Upwardly mobile

Article Abstract:

This article describes plans by the Australian communications giant Telstra to market new mobile telephones capable of high-speed data transmission. Telstra is investing $600 million in the new system, known as CDMA, which it will market to regional users as well as urban business people. Relevant details include confidential documents revealing the role of Australian Communications Minister Richard Alston in persuading Telstra to introduce a digital network in the country as well as the cities.

author: Brenchley, Fred
Product introduction, Cellular telephones, Wireless telephones, Telecommunications equipment industry, Telecommunications systems, Cellular telephone equipment industry, Telstra Corporation Ltd., Digital telephone systems

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Hollows in their sights

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Issues are presented concerning the work which is carried out by the Fred Hollows Foundation which brings affordable blindness treatments to people in developing countries. The policy of major drugs companies to the third world is discussed.

author: Brenchley, Fred
Health aspects, Care and treatment, Drugs, Pharmaceutical industry, Services, Prices and rates, Economic policy, Developing countries, Blindness, Fred Hollows Foundation

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Raiding insider

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Issues concerning the management of the Australian Employment National jobs agency are discussed.

author: Brenchley, Fred
Management, Employment, Employment services

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