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Optus’ parent company SingTel has announced a ‘bold organisation’ restructuring in an attempt to capture emerging opportunities.
The Singaporean telecommunications giant has announced the following organisational restructuring:
The new organisation structure will support the Group’s key objectives of:
- improving SingTel’s core carriage business
- creating and driving new growth platforms that leverage and strengthen the core
- rapidly building SingTel’s regional capabilities in ICT services
ALRC releases content regulation report
The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) has released its long anticipated Content Regulation and Convergent Media report into content censorship in Australia.
News media watchdog proposed
The Report of the Independent Media Inquiry has recommended the establishment of a statutory News Media Council that would set journalistic standards and handle complaints for news reporting on all media, including online.
Waddington appointed Exetel CEO
Emerging ISP Exetel has announced the appointment of the company’s co-founder, Steve Waddington, to the role of Chief Operating Officer, after the passing of the company’s founder and CEO John Linton.
iiNet to launch NBN Satellite
iiNet has announced its plans to launch an NBN satellite service later this month on a $49.95 plan.
Telstra SSU gets the nod
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced it has accepted Telstra’s structural separation undertaking (SSU) and approved its draft migration plan.
ACCC declares local bitstream access service
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has made a decision to declare the local bitstream access service. This declaration is intended to cover the ‘last mile’ of fibre to residences and small businesses on networks that are not owned by NBN Co and does not apply to mobile, wireless or satellite networks.
Townsville gets first digital assistance services
The first Digital Hub and Digital Enterprise services, which will be rolled out to help businesses and communities in the up-take of the NBN, have been launched in Townsville.
GRG International signs Indian MOU for ATM supply
Victorian company GRG International Limited, through its 100 per cent owned Indian subsidiary GRG Banking Solutions Pty Ltd, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Madhya Pradesh Consultancy Organisation (MPCON) to supply ATMs and cash dispensers for eligible recipients to access payments using transaction cards that will also be issued by GRG.
Headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, GRG supplies and distributes GRG Banking ATMs and management software and additional banking products and services.
One of the key outcomes of the MOU will be a distribution system for payments made under India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
The Act provides a legal guarantee for 100 days of employment each year to rural households in return for public work – introduced with the aim of improving the purchasing power of rural people.
The Indian Government supplies around US$30 billion to the States for the scheme. Due to a lack of adequate distribution systems the States return only approximately 60 per cent to the central government.
The GRG system will provide a solution to this problem.
Subject to final contracts GRG expects to deliver 5,000 ATMs, 25,000 point- of-sale terminals and four million cards, to be deployed over three years under a 10-year agreement.
Mr Jeff Barrow, Chairman and Managing Director of GRG International, said that within the next quarter GRG anticipated securing its biggest contract to date through this joint venture.
“This is large scale and GRG has the resources and technical know-how to implement this new efficient welfare system,” Mr Barrow said.
“This project will substantially improve the efficiencies of government welfare. Identification and payments systems and records will be transformed from archaic to world’s best practice,” Mr Barrow said.
“This agreement is expected to create 50 new jobs in Victoria and $500 million in Victorian exports over the next 10 years.
GRG International is in partnership with GRG Banking of Guangzhou, the largest ATM manufacturer in China. GRG International was founded to distribute GRG Banking products in English-speaking markets. GRG International has exclusive rights to distribute GRG ATMs in the US, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom and Ireland and non-exclusive rights to the Mexican, South African and Indian markets. GRG Banking has the world's largest dedicated R&D centre for ATM technology development.
Telstra submits revised SSU
Telstra has announced it has lodged a revised Structural Separation Undertaking (SSU) with the Australian competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for final approval.
Industry briefing for SA Government ICT procurement
The South Australian Government is hosting an open industry briefing to provide industry representatives with inrformation regarding the next round of strategic ICT Procurements.
Funding for Tasmanian sensing network
Initial SenseT projects will focus on Tasmanian communities most affected by the transition in the forestry industry.
Researchers work to boost security technology
QUT researchers are developing smart technology that combines 2D and 3D video images taken from a variety of challenging environments to make it possible to identify a person without the need to stand face on to a camera.
La Trobe Uni to collaborate with Indian ICT company on intelligent transport systems
La Trobe University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding twith Indian ICT company, HCL Technologies o collaborate in research, development and commercialisation activities. The collaboration will focus on research and development for Intelligent Transport Systems.
Single-atom transistor offers new route to quantum computing
Physicists at the University of New South Wales have created a working transistor consisting of a single atom placed precisely in a silicon crystal.
Digital Realty to set up Melbourne centres
US-based data centre solutions company, Digital Realty, is planning to invest in and develop two new data centres in Melbourne’s west. Digital Realty will invest $150 million in the project which will directly employ up to 33 staff.
SilverStripe opens Melbourne office
New Zealand technology company SilverStripe has set up its Australian headquarters in North Melbourne, bringing up to 50 new IT jobs to the state over the next four years.
App offers search and rescue boon
Edith Cowan University (ECU) students have developed a new app which transforms a smartphone into an emergency beacon at the push of a button.
New approach to GPS targeted
Researchers at the Queensland University of Technology are developing new more reliable Global Positioning Systems (GPS) using camera technology and mathematical algorithms that would make navigating a far cheaper and simpler task.
Digital Reality reveals Victorian plans
Data solutions specialist Digital Reality has announced its plans to invest in and develop two new data centres in Melbourne, bringing an estimated economic benefit of around $365 million to the state.
Government introduces R 18+ legislation
The Federal Government has introduced legislation before parliament that, if passed, will see the introduction of an R 18+ category for video games.