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Articles tagged with: Vodafone Australia and Optus
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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Crown Castle Buys Australian Tower Assets
Crown Castle Australia has purchased 140 mobile towers from the local arm of Vodafone for an undisclosed amount - but thought to be in the region of AU$45 million (US$39 million). According to Roger Hawke Crown CastleĆ's managing director, adding the towers to its existing portfolio allows Crown to further support its customers as Crown expands its wireless networks across Australia. more
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Vodafone Australia Plans National Mobile Broadband Network
SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Vodafone Group's Australian unit said Tuesday it plans to roll out a national high-speed mobile broadband network that will provide coverage to 95% of Australia's population by the end of 2008. more
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Crown Castle Considers Future of Australian Operations
The wireless tower operator, Crown Castle International says that it has commenced an evaluation of strategic alternatives for its investment in Crown Castle Australia ("CC Australia"), which may directly or indirectly include a leveraged recapitalization or a sale of part or all of its interests in a transaction involving an Australian initial public offering or a private sale. CC Australia is the largest independent tower operator in Australia with 1,387 towers, which were primarily acquired from Vodafone Australia and Cable and Wireless Optus in 2001 and 2000, respectively. Crown Castle owns 77.6% of CC Australia. more
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SingTel's Optus Launches 3G Network In Canberra
MELBOURNE -(Dow Jones)- Optus, the Australian unit of Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (T48.SG), has become the first telephone company to offer third-generation mobile services in Canberra, but may be last to market in the major cities. more
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Australian rural GSM coverage improved
Vodafone Australia says that its Mobile Phones on Highways project is drawing to a close, bringing vastly improved GSM mobile phone coverage along 16 of Australia 's major highways, allowing travellers and residents in rural and regional Australia to talk in more places. more
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MMS interconnection comes to another country
Australia's Vodafone and Optus have signed an MMS interconnection agreement. If a Vodafone or Optus customer sends an MMS to a customer who doesn't have an MMS handset or to a customer with another carrier, a SMS will be sent alerting the recipient that they have a picture message waiting for them at a specified website. more
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Confusing situation with GSM reselling in Australia
Telecom New Zealand has signed a wholesale agreement with Vodafone Australia to resell airtime on the Vodafone GSM network, under AAPT's Cellular One brand name. As Vodafone is handling the roaming and interconnections, this is not an MNVO agreement, just a wholesale contract. more
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