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  • Optus' parent sees big things for 3G

    Lee Hsien Yang is one of those rare individuals who don't own a television. The head of Asia's leading telecoms company gets his TV fix off a company 3G mobile handset and from one of the eight broadband-connected computers lying around his house.

  • iPhone sales cost Optus $44m

    Optus parent SingTel has announced that the popularity of the Apple iPhone will actually cost the carrier AU$44 million in Australia in its first quarter of sales.

  • Optus outage; as CFO promoted

    Optus customers in Sydney and Melbourne today had problems accessing their 3G wireless broadband services as another outage dogged the carrier.

  • Optus' mobile business keeps growing

    Australia's second biggest telecoms group Optus grew net profit by 1.8 per cent in the second quarter of this financial year, on the back of a growing mobile customer base.

  • Vodafone grows Aussie customer base

    Vodafone Australia added 84,000 customers in the sixmonths to September for a total of 4.1 million, despite what it called a challenging economic environment. But profits fell.

Blogs (4)

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Forget prez - vote Hillary for Optus

    Hillary Clinton's nine lives are not yet depleted and, despite allegations that her stubborn refusal to concede defeat earlier has fragmented her party, she fought her battle to the very end. By placing bets several ways, that battle may just turn into gold for her down the track. Has Optus taken a leaf out of Hillary's book?

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    Spammed by SingTel

    SingTel could do a better job of welcoming visitors to Singapore. Not everyone wants their phone invaded by spam the minute they step off the plane.

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    New Year's resolutions for telcos

    Some suggestions of New Year's Resolutions for the Australian telecommunications industry.

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    Spellr.us needs a new dictionary

    One of the only Australian start-ups to present at the recent round of conferences in the US was Sydney-based spellr.us, which has launched a Web-based tool to check and monitor websites for spelling mistakes.

Features and Case Studies (6)

  • Optus, SingTel share multinational VPN deal

    Optus and its parent company SingTel have signed a two-year multimillion-dollar deal to provide a virtual private network to multinational insurance firm Marsh.

  • Conroy charts national broadband agenda

    The Australian Labor Party's ICT shadow minister wants a national fibre broadband network and enough skilled people to exploit it.

  • Australia: Dimension Data vs Vanco

    The network services business in Australia is hotting up. In this report, Dimension Data's Steve Nola throws down the gauntlet to Vanco's Grant Ellison.

  • Finding the perfect teleworking tools

    Technology is allowing workers to stay in contact no matter where they are. How do you choose the right combination of hardware, software, data transport, and voice transport, then secure the whole lot and make sure your organisation is set up to take advantage?

  • Can't J2EE and .NET just be friends?

    special report The two Web services standards are now settling into their respective roles and the reasons for choosing one over the other are becoming clearer.

Reviews (3)

  • Commentary: Why Hutchison's 3 will succeed

    Another mobile phone giant has landed in Australia, bringing with it "true 3G"--the ability to make real time video phone calls--and intensifying the mobile battle in the country.

  • Broadband to go: 3G data card round-up

    Road warriors rejoice -- 3G data cards are bringing some long awaited speed to mobile Internet access. We take a look at offerings from the major Australian carriers.

  • Australian ISP Shootout

    The Internet is in the process of taking over our lives, so if you aren't connected, maybe it is time you were.

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