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  • 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 confirms non-exclusive iPhone for Australia

    Optus today confirmed that it has acquired a licence to sell the iPhone in Australia, as originally reported on CNET.com.au.

  • Google and SingTel link up for US$300m cable

    Google has joined SingTel and four other carriers to build a new high bandwidth submarine cable system between the US and Japan, in a move to address its broadband capacity needs.

  • 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.

  • Palm to add BlackBerry Connect to Treo 650

    Palm looks set to announce the availability of RIM's BlackBerry Connect (BBC) push-e-mail and calendar software to Australian users of the Palm Treo 650 handheld.

Blogs (3)

  • 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 - 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

    New Year's resolutions for telcos

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

Features and Case Studies (2)

  • 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.

  • 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 (1)

  • 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.

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