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Articles tagged with: Optus
Optus Expands 3G Coverage to Darwin
Australia's optus announced two milestones for the Northern Territory as the operator launched 3G coverage in Darwin. optus also announced the opening of the optus 'yesÃ' shop at Casuarina Shopping Centre in Darwin - the first newly designed optus retail outlet to be unveiled in the Northern Territory. more
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Australian Operator Petitons to be Able to Sell the iPhone
After being spurned by Apple for the 3G iPhone launch in Australia, Hutchison 3G (3) has decided to set up a public petition which it hopes will persuade Apple to change it's mind. The operator has set up a page on their website which they want their customers to sign. more
Related Tags: apple, telstra, 3, hutchison, Australia
Softbank to Sell Apple's iPhone in Japan This Year
TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Softbank said Wednesday it has won the right to sell Apple's iPhone in Japan and will market the popular next-generation phone in 2008, in a coup for the nation's third-largest mobile communications carrier. more
Related Tags: docomo, telecom-italia, apple, softbank, singtel, globe-telecom, softbank-mobile, bharti, bharti-airtel, hutchison, vodafone-group, Japan
Huawei Opens R&D Centre with Australia's Optus
Huawei Technologies says that it has joined with Australia's optus in developing a "Mobile Innovation Centre", located in Sydney aimed at accelerating the adoption of high speed mobile and wireless broadband. more
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Four More Countries to Get the iPhone
Another iPhone announcement was made this morning - as Singapore Telecoms issued an increasingly common short statement confirming that it will offer the iPhone for sale on its networks later this year.
The statement simply read:
"SingTel, Bharti Airtel, Globe and optus today announced that they have
signed an agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to
Related Tags: orange, o2, telefonica, america-movil, bharti, Singapore
Optus Details Plans to Expand Australian Network Coverage
optus Australia has announced an investment program to expand its nationwide mobile network beyond 96 per cent population coverage to reach 98 per cent. The program will cost AU$315 million (US$298 million) and is targeted for completion by December 2009. more
Related Tags: rural, hspa, 900mhz, base-stations, Australia
Optus Renews Telecoms Contract with Australian Bank
Australian banking group, St. George has renewed its contract with optus - cementing a partnership which began in 2001. The contract, expected to be worth AU$100 million (US$93 million) over five years, will see optus provide whole-of-business communications services, including voice, data and mobile, to the retail bank. more
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Vodaone Selects Ericsson for HSPA Rollout in Australia
Vodafone Australia has appointed Ericsson as the primary hardware and software vendor to support its national mobile broadband rollout, based on High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) technology, which is being fast-tracked for completion in December 2008. more
Related Tags: mobile-data, hspa, 900mhz, Australia
Telstra to Continue Legal Action over Wireless Broadband Contract
Australia's Telstra has confirmed it would continue legal action to force the disclosure of documents used by the former Australian Government to explain it funding of a rural wireless broadband internet project by Opel, a consortium of rival telco optus and Elders prior to the last election. more
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Optus Australia Confirms 3G at 900Mhz - Announces Vendors
optus Australia has confirmed that it will use a combination of 900MHz and 2100MHz frequency ranges to complete its 3G/HSPA network, and has appointed vendors Huawei and Nokia Siemens Networks for the completion of the roll out. When complete, the network will cover 96 percent of the population, replicating the coverage of optus' existing 2G network which covers over 650,000 square kilometres. more
Related Tags: huawei, nokia-siemens-networks, 900mhz, Australia