Optus, too, claims to have achieved substantial savings for itself in the first commercial trial of the service last September. With savings like these, e-marketplace software vendors such as Oracle, CommerceOne, Ariba and others have been attracting significant attention from major corporations and Telstra's move to set up its own business exchange has been anticipated for some time. Telstra officials make it clear, however, that the new exchange is not targeted mainly at Telstra's existing suppliers and is open to all participants. Telstra's rural move is seen as a threat to ISPs Rural and regional Internet service providers are crying foul at a move by Telstra to offer untimed Internet access to remote users. Beyond reasonable doubt Credit card companies have joined the race to protect online shopping.
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Nicole Manktelow reports Reforms on way for Australian e-business Unlimited domain names for Australian companies and a ban on offensive domain names are likely after a panel considering Australian domain names released its findings last week. The nature of trust online Ever since human beings began to claim ownership over property, other human beings have sought to take it from them. In the past quarter of a century, with the arrival of digital technology, both property and theft have taken on new forms. It may not be the consumers fault writes Jenny Sinclair. A Web site can be top-rater without a huge publishing or marketing budget just ask Jon Satterley , managing director of Roadrunner Records Australia.