Optus
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Singtel-backed Australian operator Optus has been fined more than A$12 million (US$7.9 million) after it failed to provide access to emergency services following a nationwide outage. -
TPG Telecom has secured approval from Australia's competition regulator for an A$1.59 billion (US$1.07 billion) infrastructure and network-sharing agreement with Optus.
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Optus has hired Stephen Rue, the current CEO of Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN) as its new chief executive.
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Australian mobile network operators TPG Telecom and Optus have announced an agreement that the two firms claim will strengthen regional mobile networks while boosting competition in rural parts of the country.
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Telstra and Optus could be delayed in shutting down their 3G networks over concerns that the closure could cut off services for some of its customers.
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Numerous sources are reporting today that Singtel plans to sell its stake in Australian operator Optus.
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Kelly Bayer Rosmarin, Optus’ CEO, quit on Monday following a network outage that left Australians without internet and mobile access for 14 hours
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Australian network was down for most of the day, but what caused the Optus downtime?
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Telstra Corporation (Telstra), Optus Internet (Optus), and TPG Internet (TPG), have been ordered by the Australian Federal Court to pay penalties of $33.5 million.
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Optus says it is investigating the possible unauthorised access of current and former customers’ information after a cyberattack.
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Singtel has bought Australian tower company Axicom in association with an Australian pension fund.
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Telcos Singtel Optus and Telstra have spent over $2 billion in securing spectrum licenses in Australia.
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Reinforcing the investment value in ICT, AustralianSuper has snapped up a 70% stake in another tower portfolio.
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Optus has claimed a world first in testing dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) between multiple radio access technologies.
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Australia has concluded the first of two spectrum auctions scheduled for 2021 – a year communications minister Paul Fletcher has called the "year of 5G".
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Singtel and Optus have expanded their 5G ecosystems by enabling its enterprises and start-up customers to develop 5G solutions on their multi-access edge compute (MEC) infrastructures.
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Macquarie Telecom has signed a A$34 million exclusive agreement with Optus to rollout 5G mobile services in Australia.
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Australians have started the year debating the future of its national broadband project after a government minister declared it “built and fully operational”.
