Displaying items by tag: Natural Disasters

Outdated technology is the main reason insurance brokers are currently struggling with customer service, at a time when insurance brokers have never been in more demand, a new research report by insurance technology company JAVLN has found.

Telecommunications provider Vodafone is extending assistance to its customers in Turkey and Syria by providing free standard international mobile phone calls to earthquake-affected areas for the next seven days.

Telco giant Optus has delivered a network transmission upgrade in the Mid-North Coast to improve network resilience and mobile capacity this summer following the 2019/2020 Australian bushfire season.

Seven Canberra-based startups have received between $10,000 and $30,000 in matched funding in the latest Innovation Connect round.

The annual Call for Code challenge. launched by IBM with support from the Linux Foundation and United Nations, invites the world's software developers and innovators to address climate change with open-source technology. This year four Australian teams are in the finals and one of these projects may well be the winner.

Telecoms lobby group and peak industry body Communications Alliance has welcomed the release of a set of draft propositions by the counsel assisting the Royal Commission into Natural Disaster Arrangements, and its focus on information flows between Governments and essential infrastructure owners and operators, to enhance coordinated engagement and response during national disasters.

A new app for mobile phones and tablets will provide risks posed by severe weather and natural disasters that could affect homes and businesses.

Telstra has launched a new "Always On" service guarantee for Asia’s busiest subsea cable routes – Hong Kong to Singapore and Japan to Hong Kong.

An Australian developed app that links people fleeing natural disasters with nearby evacuation centres has won a prestigious United Nations (UN) competition.

Australian-listed SAP software and solutions provider UXC Oxygen is implementing a SAP Business One OnDemand solution for the Earthquake Commission (EQC) of New Zealand.

Consumer complaints to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) reached a five-year low in 2012-13 with all major telcos, including Vodafone, recording declines in complaints received.

NITL is launching its highly successful Exact Advantage software application across EMEA and Asia Pacific for the management of global exposure to potential losses arising from man-made and natural disasters.

American Express has announced its plans to donate $1 toward relief efforts for every message of hope shared for Japan on Facebook.

Telstra today announced free telephone calls and text messages for customers wishing to check on family and friends affected by the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan.