild sandalwood oil processing contracts with the state government.
Three local tech companies have tapped investors to raise a combined $20.1 million, with the funds to be put towards shoring up their balance sheets and further developing their products.
Australia's retail broadband market, which is dominated by Telstra, Optus and TPG Telecom, needs to lift its game and give consumers better information on broadband speed, the competition regulator says.
Telecommunications company Norwood Systems says it still has enough funds to meet its development objectives for the coming financial year, despite failing to raise a minimum $1 million in a priority offer which it had previously said would be needed to fund those goals.
Perth-based IT firm Velrada has announced a $10 million contract to support the expanding Pilbara operations of global facilities management company Sodexo.
Point-of-sale financing group ThinkSmart has announced plans to undertake an $8.8 million capital raising, delist from the ASX and jump over to London’s AIM.
Local entrepreneur Zhenya Tsvetnenko has tendered his resignation from the boards of listed companies DigitalX and Tech Mpire after being indicted by US prosecutors for participating in a scheme to defraud mobile phone customers.
An app developed by Perth-based telecommunications company ZipTel has been selected to feature on the new Samsung operating system that will launch in August.
Listed companies IM Medical and Rox Resources have struck a $15 million project deal that highlights the shift in market interest from technology stocks to the mining sector.
One of Western Australia’s most abundant mineral resources – iron ore – is a key ingredient in an innovative process to produce cheap, clean hydrogen, which could have implications for the transpor
Medical dermatology company Botanix Pharmaceuticals has enjoyed healthy gains on its first day of trading on the ASX, after completing a reverse takeover of Bone Medical.
NBN Company has awarded contracts to six companies to deliver the national broadband network to homes and businesses in the Telstra hybrid-fibre coaxial network.
Digital media company migme has been forced to extend its suspension on the ASX to complete a planned capital raising, which it said would be essential for the business to remain viable.
Two very different Perth companies, tech start-up Pointerra and precast concrete manufacturer WestStar Industrial, have begun trading on the ASX today after completing their respective reverse takeovers.
Optus will refund $2.4 million to around 175,000 of its mobile phone insurance customers for failing to properly advise them about the product they'd bought.
Safety and security companies featured heavily in Techboard’s top trending startups this past fortnight, with five out of the top ten companies representing the category.
A local psychological consultancy business has taken top honours at the 2016 Telstra Business Awards after being named Western Australian Business of the Year.
Telstra has confirmed up to 103 job cuts in Perth and 326 nationally, with a union claiming the telecommunications giant’s head count would be reduced by as much as 450.
Perth-based New Energy Corporation has signed a contract to manage waste in the Town of Port Hedland utilising its $200 million waste-to-energy plant, which is due to open in 2018.
Tech accelerator Vocus Upstart has named the seven successful applicants to be offered a placement in its program and seed funding to help grow their ideas towards commercialisation.
