Teams of researchers are working to find a way to use organic polymers as material for microelectronic production.

Active Voice has just announced it is to sell its messaging business to NEC America.

Nine optoelectronics firms have entered an agreement to define a common standard for 40 Gbps transponder modules used in fibre optic telecommunications networks.

LastMile Communications has just been appointed as Paclink's distributor for the ACT market.

Intel is about to unveil a new design for the silicon and metal vehicles that connect the microprocessor to the rest of the computer.

Philips has just introduced a technology that enhances luminance and colour saturation in transflective liquid-crystal displays without significantly increasing power consumption.

The number of job losses in Australia has yet to be determined after Sun Microsystems announced it would sack 3900 people worldwide.

Exports of locally designed ADSLs by NEC Australia have gone over the one million mark.

Corning has just said it expects to cut an extra 4,000 jobs on top of the 8,000 jobs it shed earlier this year.

Compaq has announced a worldwide voluntary recall and replacement program for approximately 1.4 million AC adapters used with certain notebook products. These AC adapters can overheat, posing a potential fire hazard.

Link Communications Corporation, a nationwide outsourced call centre provider today announced plans to double the size of their contact centre operations in Adelaide.

India's largest IT company, Wipro, plans to launch operations in Australia.

A $35 million wireless internet and communications precinct, the first of its kind in Australia, is to launch in Adelaide in February 2002.

Nortel expects to announce a $7.27 billion loss in the third quarter and said it would shrink its work force by almost 20,000 more jobs.

Electrolux Group have just announced a multi-million dollar investment package with the NSW government to secure and further develop its factory in the state's mid-west.