Smart Technology

Smart Technologies International is a launch pad for innovative technology solutions that have the potential to transform core business and government activities.

We invest in and bring to market innovative Australian and international solutions designed for the ‘digital economy’, such as:

  • ‘WiMAX’ high speed wireless broadband for communities, businesses and educational facilities
  • sophisticated, low cost VOIP/data servers for wireless and remote home/office networking
  • medical practice and business management software for mobile devices
  • microchip and RFID readers and tokens for point of sale, transit and access applications
  • consumer-friendly solutions to on-line security and privacy
  • next generation transaction exchange software, for managing multilateral transactions such as government benefit and rebate concessions at point of sale
  • workflow solutions for securely managing government and business on-line documentation

Our focus is on new technology solutions that address obstacles to widespread participation in the digital economy by people, businesses and governments. Our areas of focus are:

  • infrastructure, including
    • cost effective solutions for consolidating and leveraging under-utilised high speed (‘dark’) fibre assets
    • delivery of low cost high speed broad band (VOIP and data) services in regions with poor/expensive service from existing telcos
    • cost effective solutions for wireless, high speed broadband where fibre and 3G services are unavailable or prohibitively expensiv
  • applications, including
    • mobility applications for government, business and consumer (such as mobile phone and PDA applications for health professionals, financial services and on line privacy)
    • cost effective, remote video monitoring and security over broadband
    • entertainment and local community content distribution over broadband
    • iSCADA and ZigBee applications for remote sensing and monitoring of environmental, manufacturing and other business processe
  • devices and transaction exchange solutions, including
    • point-of-sale solutions that streamline and manage government rebate and concessions processesmulti-party transaction exchange and work flow solutions that protect the data of participants and protect the privacy of consumers
    • point-of-sale biometrics to simplify password/PIN processes for consumers and that improve transaction security
    • consumer-oriented anonymity solutions that protect on-line privacy and promote choice.