Leederville-based SmartTrans Holdings is set to take advantage of China's expanding 3G network after it executed an agreement with China Mobile that sent its shares up more than seven-fold.
Perth-based ASG Group has secured a $23 million contract to provide additional IT Services to the state's Department of Education, boosting its pipeline of projects to more than $500 million.
Inglewood-based web design firm Bam Creative has become an employee-owned company with the majority of the firm's staff taking up the opportunity to become a business owner with much less risk usually associated with starting up a company from scratch.
Melbourne-based satellite communications company NewSat has secured contracts worth about $2 million in recent times including a $1 million contract to provide voice and data communications on the Gorgon gas project on Barrow Island.
Shares in North Coogee-based composite materials manufacturer Quickstep Holdings were unchanged today despite announcing the appointment of a former Boeing and aerospace executive as the company's chief financial officer.
Shares in wave energy and clean technology developer Carnegie Wave Energy have moved up this morning after announcing it had signed a formal licensing and joint venture agreement with northern hemisphere development partner EDF EN.
Developing and commercialising innovative technologies of 35 start-ups across the nation is the aim of the federal government's $64 million in funding, to be distributed by 11 fund managers.
Engineering and construction company Abigroup has today secured a contract with Seven Network subsidiary, vividwireless, to build part of Perth's new 4G wireless network.
Leighton-owned carrier Nextgen Networks has today been announced as the successful tenderer for the federal government's $250 million regional blackspots program, part of the roll-out of the national broadband network.
Western Australia’s IT consultants are preparing for a significant jump in salaries and a shortage of IT specialists early next year as the local industry reacts to recent ownership changes and new trends in awarding contracts.
The University of Western Australia has agreed to pay Sirtex Medical $3.25 million to cover costs relating to an intellectual property matter involving Dr Bruce Gray.
As the University of Western Australia seeks leave to appeal to the High Court over a blow to its intellectual property rights, universities and employers nationwide are wondering what they need to do to avoid a similar fate.
Shares in North Coogee-based Quickstep Holdings have soared as much as 71 per cent in trade today following the announcement of an agreement struck with Lockheed Martin Corporation and another US aerospace giant.
The University of Western Australia has taken its long-running legal dispute with Dr Bruce Gray, a former staff member and founder of profitable biotechnology company Sirtex Medical, to the High Court.
Former University of Western Australia researcher Dr Bruce Gray will be able to keep his $75 million stake in Sirtex Medical after the Federal Court today dismissed the university's appeal over ownership of the biotech's intellectual property.
LOCAL firm Kellabox has released a portable, self-contained data centre that effectively eliminates the need for a server room to house a business's networking equipment.
The Perth-based chairman and chief executive of London-listed technology company CustomVis have survived a board spill requisitioned by a group of shareholders and former directors.
PERTH'S largest manufacturer of fibreglass swimming pools has developed what it says is a world first - a pool protection system that guarantees the colour won't fade.
The saga between Sirtex Medical and Perth scientist Bruce Gray has taken another turn with the state's Supreme Court finding in favour of the company's former chairman, who is now free to carry on with his business.
THE provision of non-landfill or 'alternative' waste management is a growth business in Western Australia, as population centres expand and infrastructure reaches capacity.
Sirtex Medical says it is continuing to pursue the recovery of its legal costs and expenses of over $5.5 million as proceedings against the University of Western Australia and Bruce Gray approaches its third year.
The broadband question is an inevitable subject when a group of online entrepreneurs is brought together, though the issue did not raise temperatures as much as could be expected at the WA Business News forum.
PERTH-BASED Rent.com.au Pty Ltd has formed a partnership with internet company Yahoo!7 to provide a rich user experience for Australian renters and landlords.
THE University of Western Australia will appeal against a Federal Court decision which ruled in favour of intellectual property claims by its former employee, Dr Bruce Gray, founder of Sirtex Medic
Osborne Park radio communications manufacturer Omnitronics is set to open its first overseas office in the US in July to take advantage of increased opportunities and higher demand.
Former University of Western Australia academic Dr Bruce Gray had a big win over his erstwhile employer in a landmark Federal Court ruling handed down last week but faces the prospect of further legal action from the company he founded, Sirtex Medical Ltd
The University of Western Australia has lost a Federal Court battle over the ownership of intellectual property held by its former employee Dr Bruce Gray and the company he founded, Sirtex Medical Ltd.
