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Articles tagged with: Optus
SingTel Announces Plans for LTE Trials in Four Countries
Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has announced its plan to conduct a regional trial of LTE technology in Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Singapore in collaboration with optus, Globe Telecom and Telkomsel. more
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SingTel Mulls Sale of Stake in Australia's Optus
Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) is reported to be considering the sale of a minority stake in its Australian subsidiary, optus. The move could raise between US$4 billion and US$5 billion, two people familiar with the situation told the Wall Street Journal. more
Related Tags: singtel, broadband, Australia
Woolworths Sets Up MVNO in Australia
Australian retailer, Woolworths has announced plans to set up its own MVNO with optus. Under the agreement, Woolworths will use the optus mobile network to offer a pre-paid mobile service, branded "Everyday Mobile" to consumers across Australia. more
Australia's Optus Sued Over Pre-Paid Calling Card Subsidiary
Australia's Competition and Consumer Commission has launched legal action against a pre-paid phone card subsidiary of mobile network operator, optus. The ACCC says that it has instituted legal proceedings in the Federal Court, Perth, against Prepaid Services Pty Limited and Boost Tel Pty Limited for alleged contraventions of the consumer protection provisions of the Trade Practices Act 1974 in relation to the sale of their pre-paid phone cards. Prepaid Services Pty Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of optus Mobile, which is a member of the optus Group of companies. more
Mobile Phone Tracking Predicts Road Traffic Conditions
Australian mobile network operator, optus has started to monitor road traffic conditions by collected anonymously from mobile phones. Covering over 70,000 km of roadway, the system will be branded optus Traffic View (OTV) and has been available since last month. more
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PrePay Registration May be Ineffective Says Red Tape Study
A preliminary report by Australia's Productivity Commission has warned that identity checks on PrePay phone purchasers are imposing significant costs on both industry and consumer, while not delivering a commensurate level of benefits to the police and security services. more
Related Tags: prepay, acma, amta, police, security, Australia
UMTS900 Operator Case Study Shows Cost and Coverage Benefits
The Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) has published a new UMTS900 operator case study on optus in Australia, which shows significant cost and coverage benefits of deploying 3G mobile broadband services with UMTS900. The case study examines the business drivers and practical experiences of optus, who launched UMTS900 in May 2008. It confirms the findings from GSA's earlier UMTS900 case study on Elisa Corporation in Finland, and also provides additional insights. more
Related Tags: umts900, 3g, gsa, gsm, opex, andrew, indoor-coverage, Australia
SingTel Earnings Hit by Currency Changes - Seeking Aquisitions in 2009
Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has reported that its fourth fiscal (1st calendar) quarter's underlying net profit fell 0.9 percent to S$959 million (US$657 million) from a year ago impacted by the weak Australian dollar and major regional currencies. more
Related Tags: singtel, warid-telecom, citycell, bharti, telkomsel, Singapore
SingTel, Optus Wins Australian Banking Supply Contract
Singapore's SingTel has reached an agreement with the Australian bank, ANZ on a AU$500 million (US$366 million), five year contract to provide telecommunications and managed network services. As part of the contract, SingTel and its Australian subsidiary, optus Networks, will provide global managed network services to ANZ in Australia and 30 countries across Asia and the Pacific, including ANZ's technology and operations centre in Bangalore, India to support ANZ's super regional strategy. more
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Fitch Affirms Singtel's & Optus' Debt Ratings
Debt ratings agency, Fitch has affirmed Singapore's SingTel and its Australian subsidiary, optus' Long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at 'A'. The Outlook remains Stable. At the same time, Fitch has affirmed SingTel's and optus' outstanding senior unsecured bonds at 'A'. more
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