Sandra Rossi

Keen to dispel the image that India is only a 'faster, cheaper, better' offshoring option, a delegation of Indian software companies arrived in Australia this week touting a new way of doing business that is based on innovative partnerships. Aiming to redefine the outsourcing landscape by through partnerships, India's National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) claims it has a new offshoring model that will change the direction of future deals with Australian companies.

Australia's Workplace Surveillance Bill 2005, which will go through the country's parliament on Wednesday, makes it a criminal offense to read employee e-mails.

A Senate committee report on competition in high-speed Internet services has criticized the poor state of Australia's broadband network.

Right on cue Citibank Australia is the first of the big financial services firms to relocate its call centre operations to Manila in the Philippines.

The newly appointed IT and Communications Minister Helen Coonan plans to undertake widespread consultation with industry before making any firm policy decisions.

Since the introduction of antispam legislation in Australia in April this year, the spread of unsolicited junk e-mail has increased and continues to rise.

Telstra Corp. Ltd. is sending 450 software jobs to India as part of its outsourcing agreement with IBM Corp.'s Global Services.

The sale of Telstra Corp. Ltd. will not proceed until the 2006/07 financial year, according to federal Budget papers released this week.