Optus Trials Amazon-Style Fast Delivery With Uber
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July 30, 2021
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Optus has teamed up with Uber to offer customers in selected areas delivery of their new smartphones within the hour. The Amazon-esque... Read More
Optus Customers Hit With Nationwide Outage
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July 2, 2021
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Optus has suffered what looks to be a nationwide outage, with reports to DownDetector spiking and the telco’s own website experiencing technical... Read More
Optus Claims 5G Speed Record
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July 2, 2021
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Optus is claiming another Australian 5G record, saying it has smashed 5G upload speeds as part of its mmWave testing on its... Read More
Singtel Sues Telstra As IP Row Heads To Court
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June 28, 2021
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Australian telco Telstra is being sued by Optus owner Singtel in a bitter row over intellectual property. The legal battle comes as... Read More
ACCC Slams TPG-Vodafone Merger As Mobile Prices Soar
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June 21, 2021
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The ACCC has cried “I told you so” over the TPG-Vodafone merger, pointing out that mobile plan prices have risen at all... Read More
Optus Sport Nabs 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup
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June 4, 2021
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Optus Sport has scored a major coup, snagging the broadcasting rights to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia. Set to... Read More
Optus Targets Gamers With New NBN Plan
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May 31, 2021
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Optus is reaching out to gamers with a new gaming-focused NBN plan, which comes bundled with a Wi-Fi 6 gaming router. The... Read More
Optus Posts A $208 Million Net Loss Over 12 Months
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May 28, 2021
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Optus has cited travel restrictions, COVID, and the structural impacts of the National Broadband Network as the main factors for a net... Read More
First Optus mmWave 5G Sites Go Live
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May 20, 2021
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Optus has switched on its first six mmWave 5G sites in Australia as it hits one million total 5G-capable devices. Equipped with... Read More
Optus Rolls Out Living Network
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May 5, 2021
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Optus has launched Optus Living Network, a network that it claims adapts to customers changing needs. Speaking at the annual Comms Day... Read More
Optus To Exit 3G From April 2022
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May 3, 2021
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Optus is looking to refresh its network technology from late April 2022 after reallocating its 2100MHz spectrum assets as consumers and enterprise... Read More
Five Australian Telcos Win 5G Radio Spectrum Rights
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April 23, 2021
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5G services in Australia are about to get a whole lot better, as five Australian telecommunications companies won the rights for radio... Read More
Battle Begins For mmWave 5G Spectrum
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April 14, 2021
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Australia’s fastest 5G spectrum is officially up for grabs and telcos, satellite firms and communication providers are jostling to get their piece... Read More
Optus Announces Service Pause Option
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April 12, 2021
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Optus has announced its latest offering: no service. In a surprising – and refreshing, really – evolution of the telco company’s business,... Read More
Telstra, Optus Escalate 5G Speed Wars
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April 8, 2021
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Telstra has hit back at Optus’ claim yesterday that it achieved “record” 5G speeds at a mmWave test in Brisbane. Optus, working... Read More
Optus Breaks 10Gbps In 5G Test
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April 7, 2021
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Optus has hailed what it calls a new 5G speed record, breaking the 10Gbps barrier at a live site in Brisbane. Working... Read More
Optus To Broadcast Huge International Football Tournament This Year
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March 31, 2021
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Optus Sport has snagged the Australian rights to the 2021 and 2024 Copa América tournaments, bolstering its international football coverage. The deal... Read More
Optus Teams Up With McAfee For Wi-Fi Security
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March 29, 2021
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Optus has partnered with McAfee on a new home broadband security service to automatically protect all wi-fi connected devices from online threats.... Read More
Optus Showcases 5G FDD, TDD Carrier Aggregation
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March 12, 2021
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Optus has achieved another 5G milestone by combining 2100 MHz spectrum with 3500 MHz spectrum for the first time, through the use... Read More
Optus Snags Rights To Top Football Tournament
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February 22, 2021
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Optus Sport has nabbed the rights to the 2022 UEFA Women’s Euro football tournament in the runup to 2023’s FIFA Women’s World... Read More
Amaysim Profits Hit $6.5m As Optus Acquires Mobile Business
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February 22, 2021
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Virtual mobile carrier Amaysim, which was acquired by Optus for $250 million in late 2020, announced its earnings results which saw after... Read More
Optus Suffers Second Network Outage This Month
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February 18, 2021
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Optus has suffered disruptions to its mobile network, less than two weeks after a nationwide Optus NBN outage. Mobile services across NSW,... Read More
Optus Bundles Wi-Fi Booster With New Family NBN Plans
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February 9, 2021
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Optus has rolled out new family internet plans with an included wi-fi booster, which it says will enable strong and fast internet... Read More
Optus Beats Telstra For Fastest 5G In Australia
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February 9, 2021
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Optus and Telstra have been neck-and-neck in the race to be Australia’s top 5G provider but it seems one of the telco... Read More
Optus Internet Hit By Nationwide Outage
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February 8, 2021
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An outage has brought down Optus internet services across the country today. As reported on DownDetector (image above), issues started to come... Read More
Optus Hires Two New Executives As Part Of Biz Transformation
Telco giant Optus has hired two new executive committee members to its leadership team: a new CFO-designate and a managing director for... Read More
Optus Offers Buy-Now, Pay-Later Deal
SYDNEY: Optus – a major subsidiary of the Singapore-based telecoms giant Singtel – is looking to increase its share of the Australian... Read More
Optus Completes Amaysim Acquisition For $250m
Optus has completed its purchase of Australian-owned virtual mobile business amaysim for $250 million, a week after shareholders gave the deal the... Read More
Amaysim Shareholders Give Green Light To $250m Optus Deal
Optus’ acquisition of Aussie-owned amaysim has been given the green light after shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favour of the $250 million deal.... Read More
Optus Says Streaming Giants Like Netflix Should Help Shoulder High-Data Costs
Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin says streaming giants such as Netflix should help take the pressure off broadband providers as networks struggle... Read More
Gamers Chewed Up More Data Than Netflix Bingers During COVID, Telcos Taking Advantage
Australia’s two biggest telco companies have revealed gamers were the most data-hungry internet users during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, eclipsing... Read More
Optus Sport Reaches Record Subscription & Audience Numbers
Optus Sport has reached record subscription and audience numbers, breaking its own viewership records six times since September. The telco’s streaming service... Read More
ACCC Says “Yes” To Optus Amaysim Takeover
The ACCC will stand aside and allow Optus to buy out low-cost mobile operator Amaysim following its bruising loss in court over... Read More
Telcos Slam Telstra’s NBN Ambitions, Optus Leading Charge
Optus is leading the charge against Telstra’s grand plans to restructure and buy the NBN, with the telco rival calling on the... Read More
Are Big Three Telco Plans Good Value?
Almost one in five customers of the “big three” telcos – Telstra, Optus, and Vodafone – believe they are not getting their... Read More
Optus-Amaysim Merger Will Shrink Telco Industry, Report Claims
Optus’ acquisition of fellow Aussie telco Amaysim will shrink the telco industry and contribute to the continued decline of mobile virtual network... Read More
Optus Inks Cyber Networking Deal
SYDNEY: Optus is linking with cybersecurity company Fortinet to offer secure, software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) to its enterprise and government customers. Optus... Read More
Optus Opens Up 5G Network To Smaller Telcos
Optus has expanded 5G coverage to more Australian consumers by becoming the first telco to open up its 5G network to wholesale... Read More
Optus Opens Two-Storey Brisbane Flagship Store
Optus has opened a mammoth flagship store on Brisbane’s Queen St, part of a $92.6 million investment into the state. Spanning two... Read More
Optus Reduce Game Lag By 30%, Traffic Up By 75%
Optus has declared war on online gaming lag with its new Game Path service, which it says will reduce lag by up... Read More
Optus Extends eSIM Support To App
Optus is extending its support for digital eSIMs, with customers now able to purchase Optus eSIMs online and connect via app. The... Read More
Optus CEO Says Data Guzzling Websites Should Pay Telcos
Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin says data-guzzling websites such as streaming services should help contribute to the cost of running networks. Speaking... Read More
Optus Targets Budget-Conscious Businesses With $149 Mobile Plan
Optus has launched a new affordable mobile plan for small business owners, which provides four mobile numbers for $149 per month. The... Read More
Optus Unveils $1-Per-Day Prepaid Plans
Optus has launched new one-dollar-a-day subscription prepaid mobile plans. The new Optus Flex plans can be paid daily, weekly, fortnightly or monthly,... Read More
Optus Hikes Home 5G Prices With New Plans
Optus is expanding its home 5G internet offering with two new plans – one with a maximum speed of 100Mbps, and one... Read More
DTA Names Telecoms Suppliers
CANBERRA: The Digital Transformation Agency – part of the Federal Government’s social services portfolio – has named 26 suppliers to form part... Read More
Telcos Breached NBN Migration Rules 8000 Times: ACMA
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has condemned telcos TPG, Optus, Dodo and Telstra for more than 8000 breaches of consumer... Read More
Optus demonstrates world-first 5G carrier aggregation call
SYDNEY: Embarking on its 5G journey, Optus has made a 2300 + 3500MHz 5G non-standalone carrier aggregation test via a trial to deliver... Read More
Optus Exposed Selling Banned Companies Smartphones
Following our story yesterday about Telstra’s relationship with banned Chinese Company ZTE several readers have contacted ChannelNews pointing out that Optus is... Read More
Optus Extends Foxtel Deal For Satellite Use To 2031
SYDNEY: Optus has extended its longstanding partnership with media company Foxtel for the provision of satellite services until 2031. Optus Satellite owns... Read More
