News briefs from Multimedia Victoria - January to June 2005
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December 2005 15.12.2005 World-leading wireless broadband technology which delivers data 200 times faster than current rates is being developed in Melbourne.
13.12.2005 Some of Victoria's best cyclists demonstrated world-first information and communication technology developed right here in Victoria, that is set to revolutionise the cycling world.
13.12.2005 The Minister for Information and Communication Technology, Marsha Thomson, unveiled the Bracks Government's global vision for Victorian ICT industry with the launch of the Victorian ICT Industry Plan 2005 - 2010.
07.12.2005 The Minister for Innovation, John Brumby, joined Israeli Ambassador, Naftali Tamir, to launch a US$6 million Victoria-Israel Science and Technology Research and Development Fund.
06.12.2005 The State Government is providing funding to help Victorians in the Northern Grampians area access the Internet as part of the $3.5 million Public Internet Access Program.
05.06.2005 Victorian companies have scooped the pool at the 2005 Australian Game Developers Awards.
29.11.2005 A world-leading multi-media company will establish its world headquarters with facilities in both Ballarat and Melbourne, creating 250 new ICT jobs for Victoria.
14.11.2005 Regional Victorian residents will have improved access and more affordable broadband services announced today as part of Moving Forward - the Government's $502 million action plan for growth in Provincial Victoria.
09.11.2005 In an Australian first, the Victorian Minister for ICT, Marsha Thomson, today gave a demonstration of Fujitsu's ground-breaking new colour 'electronic paper'.
08.11.2005 The Minister for ICT, Marsha Thomson, today welcomed a $20 million commitment by Optus to invest in broadband infrastructure in regional Victoria.
31.10.2005 A new $20 million intellectual property deal will reverse the offshoring trend and provide a major boost to the Victorian ICT industry.
28.10.2005 BANGALORE, India: Another Victorian company has struck an Indian deal expected to deliver more than AUD$1 million in its first year, the Minister for ICT, Marsha Thomson, announced in Bangalore.
28.10.2005 The Minister for ICT, Marsha Thomson, today welcomed the deal between Melbourne-based software company, Business Intelligence Technologies (BIT) and Indian-listed global ICT company, MphasiS.
28.10.2005 BANGALORE, India: Victorian Minister for ICT, Marsha Thomson, today launched the first Victorian Government Business Office (VGBO) in India.
21.10.2005 Work was underway to connect more than 1600 Victorian Government school sites to a revolutionary high speed broadband connection, the Premier, Steve Bracks, announced.
18.10.2005 The Minister for ICT has welcomed a $40 million commitment by Optus to provide improved broadband services to Victoria.
18.10.2005 The Minister for ICT has presented the Victorian State Pearcey Award, designed to encourage fresh and innovative talent in the ICT profession, to Graeme Huon.
12.10.2005 Businesses and residents along the South West Coast of Victoria are set to benefit from the rollout of competitive broadband services.
05.10.2005 The Opposition's plan to cut mobile phone spending across Government to help pay for its half-baked tolls proposal is misleading.
29.09.2005 Businesses and residents in Echuca, Horsham, Mildura, Bairnsdale, Swan Hill, Sale and Shepparton, are set to benefit from the rollout of competitive broadband services as a result of a Bracks Government's telecommunications deal.
08.09.2005 A report released by the Bracks Government shows the Federal Government's Higher Bandwidth Incentive Scheme (HiBIS) is significantly flawed, says the Minister for ICT.
05.09.2005 Victorian IT company Australian Project & Consulting Services (APCS) has been awarded the contract to provide the Games Data Network (GDN) for the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games, announced the Minister for ICT.
01.09.2005 A new on-line resource will help Victorians learn more about access to broadband technology in their homes, businesses and communities.
25.08.2005 Sixty seven community groups across Victoria will benefit from grants awarded as part of a $3.5 million funding boost for Internet access.
25.08.2005 A program to establish 16 online community groups, which will provide information and assistance on transport issues for disabled motorists, was launched by the Minister for ICT.
18.08.2005 The Minister for ICT has announced a comprehensive ICT scholarship package aimed at arming university students with the skills needed to drive Victoria's ICT industry into a new era.
18.08.2005 The Bracks Government has doubled the level of funding and support for Victoria's ICT industry by rejuvenating its Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Trade Events and Export Assistance Program.
11.08.2005 The Minister for ICT has announced a $400,000 funding boost to help more Victorian communities get online as part of the successful My Connected Community program.
26.07.2005 Rural and regional Victorians will have access to revolutionary specialist health care services without having to leave their local communities, the Premier, Steve Bracks, announced today.
12.07.2005 The Minister for ICT has announced a range of new initiatives that will ensure Victoria keeps its place at the forefront of the global Radio Frequency Identification industry in Australia.
12.07.2005 The Victorian Women in ICT Network will help to boost a shortage of women in the ICT industry through the development of practical programs designed to attract and retain women in the field.
28.06.2005 Premier Steve Bracks attended NEC's Japan headquarters with executives of global businesses such as Toyota and Fujitsu, companies keen to pursue further investments in Victoria.
28.06.2005 Victorian eLearning company Etech Group has entered into a partnership with Japanese broadband provider Data Pacific and Waseda University.
27.06.2005 The Government launched a new Victorian first recycling scheme, BytebackTM, that will result in household and business computers being recycled.
20.06.2005 Victorian companies in the Business Software and Services industry will have the chance to showcase their products as part of the world's largest ever trade mission of Australian ICT companies to Japan.
20.06.2005 An ICT trade mission to Japan will give Victoria's eLearning companies the chance to showcase their sophisticated products to a global market.
20.06.2005 Victorian businesses in the bourgeoning Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) technology industries will have the chance to showcase their products in Japan.
20.06.2005 The Minister for ICT has arrived in Tokyo to lead a trade mission of Victorian ICT and computer games companies to promote them as an internationally competitive source for innovative products and services.
19.06.2005 The Victorian Minister for ICT, Marsha Thomson, will lead the largest ever trade mission of Victorian ICT companies to Japan to promote the state as an internationally competitive source for innovative products and services.
19.06.2005 A significant deal struck between leading Indian ICT company Satyam Computer Services Ltd and Victoria University (VU) is a major coup for Victoria.
07.06.2005 Minister for ICT Marsha Thomson has congratulated the Australian Computer Society (ACS) Foundation on its ICT scholarship program.
26.05.2005 Melbourne is playing host to a delegation of Indian ICT companies to help forge closer ties and boost ICT export opportunities for Victoria.
19.05.2005 The Minister for ICT, Marsha Thomson, has congratulated Melbourne software house nSynergy International for taking out this year's $10,000 Microsoft Global Export Potential award.
18.05.2005 Businesses in Broadmeadows will benefit from competitive broadband services thanks to the Government's Telecommunications Purchasing and Management Strategy (TPAMS).
18.05.2005 Businesses in Thomastown will benefit from competitive broadband services thanks to the Government's Telecommunications Purchasing and Management Strategy (TPAMS).
12.05.2005 The Minister for ICT, Marsha Thomson today officially opened the Monash Museum of Computing History, at Monash University's Caulfield campus, the first of its kind in Australia.
12.05.2005 A record number of Australian computer game companies will travel to the world's biggest electronic game exhibition, the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), in Los Angeles this week.
11.05.2005 The Minister for ICT launched the $12.7 million Yarra Valley eRich Learning Environment Project for 7 secondary and 40 primary schools in the Yarra Valley, aimed at creating an innovative, technology-rich learning environment.
11.05.2005 More small and medium sized Victorian IT companies will be able to access government IT business, with the State Government eServices Panel refresh appointing an additional 64 companies.
04.05.2005 The State Government's $89 million SmartOne initiative will trigger a massive investment in new broadband infrastructure across Victoria with far reaching benefits for all, the Premier, Steve Bracks, said today.
03.05.2005 The Bracks Government today announced a $146 million boost for information and communication technology systems (ICT) to improve the services provided to Victorians.
03.05.2005 Every school in Victoria will be upgraded to high speed fibre-optic broadband under the $89 million SmartONE initiative.
26.04.2005 The Minister for ICT today released the Victorian Government's Broadband Framework positioning it as Australia's smartest and most strategic broadband user.
14.04.2005 Communities around Victoria have been given a $500,000 boost to get connected, with more grants announced as part of the Bracks Government's My Connected Community program.
13.04.2005 The Victorian Minister for ICT, Marsha Thomson today opened the Australian Games Innovation Centre - the only one of its kind in Australia.
13.04.2005 Victorian digital media company ndWare has launched a world-first technology for mobile phones, with the help of Multimedia Victoria funding through Film Victoria.
12.04.2005 Women living in country Victoria will now have access to state-of-the-art cancer technology, thanks to a $1.9 million grant from the Bracks Government.
07.04.2005 Training in the internationally-recognised Linux computer operating system is now more accessible and affordable with the introduction of a new system-specific course at the Chisholm Institute of TAFE.
06.04.2005 The Bracks Government has achieved the best overall commercial terms in telecommunications procurement in Australia through its Telecommunications Purchasing and Management Strategy (TPAMS).
24.03.2005 A former "CIO of the Year" is Victoria's new Chief Information Officer (CIO). ICT Minister Marsha Thomson said the appointment of Ms Jane Treadwell, who is currently Chief Information Officer of Centrelink, was a coup for Victoria and confirmed the Bracks Government's position as a leader in eGovernment.
21.03.2005 The Bracks Government has achieved the best overall commercial terms in telecommunications procurement in Australia through its Telecommunications Purchasing and Management Strategy (TPAMS).
16.03.2005 The Minister for Information and Communication Technology, Marsha Thomson, today announced $60,000 funding towards the Developing Business Skills for ICT Entrepreneurs initiative.
10.03.2005 An innovative Government initiative, eLearning Symposium for Education, is encouraging schools to embrace new technologies to improve teaching.
10.03.2005 Melbourne ICT manufacturer, Kingfisher International, is the winner of this year's Victorian Photonics Network (VPN) Achievement Award.
06.03.2005 The Victorian Minister for ICT, Marsha Thomson, today launched a $6.5 million expansion of Telstra's mobile broadband network.
03.03.2005 Up to 10 Victorian computer game development companies are on their way to San Francisco, in California, for an influential international games conference thanks to support from the Government.
12.10.2005 Businesses and residents along the South West Coast of Victoria are set to benefit from the rollout of competitive broadband services.
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