The federal government expects to raise about $3 billion from the renewal of spectrum licences for mobile phone and wireless broadband services held by Australia's three main telecommunications groups.
Wangara-based Vortex Pipes has requested reinstatement of its shares on the Australian Securities Exchange, after entering a refinancing agreement with Carmichael Corporate.
Telstra Corporation signed up more than a million new customers in the first half of its financial year, giving a hefty lift to its profit.
The nation's largest telco added 958,000 mobile customers in the six months to December 31 on top of 106,000 new fixed broadband subscriptions.
Telstra Corporation shares have fallen after the nation's largest telco reported a lower-than-expected first-half net profit.
The company said net profit for the six months to December 31, 2011, came in at $1.468 billion, up 22.9 per cent from the prior corresponding period.
New South Wales-based UXC Connect has won four contracts worth $8 million collectively to deliver its digital entertainment package at four mining camps in the Pilbara.
The federal government will consider whether there needs to be changes to copyright laws after being lobbied by Australia's sporting codes over broadcasting rights.
The federal government has reopened a multimillion-dollar solar energy grant process amid concern about an investment shortfall at its preferred first-round choice.
At stake is a $306.5 million grant on offer from the government's Solar Flagships program.
Software provider ISS Group has inked a three-year deal with iron ore miner and existing client Fortescue Metals Group.
Shares in ISS closed up half a cent, or 2.86 per cent, at 18 cents.
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