Global lighting giant Philips has called on Australians to prepare for the federal government’s plans to phase out the use of inefficient incandescent lighting, which is predicted to begin in late 2008.

The global optical networking (ON) market topped $3 billion for the seventh consecutive quarter, after an exceptionally strong showing in 4Q07, dropping 12% sequentially but gaining 23% year over year.

ABB, a leading power and automation technology group, has been awarded a $5.9 million substation upgrade contract by Hamersley Iron.

NICTA, Australia’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) research institute, is now authorised as a Registered Research Agency (RRA).

Melbourne-based smart grid and wireless sensor network provider, Telepathx has announced that it will begin conditional licensing of its RFID, wireless sensor network and communications aggregation products to smart meter and BPL manufacturers.

The FLIR T-Series  has been awarded the 'red dot design award' in the measurement and testing systems design category.

Opengear, a provider of out-of-band management solutions, has announced the supply of its CM4008 console servers to telecommunications carrier, Pipe Networks.

Australia’s biggest telco, Telstra, took top honours in the Telecom Asia Awards last week, claiming the trophies for Best Asian Carrier and Best Mobile Carrier.

The federal government has been criticised for bungling a smart meter rollout by refusing to commit to key tools that would ensure greenhouse emissions reductions.

Ovum RHK has posted its analysis of fourth-quarter 2007 FTTx shipments, estimating that 1.6 million FTTx subscribers were added globally in 4Q07 - up 11% from the previous quarter.

The ACT government has joined with ActewAGL to fund a feasibility study into a large-scale solar power plant for the ACT.

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Cable manufacturer Olex has acquired Australmold, a major supplier of Elastimold and Euromold cable accessories.

IT company Digital Sense is using multi-million dollar infrastructure technology from Emerson Network Power Australia to develop Australia’s highest density data centres, to support the growing demand from Australia’s largest government and corporate organisations.

Scientists from the UK University of Essex have designed an electric plug that monitors the energy usage of the appliance connected to it.