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Retail Asia02/06/2021
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Nokia and Optus deploys Australia’s first integrated antenna

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Nokia announced the deployment of Australia’s first Interleaved Passive Active Antenna (IPAA) in collaboration with Optus. Together, Nokia and Optus deployed the first IPAA in Yeerongpilly, Brisbane. The solution helps ease site-related challenges which accelerate the introduction of 5G services across the country. As operators look to rollout 5G, finding space on existing towers and rooftops […]
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Retail Asia11/03/2021
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Macquarie Telecom signs $34 million exclusive deal with Optus

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The decision follows a comprehensive, strategic review of mobile solutions, and will see Macquarie offer numerous key services to Australian enterprises as the need for greater connectivity continues, including: 5G Connectivity and Speeds: Providing flexibility, faster speeds, and greater capacity across multiple devices, fully managed and supported in Australia by Macquarie’s dedicated customer and engineering […]
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Retail Asia11/06/2019
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Optus expanding 5G fixed wireless service

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Australia’s Optus has announced plans to expand its 5G fixed wireless service to more areas of the country by the end of the month. The wholly-owned Singtel subsidiary announced that by the end of the month, it will deploy 5G in three more communities in the state of New South Wales, one in the Australian […]
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Retail Asia03/04/2019
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211 operators globally investing in 5G

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At least 211 operators across 87 countries are investing in 5G, according to statistics compiled by consultancy company Hadden Telecoms. Operators investing in 5G are at a variety of stages, ranging from network deployments, to technology testing, demonstrations and pilot trials. To date, 15 operators have commercially launched 5G services, including Telstra and Optus in […]
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Retail Asia07/03/2019
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Singtel, Optus complete international 5G AR video call

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Singtel and its wholly-owned Australian subsidiary Optus have completed a 5G augmented reality video call between Singapore and Australia as part of their preparations for the introduction of the next generation mobile technology. The joint trial was conducted using Ericsson networking equipment as well as OPPO 5G test devices running on Qualcomm’s inaugural Snapdragon 5G […]
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Retail Asia16/10/2018
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Optus Business expands managed solutions portfolio

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Australia’s Optus, through subsidiary Optus Business, has expanded its line-up of fully managed ICT solutions for enterprises. The operator has added contact center, security and storage solutions to its Optus GO portfolio of managed services. Optus GO Contact Centre provides cloud based contact center capabilities including management of inbound and outbound calls, chat and email. […]
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Retail Asia09/04/2018
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Optus demos 5G during Commonwealth Games

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Australian operator Optus is using the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast to showcase 5G use cases including 8K video streaming on its live 5G trial network. The showcase aims to provide visitors with a hands-on 5G experience in advance of a planned initial commercial rollout in 2019. The showcase will be open for the duration of […]
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Retail Asia01/11/2017
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Optus Wholesale launches home wireless broadband

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Australia’s Optus Wholesale has added home wireless broadband to its product suite for MVNOs utilizing the Optus 4G network. The Optus subsidiary is providing the service to give wholesale customers the ability to provide home wireless broadband as an alternative to fixed broadband, particularly in areas where the national broadband network (NBN) has not yet […]
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Retail Asia17/10/2017
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Optus Satellite to provide NBN satellite services

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Optus satellite, a subsidiary of major Australian operator Optus, has announced its first foray into providing satellite services over the National Broadband Network (NBN), via a partnership with Southern Phone. The partners are now providing Sky Muster satellite broadband services to customers in regional and rural areas. NBN plans to use satellite broadband services for […]
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Retail Asia02/10/2017
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Optus to roll out Massive MIMO from end-2017

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Australia’s Optus plans to roll out Massive MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) technology on its mobile network starting at the end of the year, after completing successful trials combining Massive MIMO with three-carrier aggregation (3CC CA). Optus completed live network testing of 3CC Massive MIMO in June, achieving a top speed of 818Mbps, the operator revealed. The trial […]
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Retail Asia20/09/2017
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Optus Business launches network-agnostic SD-WAN

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Optus Business has launched its first software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) offering, powered by Riverbed Technology. The new offering, dubbed Optus Fusion SD-WAN, provides organizations with improved network management capabilities by monitoring the health of every network path reinforced with application awareness capabilities. It helps IT managers understand how their network is performing and where […]
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Retail Asia03/03/2017
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Optus, Huawei complete Massive MIMO field test

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Australia’s Optus and Huawei have announced they have completed a successful infield test of Massive MIMO as part of the operator’s upgrade path to 5G. The trial used 128 transmit 128 receive Massive MIMO technology, achieving aggregate cell throughput of 665Mbps over a single 20 MHz carrier on the 2300-MHz frequency band, shared by 16 […]
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Retail Asia08/12/2016
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Optus secures $30m Suretek contract

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Australia’s Optus announce it has secured an A$40 million ($29.7 million) contract extension to continue to provide networking services for specialist security provider Suretek. Under the agreement, Suretek’s 1345 Surecall services will be delivered via the Optus network through to the end of 2020. Optus, Singtel’s wholly-owned Australian subsidiary, will provide Suretek with inbound voice […]
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Retail Asia01/12/2016
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Optus offers bonus data for viewing ads

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Australia’s second largest mobile operator Optus has introduced a new ad-supported offer allowing customers to be allocated extra data or credit by agreeing to have marketing messages displayed on their device’s lock screen. The Singtel subsidiary has announced Optus Xtra, which gives prepaid customers the option to earn 1GB of bonus data on eligible monthly […]
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Retail Asia06/10/2016
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Nokia teams with Optus on 5G development

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Nokia has signed an agreement with Australia’s Optus to collaborate on 5G development, and revealed it is working with KT to deploy the world’s first 5G commercial trial network in 2017. Optus announced that the two companies plan to jointly conduct a 5G trial using Optus’ 3500-MHz spectrum. Optus andNokia will develop an early 5G […]
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Retail Asia13/07/2016
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Optus to compensate customers after regulatory probe

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Australia’s Optus has been ordered to pay around A$2.4 million ($1.8 million) in compensation to mobile customers after an investigation found that some users were overcharged or mislead while signing up for mobile phone insurance. Regulator Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has instructed Optus to refund around 175,000 Optus mobile customers and write to […]
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Retail Asia09/05/2016
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Optus commences rollout of VoLTE

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Australia’s Optus has commenced the rollout of VoLTE technology to Australia’s major capital cities. The Singtel subsidiary revealed that its initial rollout will concentrate on the central business district metro areas of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Canberra. Optus will initially offer VoLTE over Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge smartphones. Optus managing […]
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