Tag: Internet

The National Broadband Network is expected to not make a profit for up to 30 years NBN Co chief executive Mike Quigley told a Senate Committee inquiry yesterday.

The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) is increasing its powers by increasing the monetary limits on its decisions in relation to complaints about phone and internet services.

When the publication of information is no longer confined to newspapers, a basic knowledge of how defamation laws work becomes relevant to business owners who blog or tweet. A careless statement, even if it was intended to be an honest opinion, may open you to a host of problems.

Companies are advised to prepare to secure their brand names for the .co domain with applications for existing trademark owners opening in April before the Landrush begins on June 21.

Over the last four months, MessageLabs Intelligence has detected a dramatic increase in the number of instances employers have intentionally blocked staff from accessing sports-related and gambling-related websites

Small grocery stores must implement strong marketing strategies that focus on lower prices in order to compete with the supermarket duopoly research has found.

On March 30, Scoop of the Day will launch in Sydney. Soon, the individual consumer will have access to unbeatable deals as they’ve never had before, leveraging group buying power to open the door to local businesses, spas, restaurants, bars and more.

Nielsen’s 2010 Internet & Technology Report has found the median Australian internet user spent 17.6 hours per week online in 2009, an increase of nine percent over 2008 with a 28.5 percent increase over 2007 levels of internet usage. Interestingly the increases in Internet usage have not seen a corresponding drop in individuals consumption of […]

AFACT has filed a notice of appeal today with the Federal Court, containing 15 grounds of appeal on the decision in February this year in iiNet’s favour. AFACT’s executive director Neil Gane believed that there were good grounds to appeal the decision. “The court found large scale copyright infringements, that iiNet knew they were occurring, […]

The latest Bank of Queensland Straight Talk Survey has found that even in the internet age, customers are most likely to vote with their feet when confronted with poor service. “Eighty-four percent of those surveyed said they would simply take their business elsewhere when dissatisfied with customer service,” Bank of Queensland Group Executive Daniel Musson […]