Australian broadband company PCRange has launched SIP Talk, a Voice over IP (Internet Protocol) phone service that offers untimed calls to more than 50 international call destinations.
Untimed call coverage includes countries such as India, China, Hong Kong, Brazil, the UK and the USA. SIP Talk offers two simple plans: Pay-As-You-Go or a $5 monthly plan.
SIP Talk’s Pay-As-You-Go rates are 10 cents for untimed calls to anywhere in Australia; a 20-cent flat rate to 50+ countries; 16 cent-a-minute calls to Australian mobiles and 10-cent Web SMS messages.
Adelaide project management specialist, Lisa Twyford is ‘spilling the beans’ on the top ten strategic planning secrets at a workshop next week – and she’s handing out the advice free of charge.
Lisa is MD of Clear Decisions, an Adelaide-based company providing project management and business improvement services. She will be delivering her free presentation, What’s Your Next Move, at a networking lunch on 8 February at the Majestic Roof Garden Hotel, 55 Frome Street Adelaide from noon.
“This is not about quick fixes, short cuts or magic beans,” Lisa says.
Next month, Adelaide Festival Centre Performing Arts Collection will present a collection of artefacts commemorating one of the greatest dramatic actors of the 20th Century, Dame Judith Anderson.
Hitchcock to Spock: Life and times of our Dame Judith Anderson 1897-1992 is a tribute to the life of Dame Judith featuring costumes (one by Parisian fashion designer Jean Louis Bertault, Head of Design for Columbia Pictures and later Universal Pictures), programs, and photographs from the Dame Judith Anderson Collection, on display in the Festival Theatre foyer from 10 February - 4 June.
Flinders University groundwater expert, Prof Craig Simmons will chair an interim Independent Expert Scientific Committee on coal seam gas and large coal mining.
Prof Simmons, an international authority in hydrogeology, is Director of the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training and Professor of Hydrogeology at Flinders University.
The interim committee will provide independent scientific advice to the Federal Government, pending the formal establishment of the committee.
Federal Environment and Water Minister Tony Burke says the committee was part of a new
BDO has appointed former PKF partner, David Spurritt as Tax Director of the growing team in SA, where he will provide further strength to BDO’s expertise in its Corporate & International Tax division.
"I am excited to be joining the fast growing team at BDO.
Australian businesses which fail to embrace eight customer service “megatrends” will lose out to savvy local and international competitors, according to a new report from business advisory firm, BDO.
Service 2020: Megatrends for the decade ahead is a BDO Global report written by the Economist Intelligence Unit capturing the views of 479 business leaders world-wide.
BDO Australia National Chairman Tony Schiffmann says the report outlines key customer service shifts over the coming decade, and forecasting ‘megatrends’.
The research findings fall into eight megatrends whic
In the next step in its management restructure, Wallmans Lawyers has welcomed Bill Eade to the firm as Chief Operating Officer.
Bill will be responsible for overseeing operations and business service functions, including Finance, Human Resources, IT and Marketing, as well as contributing to strategy, planning initiatives, account management and client care.
The position reports directly to the recently appointed Managing Partner and Board.
“Bill was our first choice and we are pleased that he has agreed to relocate to Adelaide with his family from New Zealand.
RiAus patron, HRH the Duke of Kent is in Adelaide today to visit RiAus and see the progress of the organisation which he last visited when it was officially opened in October 2009.
RiAus Director, Dr Paul Willis, is pleased that His Royal Highness will see the changes that have taken place both within the Science Exchange building and in the exciting science outreach programs.
The Duke will meet science and business leaders, including Australia’s newest Nobel Laureate, Professor Brian P Schmidt.
It wouldn’t be much of a friendship if you said ‘hi’ then didn’t speak again for the next few years, but that’s the relationship many Facebook users have with brands they ‘like’, according to a study by University of South Australia’s Ehrenberg-Bass Institute for Marketing Science.
Social Media Researcher, Dr Karen Nelson-Field says many brands moved quickly onto Facebook when it emerged as the new frontier for reaching an audience but have struggled to engage with those who claim to ‘like’ them.
Dr Nelson-Field has “crunched the data” on the engagement tool Facebook released
Smartline Personal Mortgage Advisers is reminding consumers simply ‘tweaking’ an existing loan may not bring the results they want.
“The process of refinancing can be very rewarding for some borrowers, particularly if you’re looking for better customer service, specific loan features or benefits, or a cheaper interest rate,” says Smartline MD, Chris Acret.
“In fact, with many lenders offering special deals that aren’t being advertised, now is an excellent time to be speaking with a Smartline adviser.
“However, even if you’re looking to simply consolidate debts or switch
Flinders University’s Centre for Nanoscale Science and Technology is launching NanoConnect, a pilot program to show how nanotechnology can help improve business products and processes.
Centre Director, Professor David Lewis, says the NanoConnect program aims to transfer benefits of the latest technology research, which has potential applications for new products across a huge range of industries.
“For a lot of companies it’s very new territory, and they don’t know enough about some of the opportunities to know what questions to ask – or to whom they should ask them,” Prof Lewi
National broadband company Internode has introduced new Fibre to the Home plans at more than 20 real estate developments around Australia which align speeds, quotas and prices with its NBN services.
Released this week, Internode’s new Fibre to the Home broadband plans increase the value available to customers at greenfield estates and introduce optional “add-on” Power Packs and Business Packs to better meet customer needs, especially for the business market.
As well as offering fibreoptic-based services at all National Broadband Network sites in Australia, Internode delivers F
Award-winning pilot/adventurer, Fran West, is the next speaker in the Resultzcorp series of business breakfast events.
Fran is known for having successfully flown around Australia's coast (about 500m above the ocean) in an epic flight.
Along with entertaining and inspirational stories about her flight, Fran will tell attendees how they can ADD value to your life and navigate your way to success in 2012.
Fran says piloting your life successfully can be similar to piloting a plane.
Almost half of Australian workers know someone who has changed jobs to take advantage of the resources boom, according to a survey by recruiting experts Hays.
The survey of 606 people across Australia found 31.9% of respondents knew someone who has moved directly into the resources industry to take advantage of the boom.
Hughes PR has welcomed the University of Adelaide’s Executive Education Unit as a client.
Hughes PR will provide communications support to the Executive Education Unit, which provides educational programs to middle and senior management designed to strengthen and broaden professional skill sets.
The Executive Education Unit offers the latest in management theory and practice through dynamic, interactive programs delivered to managers from commerce, government and industry.
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Crowne Plaza Adelaide is getting set to host some of the world’s best athletes when the Adelaide Track Classic hits town on Saturday.
The new partnership has seen Crowne Plaza Adelaide named the Official Hotel of the Adelaide Track Classic and Athletics SA, providing Athletics SA the largest level of support that the organisation has received in its 106 year history.
Being held in Adelaide for the first time in seven years, the Adelaide Track Classic is the opening event of the Qantas Australian Athletics Tour.
The event will see Australian athletes including world cham
Round One of the Innovate SA Investment Attraction Course for 2012 is closing for applications closing on 10 February.
The specialised and intensive Course takes place over a four month period and aims to give business owners and CEOs training in business development and investor readiness through targeted workshops and mentoring.
Innovate SA says companies taking part in the Investment Attraction Course gain the opportunity to maximise their chances of raising investment through the development of a range of specialised skills and review of their investment proposals.
South Australia’s economic performance in the last quarter of 2011 ranked sixth among Australian states, according to latest research from the Commonwealth Bank.
The Commonwealth Bank’s latest quarterly State of the States report shows South Australia had the second-weakest growth in wages but has the highest consumer price index of any Australian state.
"If wages aren't keeping up with prices then people are going backwards and it's going to affect retail spending and if South Australians don't spend that it has knock-on effects through the economy, so it's certainly something to
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