Telecommunications

Western Australia's telecommunication industry is more than a phone service between your family and friends. Our companies have developed novel technologies to resolve WA's remoteness through satellite telecommunications, radio and voice over internet protocol.

The industry itself ranges from broadband internet to latest-generation wireless technologies - from aeronautical and maritime navigation to radio astronomy and satellite-based meteorology - from phone and fax services to TV broadcasting. So many opportunities for the ICT-savvy! The sector also encompasses audio, video, teleconferencing; billing and cards; broadcasting and cable; cable communications; equipment; fibre optics; interactive voice response; and general telecommunications. The wireless technologies include appliances, broadband, telephony (eg mobiles and teleconferencing), and equipment.

Spurred on by increased competition, government subsidies, regulatory policy and market developments, the telecommunications sector is experiencing rapid technological change - and this is set to continue. But this will not daunt the brightest and best here in WA - they'll take up the challenge, and grasp the opportunities available to them in an ICT workers' market.