Although the IEEE had adopted a MAN standard, there were only relatively few examples of what might be called MANs available, and none of these conformed to the proposed IEEE standards. Those networks that did exist were largely based on CATV, and were often called Institutional Networks, or I-Nets.
Category: Australia
Australia’s Housing Dilemma Will Keep RBA From Changing Rates
In the east, Sydney and Melbourne are seeing booming property prices and spiraling household debt; on the western side of the continent, housing and rental costs in Perth are falling as mining companies retrench. The upshot: interest rates aren’t likely to be going anywhere soon.
American Airlines, Qantas may revive joint venture plan under Trump
American Airlines Group Inc and Australia’s Qantas Airways Ltd may reapply to the U.S. Transportation Department for permission to coordinate prices and flight schedules now the Trump administration is in charge, Qantas Chief Executive Alan Joyce said. The pair’s application for a joint venture covering the United States, Australia and New Zealand markets was rejected in November under the Obama administration amid opposition from rival carriers Hawaiian Airlines Inc and JetBlue Airways Corp .
Vegemite goes home: Oreo maker sells to Australia’s Bega
In this March 20, 2012, file photo, a customer takes a jar of Vegemite from next to an empty shelve in a supermarket in Auckland, New Zealand. Vegemite and other grocery products are being sold by Oreo-maker Mondelez to Australian dairy company … Bega Cheese in a deal worth about $345.3 million , Mondelez International Inc. said Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017.
Vegemite back in Australian ownership after A$460m Bega deal
Vegemite will return to Australian ownership after Bega Cheese agreed to buy a range of well-known food brands in a deal worth A$460m . “The wonderful heritage and values that Vegemite represents and its importance to Australian culture makes its combination with Bega Cheese truly exciting,” Bega executive chairman Barry Irvin said.
Aussies Go Back to Future as Iron-Coal Drives Trade Surplus
Australia recorded its first trade surplus in almost three years as Chinese demand stoked prices for its two biggest exports, iron ore and coal. Australia’s trade performance closely correlates with demand from China’s old growth drivers like infrastructure and apartment construction.
Police took down a Sydney crime syndicate and made ‘the…
Australian police dismantled a major cocaine smuggling ring after a two-and-a-half-year multi-agency operation undertaken with Tahiti, Australian authorities announced on Thursday. Operation Okesi, which began in July 2014, culminated in a Christmas-night seizure of 500 kilograms of cocaine in New South Wales in eastern Australia.