SMBs don't have to master innovation on their own, says the federal government. It's setting up a series of innovation and manufacturing centres to help spread technology and cut red tape smothering government funding
The system will transmit power usage and maintenance data from two million digital smart meters across the states of New South Wales and Queensland to a central database over a Wi-Fi and fiber-optic network.
A complaint has been lodged with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) on behalf of Internode and nine other ISPs against Telstra's refusal to wholesale parts of its newly established ADSL services.