Optus
Telecommunications Company
Thodey dials 000...in the 2009 year and 4.2 per cent in 2008, due in part to a slower economy but also because of lousy customer service and being outsmarted by Optus with the key innovation in the sector in recent years, the iPhone. At the recent strategy day,... In this article: Telstra, Optus, Mitre 10, Recession, Australian Stock Exchange, Iphone, and Goldman Sachs |
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The Australian | 6 hours ago
The aim's to be top dog
...Tony Abbott was . . . well, physical. The only other predictable thing ahead of tomorrow morning's leadership spill is that Telstra and Optus were enriched, as the three men spent the day canvassing their 85 caucus colleagues. In a...
In this article: Joe Hockey, Malcolm Turnbull, Sydney, Tony Abbott, Liberal Party, Canberra, Telstra, Laurie Oakes, and Peter Dutton
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MSDN | 5 days ago
HTC Diamond 2 - 6.5 update available for Optus/Open Channel phones
...when Windows phone was launched, the HTC Touch Diamond2 was made available with Windows Mobile 6.5 from Telstra. Before we launched 6.5, Optus and a lot of open channel/retail partners were selling the HTC Diamond2 powered by Windows Mobile...
In this article: HTC Diamond and Telstra
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Centre Daily Times | November 18, 2009
Research and Markets: 4Q 09 Australia Mobile Operator Forecast 2009 - 2013 Report Reveals Total Wireless Subscribers in Australia to Reach 31.2 Million in 2013
...and forecast data starting in 1Q2003 and ending in 2Q2011. Operators covered for Australia include: Telstra Corporation Limited, SingTel Optus Pty Limited, and Vodafone Hutchison Australia Pty Ltd (Vodafone Group Plc and Hutchison Telecoms...
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Optus to trial 3G successor
...in Australia . . . and is part of the evolution of the investments we are prepared to take to support Optus's data growth," he said. Optus stands to gain a considerable first-mover advantage over its competitors if next year's trials are...
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Optus in LTE trials
OPTUS will be the first telco in the nation to trial a new mobile broadband technology that transmits data 20 times faster than current 3G systems. The technology -- which is known as LTE (Long Term Evolution) and is being positioned as a...
In this article: Telstra, Huawei, ZTE, Nokia Siemens Networks, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, and NEC
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | November 17, 2009
Cow of a day for Optus as prize peters out
...capital cities, compared with their lack of appetite for markets in the bush. Eight years on, and Optus is the owner of a division called Optus Country, which promotes the company's bush coverage. It seems to do this most effectively...
In this article: Virgin Blue, Peterborough, Biofuels, and Telstra
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Optus sets up apps store
...Android Market, BlackBerry App World and Nokia's Ovi Store. Mark Mulder, general manager of Optus content and portals, says the main difference with the Optus Mobile Application Store is that it supports all kinds of 2G and 3G-enabled...
In this article: Iphone, Android, Revenue, Windows Mobile, Java, Symbian, BlackBerry, and Twitter
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Optus profit up 22pc, SingTel upbeat
...same period last year. The rise was ascribed to stronger operating revenue and contributions from regional mobile associates such as Optus, but the firm's results fell short of market expectations. SingTel, in a filing with the Singapore...
In this article: Revenue, Telkomsel, Tax, Bharti Airtel, Reserve Bank of Australia, US Senate, Singapore, Climate change, and Mobil
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SingTel first-half profit up as Optus grows mobile revenues
...period. Locally traded SingTel shares were up 4 cents, or 1.77 per cent, at $2.30 shortly after the market opened this morning. At Optus, net profit for the first half was $A291 million, up 18 per cent on $A247 million in the...
In this article: Revenue, Customer base, Iphone, Singapore, and Australia
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Sydney Morning Herald - National | October 28, 2009
Optus declines to confirm IPO rumours
...situation", said SingTel could raise between $US4 billion ($A4.4 billion) and $US5 billion ($A5.5 billion) from an Optus IPO, which was unlikely to occur in 2010. "We don't comment on speculation," an Optus spokeswoman told AAP on Wednesday.
In this article: Singapore Telecommunications, Dow Jones, and Australia
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Description from Wikipedia:
SingTel Optus Pty Limited is the second largest telecommunications company in Australia, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Telecommunications (ASX: SGT). The company primarily trades under the Optus brand, while maintaining several wholly owned subsidiary brands, such as Virgin Mobile Australia and Boost Mobile in the mobile telephony market, Uecomm in the network services market and Alphawest in the ICT services sector.
To provide services, Optus owns and operates its own network infrastructure, as well as using the services of other network service providers, most notably Telstra Wholesale. It provides services both directly to end users and also acts as a wholesaler to other service providers. Through its OptusNet brand, it provides broadband, wireless and dial-up internet services.
The company was originally known as Aussat Pty Limited prior to privatisation, when it became Optus Communications Pty Limited. It was later renamed to Cable & Wireless Optus Pty Limited before changing again to its present name.
- Name:
- SingTel Optus Pty Limited
- Type:
- Subsidiary of SingTel
- Location:
- Sydney, Australia
- Founded:
- 1981 as AUSSAT
- Industry:
- Telecommunications
- Key People:
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- Michael Smith, MD Consumer
- Jeann Low, CFO
- Paul O'Sullivan, Chief Executive
- Lawrie Turner, CIO
- Products:
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- Leased Lines
- Fixed Telephony
- Mobile Telephony
- Cable Television
- Internet Access
- Data Transmission
- Revenue:
- $8.321 billion AUD (2009)
- Net Income:
- $584 million AUD (2009)
- No. of Employees:
- 10,679 (2008)
- Motto:
- We hear you
- Website:
- http://www.optus.com.au/
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