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| 13.11.2024 | Singtel's half-year net profit falls 42%, sees higher EBIT for FY2025 | Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) on Wednesday (Nov 13) reported a 42 per cent slump in its first-half net profit due to the absence of a S$1.2 billion (US$896.59 million) gain it had logged through the merger of Telkomsel a year earli... |
| 01.11.2024 | Ericsson's 5G Advanced: A Leap into Programmable Networks | In the fast-paced world of telecommunications, change is the only constant. Ericsson, a titan in the industry, has unveiled a suite of innovations that promises to reshape the landscape of 5G networks. On October 31, 2024, the company intro... |
| 31.10.2024 | Ericsson targets high-performing programmable networks with new 5G Advanced software | High-performing programmable networks empower communications service providers (CSPs) to steer network behavior, aligning it with diverse business goals for optimal outcomes
Seven new 5G Advanced software products for high-performing progra... |
| 31.10.2024 | Ericsson targets high-performing programmable networks with new 5G Advanced software | Ericsson targets high-performing programmable networks with new 5G Advanced software
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High-performing programmable networks empower communications service providers (CSPs) to steer network beha... |
| 28.10.2024 | Singtel Recognized by Frost & Sullivan for Innovation, Boosting Enterprise Digital Transformation, and Market Leadership | Singtel is a strong homegrown brand pushing the boundaries of network slicing and advanced connectivity solutions globally
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan recently assessed the 5G enterprise industry a... |
| 25.10.2024 | Exclusive: Celonis expands ANZ footprint with bold growth plans | Process intelligence software company, Celonis, is scaling up its presence in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) with ambitious and clever growth strategies.
The company, which initially started with a single employee in the region, now operat... |
| 21.10.2024 | 3G shutdown: Less than one week left for small businesses to upgrade phones and devices | Source: Unsplash/Poster Pos. article-article-body
Australian small businesses have less than a week to retire their 3G devices before the network shuts down, or risk losing connection to vital workplace technology.
How this Australian-made ... |
| 16.10.2024 | Exclusive: Australians express rising concern over AI in Cohesity survey | A recent survey conducted by Cohesity has revealed that Australian consumers are growing increasingly worried about data security and the use of artificial intelligence (AI).
The study highlights that a staggering 93% of Australians believe... |
| 10.10.2024 | Australia’s first Cyber Security Act: What small businesses need to know | Minister for the Arts, Minister for Home Affairs, Minister for Cyber Security, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs and Leader of the House Tony Burke. Source: AAP Image/ Mick Tsikas article-article-body
The federal government... |
| 16.09.2024 | SAP SuccessFactors HR CONNECT 2024: An Exploration of AI and HR Innovation | SAP SuccessFactors HR CONNECT 2024 has concluded in Sydney, marking a significant milestone in the intersection of technology and human resources. Held at ACO Pier in Walsh Bay, the event drew over 500 professionals. This year’s conference ... |
| 29.08.2024 | The Rise of API Exchanges and 5G Monetization: A New Era for Telecommunications | The telecommunications landscape is undergoing a seismic shift. Two recent developments highlight this transformation: the launch of the Bridge Alliance API Exchange (BAEx) and Amdocs' advanced charging solutions for 5G. These initiatives a... |
| 28.08.2024 | The Rise of Digital Identity: Australia’s Trust Exchange System | In a world where data breaches are as common as morning coffee, Australia is stepping up to the plate. The country is launching a new digital verification system called the Trust Exchange, or TEx. This initiative aims to revolutionize how A... |
| 28.08.2024 | L.E.K. Consulting appoints Chris Bartlett as M&A partner in Sydney | Profile L.E.K. Consulting
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Global strategy firm L.E.K. Consulting has added Chris Bartlett as a partner in its M&A Transaction Services practice out of Sydney, bringing over two and half decades of experience.
Chris B... |
| 27.08.2024 | Bridge Alliance API Exchange gains support from 13 leading mobile operators | Newly-launched BAEx offers GSMA Open Gateway APIs to enterprise customers with multi-market needs through a single integration and contract
SINGAPORE, Aug. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Bridge Alliance's API Exchange (BAEx) has gained momentum s... |
| 23.08.2024 | The AI Accountability Shift: A New Era for Government Oversight | The landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) is shifting. Governments worldwide are grappling with the implications of AI technology. In Australia, a significant move is underway. Starting September 1, all federal departments must appoint ... |
| 23.08.2024 | Neural Notes: Who’s on the hook for the government’s AI crackdown? | Minister for Finance Katy Gallagher. Source: SmartCompany via AAP Image/Mick Tsikas. article-article-body
Welcome back to Neural Notes, a weekly column where I look at some of the most interesting artificial intelligence news of the week. I... |
| 22.08.2024 | ‘Business coaches’ promise seven-figure plans for success, but don’t overlook your accountant | CS Accounting founder Catarina Santini. Source: supplied. article-article-body
If you’re anything like me, you’ve seen “I’ll help you build a six-figure or seven-figure business” plastered across every business coach’s social media feed for... |
| 22.08.2024 | Australian Digital ID: TEx System Poised to Boost Security By Sharing Less Data With Businesses | For IT and cybersecurity teams, collecting and storing PII can be a significant burden. When dealing with millions of customer records, it becomes both a costly and risky endeavor to manage and protect data from hackers, as well as to handl... |
| 21.08.2024 | Regional consumers and businesses left behind by failing telco infrastructure | Image: Supplied article-article-body
Australians in regional, rural and remote areas continue to face significant telco service issues, including service faults, poor mobile cover and outages, according to a new report from the Telecommunic... |
| 13.08.2024 | What we know so far about Labor’s Trust Exchange initiative | Minister for Government Services and the National Disability Insurance Scheme Bill Shorten. Source: AAP Image/Jane Dempster, Adobe Stock. article-article-body
Minister for Government Services and the National Disability Insurance Scheme Bil... |
| 12.08.2024 | Paul Fletcher points to women telco leaders when asked about gender disparity in tech | Source: TechLeaders article-article-body
Shadow Minister for Science, Arts, Government Services and the Digital Economy Paul Fletcher has highlighted the positions of two women technology leaders in response to a question on the closure of ... |
| 11.08.2024 | Optus teams with Devo for new managed threat monitoring service | Optus has announced the launch of a new Managed Threat Monitoring Service for enterprise and mid-market customers in partnership with Devo Technology. This service aims to enhance the security posture of organisations through the use of rea... |
| 07.08.2024 | Bridge Alliance welcomes Deutsche Telekom as European member operator | SINGAPORE, Aug. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Bridge Alliance announces a groundbreaking new partnership with Deutsche Telekom AG (DT) to collaborate on the Internet of Things business opportunities. Through the collaboration, DT, represented by ... |
| 02.08.2024 | Optus and Medibank Data Breach Cases Allege Cyber Security Failures | 2022 was a big year for cyber security breaches in Australia.
Both telecommunications provider Optus and private health insurer Medibank suffered large-scale data breaches affecting tens of millions of Australians, leading to heightened reg... |
| 31.07.2024 | HealthEquity Data Breach Exposes Sensitive Information of 4.3 Million Customers | By Joseph Henry
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A massive data breach at HealthEquity has compromised the personal and health informat... |
| 26.07.2024 | Bridging the Cybersecurity Divide: The Rise of Public-Private Partnerships in APAC | In the digital age, cybersecurity is a battleground. Threats loom large, and the stakes are high. The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is feeling the heat. Ransomware attacks and state-sponsored cyber threats are on the rise. Governments are scra... |
| 26.07.2024 | The 3G Shutdown: A Wake-Up Call for Small Businesses**
** | ** The clock is ticking. The 3G mobile network is on its last legs, and small businesses across Australia are in the crosshairs. The impending shutdown is not just a technical issue; it’s a potential crisis for many. As major telecommunicat... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Clash of Connectivity: Elisa vs. Estonia's Huawei Ban**
** | ** In the digital age, connectivity is the lifeblood of economies. But what happens when a country decides to sever ties with a major technology provider? This is the dilemma facing Elisa, Finland's largest telecommunications operator, as i... |
| 24.07.2024 | 3G shutdown: Tyro, Ombudsman urge small businesses to act before it’s too late | Source: Supplied article-article-body
Payments provider Tyro has reminded its small business customers to make sure they are no longer using the 3G mobile network to process in-store transactions, ahead of the impending shut-down of the tel... |
| 24.07.2024 | Bridge Alliance and Singtel partner to launch regional telco API exchange powered by Singtel Paragon platform | Bridge Alliance API exchange (BAEx) enables regional and multinational enterprises to gain seamless access to multi-market telco assets, unlocking new innovation and business opportunities
SINGAPORE, July 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Bridge All... |
| 23.07.2024 | CNA Explains: More companies are putting out sustainability reports – why, and how to read them? | Listen to this article
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| 23.07.2024 | Cyber Security Public-Private Partnerships Are Taking Off in APAC | APAC governments are partnering more closely with private-sector organisations and cyber security tech providers as part of public-private partnership style arrangements. These collaborations can include threat intelligence sharing, cyber c... |
| 19.07.2024 | Leap Telecommunications' Matthew Enger wins big at 2024 ACOMM | The winners of the 2024 Communications Alliance Awards were announced yesterday evening at the 18th Annual ACOMM Awards Dinner in Sydney.
The event featured a keynote address by the Federal Minister for Communications, The Hon. Michelle Row... |
| 18.07.2024 | Act now: AMTA warns Aussies to upgrade before 3G shutdown | With just six weeks remaining before Telstra and Optus initiate the shutdown of their national 3G networks, the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) has issued an urgent warning for all Australians to upgrade their 3G mob... |
| 10.07.2024 | Telstra’s business plans just got more expensive | Source: Unsplash/ Akshay Chauhan article-article-body
If you’re on a Telstra business SIM plan, we have some bad news. The telco’s new price increases will affect all business plans, which will be rising between $3 and $4.
Telstra announced... |
| 05.07.2024 | Optus teams up with Cisco to boost network security & protection | Optus and Cisco have announced a new multi-year partnership aimed at enhancing network security and data protection for Optus Enterprise and Business customers, especially those working within hybrid environments.
With more than one-third (... |
| 02.07.2024 | Better connectivity for smarter transport | A patchwork of technologies will no longer cut it in the transportation industry. You can’t simply add boxes and services in an ad-hoc way and expect to get your goods and people where they need to be, when they need to be there. A holistic... |
| 19.06.2024 | Josh Griggs appointed CEO of the Australian Computer Society | Josh Griggs has been appointed as the permanent Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Australian Computer Society (ACS), following a six-month tenure in an interim capacity. His appointment is set to take effect from 1 July. This decision co... |
| 14.06.2024 | Amaysim appoints Vir Inder Nath as VP amid big expansion plans | Australian mobile service provider amaysim has appointed Vir Inder Nath as its new Vice President. The announcement coincides with the company’s plans to expand its services into the fixed home category by launching nbn Home Internet.
Vir I... |
| 24.05.2024 | CISOs in Australia Urged to Take a Closer Look at Data Breach Risks | Clayton Utz cyber partner Brenton Steenkamp has seen his fair share of cyber attacks. Returning to Australia in October after a seven-year stint in Amsterdam, he has brought home tales of dealing with multiple large ransomware attacks in Eu... |
| 23.05.2024 | Singtel annual profit more than halves on US$2.3 billion impairment charge | Singapore Telecommunications posted a 64 per cent drop in full-year net profit on Thursday (May 23) hit by a S$3.1 billion (US$2.3 billion) impairment charge, the majority of which relates to its mobile network operation unit Optus.
Austral... |
| 07.05.2024 | British consultancy BJSS hires senior leaders in Australia | Profile BJSS
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British consultancy firm BJSS has been quietly building its local ranks in recent times via a series of senior appointments.
Established in 1993 and headquartered in Leeds, BJSS first landed in the Asia Paci... |
| 06.05.2024 | Australia Digest: AI startup Brainfish raises funding; Optus names new CEO | Australian AI startup Brainfish announced raising $2.5 million in a seed funding round, while Singtel’s Australian unit Optus has named a new chief executive officer. |
| 29.04.2024 | Singtel shares fall up to 3% after US$2.3 billion impairment | Shares of Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) fell as much as 3.3 per cent on Monday (Apr 29) to a more than one-week low after it forecast non-cash impairment provisions of S$3.1 billion (US$2.28 billion) for the second half of 2024.
Th... |
| 29.04.2024 | Australia's TPG Telecom agrees network sharing deal with Singtel's Optus | Australia's TPG Telecom and Optus, owned by Singapore Telecommunications, have signed network-sharing agreements to increase TPG's coverage and cut capital spending, the companies said on Monday (Apr 29).
TPG will now be covering 2,444 mobi... |
| 15.04.2024 | Сетевые проблемы – одна из основных причин сбоев в ИТ-сервисах и ЦОД. А что еще? | Основные причины сбоев
Согласно ежегодному опросу (Uptime Institute Global Survey of IT and Data Center managers) и проведенному по его итогам анализу сбоев за последний год от Uptime Institute (Uptime Institute Annual Outage Analysis 2024)... |
| 03.04.2024 | Singtel rules out impending deal to sell Australian unit Optus | :Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) on Wednesday ruled out any impending deal to sell its Australian mobile network operation Optus following reports that talks for a potential stake divestment had fallen off.
Southeast Asia's largest t... |
| 25.03.2024 | Is your business cyber-safe? New Cyber Wardens report exposes knowledge gaps | article-article-body
Small businesses aren’t automatically immune to cyber attacks because of their size, age, or sector, according to a fresh report that asks Australian SMEs to be honest about their cyber defences.
New research from the $... |
| 18.03.2024 | Trust in Brands: The Fragile Balance | Trust in brands is a delicate dance, easily swayed by customer perceptions and experiences. In Australia, the recent shift in trust rankings from Woolworths to Bunnings highlights the importance of delivering on promises and maintaining str... |
| 18.03.2024 | Bunnings topples Woolworths as the most ‘trusted’ brand in Australia | Source: RealEstate article-article-body
Think of some of the world’s biggest brands: Nike, McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, Apple. With what do you associate them? Are they positive associations? Now consider, do you trust them?
Brand trust is a meas... |
| 06.03.2024 | HKT, AIS, Globe, Optus, Singtel, Taiwan Mobile and Telkomsel collaborate to launch the world’s first cross-border telco rewards programme | Regional telco rewards programme gives travellers access to unique local deals
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 6 March 2024 – HKT (SEHK: 6823) – HKT, AIS, Globe, Optus, Singtel, Taiwan Mobile and Telkomsel announced that they will... |
| 08.11.2023 | В Австралии из-за сбоя у провайдера Optus без мобильной связи и Интернета остались миллионы человек | Почти десять миллионов человек остались без связи и Интернета в Австралии из-за сбоя у провайдера Optus. Сбой также затронул сотни тысяч предприятий, государственные службы, системы здравоохранения и общественного транспорта и некоторые авс... |
| 13.07.2023 | Австралийский оператор Optus будет использовать низкоорбитальные спутники Starlink | Австралийская компания Optus начнёт использовать низкоорбитальные спутники Starlink, чтобы покрыть всю территорию страны. Сейчас сети оператора покрывают лишь 60% территории Австралии — хоть это и обеспечивает связь для 98,5% населения стра... |
| 14.02.2023 | Optus gains early access to 900MHz 5G spectrum | Optus has activated 900MHz spectrum at almost 1000 cell tower sites nationwide, which it said increases individual base station coverage “by up to 20 percent on a per-site basis”.
Acting managing director of networks Lambo Kanagaratnam said... |
| 10.11.2022 | Optus allocates $140 million to cover data breach costs | Optus has set aside $140 million this financial year for "exceptional expenses" related to its response to its September data breach.
The spend emerged as the carrier announced its half-year financial results [pdf].
The carrier sa... |
| 07.10.2022 | Optus ups number of Medicare cards breached | Optus has revised the number of its customers whose Medicare card numbers were exposed in a recent data breach to 43,000.
Last Sunday, minister for government services Bill Shorten put the number of Medicare numbers exposed at “about 36,900... |
| 03.10.2022 | Deloitte brought in to examine Optus data breach | Deloitte is set to perform a “forensic assessment” of the Optus data breach as part of a commissioned external review into the incident and ensuing response.
The consultancy review came on the recommendation of Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmari... |
| 02.10.2022 | Services Australia struggles to gauge exposure to Optus data breach | Services Australia is unaware of the extent to which Medicare numbers or other credentials have been exposed in the Optus breach, because the telco hasn’t responded to the agency’s queries.
The government said that Services Australia had wr... |
| 26.09.2022 | Optus’ approach to telling customers their data was at risk is a lesson in what not to do | Optus fears data on up to 9.8 million of its customers has been accessed in a sophisticated cyberattack – including, for some customers, passport and drivers licence details, as well as phone numbers, dates of birth and email addresses.
It ... |
| 23.09.2022 | Optus Cyber-attack | What You Need to Know | Major Australian telecoms company, Optus, has revealed details of a massive cyber-attack that hit its systems this week.
It is believed that the hackers gained access to the details of millions of current and previous customers in what coul... |
| 23.09.2022 | Optus data breach: Small business customers likely exposed to major cybersecurity attack | General photo of an Optus store in Melbourne, Australia, taken on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. Source: AAP Image/Luis Ascui.
A massive cyberattack potentially exposing the personal data of millions of Optus customers has highlighted the vulnerab... |
| 23.09.2022 | One in three Aussies could be caught in Optus cyberattack but they have no recourse | General photo of an Optus store in Melbourne, Australia, taken on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. Source: AAP Image/Luis Ascui.
The Optus data breach could go down as the biggest in Australia’s history — and thanks to our laws, there’s little recou... |
| 23.09.2022 | Австралийская телекоммуникационная компания Optus подтвердила взлом и утечку данных клиентов | Телекоммуникационная компания Optus подтвердила факт крупной кибератаки, в результате которой злоумышленники получили доступ к личным данным миллионов клиентов. Ранее об этом сообщил телеканал Nine News.
Optus заявила, что смогла остановить... |
| 22.09.2022 | Optus attack exposes customer information | Optus has suffered a cyber attack and data breach involving the details of potentially millions of customers, with “a subset” having their identity documentation exposed.
The Australian reported Thursday that “about 2.8 million” customers h... |
| 22.09.2022 | Optus, Australia’s second largest telco, says customer data exposed in data breach | Australia telecoms giant Optus said current and former customer data was accessed following a cyberattack on its systems.
Optus said in a press release on Thursday that an unspecified number of customer names, dates of birth, phone numbers,... |
| 16.09.2022 | Optus' head of data platforms to leave | Optus' head of data platforms and data management Matt McKenzie is set to leave the telco in the coming weeks.
McKenzie revealed his plans in a LinkedIn post, where he reflected on Optus' "data journey" which saw the telco moderni... |
| 08.07.2022 | Amaysim claims churn victory to keep 28,000 customers | Amaysim, the now Optus-owned mobile virtual network operator, has claimed improvements in recognising customers that are about to churn, resulting in “more than 28,000” being kept instead.
The figure is contained in a case study publicised ... |
| 05.07.2022 | Explained: The support available for SMEs affected by NSW flooding | AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts
A natural disaster has been declared in 23 local government areas as Greater Sydney struggles through another day of torrential rain from a dangerous east coast low that has flooded businesses, homes and schools in ... |
| 14.06.2022 | Telstra, Optus, Vodafone ready multi-factor authentication | Australia’s major mobile carriers are getting close to using multi-factor authentication for SIM-related activities, ahead of new ACMA mobile customer verification rules that come into force at the end of this month.
The ACMA is introducing... |
| 20.04.2022 | Defence to use Optus C1 satellite until 2034 | The Department of Defence has extended its long-running C1 satellite contract with Optus until its new “sovereign controlled” military satellite communication constellation comes online.
The contract, published last week, will see Defence c... |
| 05.04.2022 | Optus experiencing “major outage” affecting thousands of customers | Optus customers have been unable to make or receive phone calls this morning after the telco giant confirmed a “major outage” affecting its network.
“We are currently experiencing a major outage,” the Optus website reads.
“Your mobile voice... |
| 30.03.2022 | Optus trains its analytics focus on 'one-click insights' | Optus is developing a series of analytics assets for internal use that it calls ‘one-click insights’, with the aim of being able to measure the impact of launching new product and service offerings faster.
Head of analytics and analytics tr... |
| 20.10.2021 | Telstra, Optus trade multi-gigabit speed tests on 5G | Telstra and Optus say they are both seeing multi-gigabit speeds on millimetre-wave (mmWave) portions of their respective 5G networks.
Optus’ managing director of marketing and revenue Matt Williams said “initial testing has delivered downlo... |
| 25.08.2021 | Remote-Control Firefighting Tank, Other Projects Receive Millions in 5G Grants | (Photo: Rheinmetall Defense)A number of Australian technology and manufacturing companies have spent the last several months competing for a share of $20 million AUD as part of a new 5G Innovation Initiative. The Australian government annou... |
| 18.08.2021 | DOCOMO Digital powers Optus's next-gen subscription product SubHub | SYDNEY, Aug. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- DOCOMO Digital, the world's preeminent mobile commerce enabler, has co-developed a next-generation smart subscription management and bundling suite for Optus, one of Australia's leading telecommunicatio... |
| 18.08.2021 | DOCOMO Digital powers Optus’s next-gen subscription product SubHub | DOCOMO Digital powers Optus’s next-gen subscription product SubHub Wed, Aug 18, 2021 09:37 CET
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| 05.07.2021 | TPG Telecom launches 5G standalone service | TPG Telecom has turned on 5G standalone services in “parts of Sydney” in what it said was a world-first.
The telco said it is running 5G standalone services in 700MHz spectrum, which it said offered “wide outdoor 5G services, as well as dee... |
| 01.06.2021 | Optus buoyant at prospect of second 'digital dividend' for mobile broadband | Optus has backed a government plan that would create a repeat of the “digital dividend” spectrum auctions a decade ago, where spectrum used in TV broadcasting was refarmed for cellular use.
In a media reform ‘green paper’ at the end of last... |
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| 13.10.2020 | 5G mobile networks: A cheat sheet | Image: koo_mikko, Getty Images/iStockphoto
With the advent of widespread Internet of Things (IoT) adoption in enterprise applications including manufacturing, agriculture, healthcare, and more–alongside an increasing dependence on smartphon... |
| 27.08.2020 | With its exponentially faster speeds, 5G opens up a world of marketing opportunities | CommunityOpinionStartups
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| 20.08.2020 | Optus opts for crowd-sourced mapping of service problems | Optus has added a new crowd-sourced tool that for the first time allows customers to provide network feedback to the telco and log service faults.
By dropping a pin on an online map, customers can report issues like network congestion and s... |
| 07.07.2020 | Optus looks to spend $1.5m on transportable 4G small cells | Optus is set to invest $1.5 million in a fleet of transportable small cells that are lighter and easier to deploy in disaster zones than the telco’s current fleet of satellite cells on trailers or SatCats.
The telco revealed the planned inv... |
| 04.06.2020 | DSpark finds govt interest in Optus' subscriber data | Optus mobile subscriber data was used by all levels of government to understand changes in behaviour that corresponded to the COVID-19 lockdowns.
The data also proved to be a useful measure of foot traffic during the bushfire crisis last Su... |
| 16.04.2020 | Optus is using call centre 'microsites' in the Philippines | Optus is taking major steps to rebuild capacity for customer care, retraining 1500 existing Australian staff while setting up call centre “microsites” in the Philippines to get operations there back online.
The staff retraining effort was r... |
| 13.03.2020 | Optus offers extra mobile data as COVID-19 drives up remote work | Optus is set to give its mobile customers one-off data quota boosts in April in preparation for what could be a large increase in the number of Australians working remotely due to COVID-19 fears.
CEO designate Kelly Bayer Rosmarin said in a... |
| 25.09.2019 | Optus uses internal academy to scale up automation | Optus is using 165 “virtual employees” to run 300-plus “automated solutions” across the telco as it moves into its third year of using robotic process automation (RPA) technology.
Senior manager of digital innovation and automation Michael ... |
| 17.09.2019 | Telstra to support eSIMs for new iPhones | Starting this Friday, Telstra will enable embedded subscriber module (eSIM) functionality for consumers and small business customers with newly-launched Apple iPhones.
The eSIM is activated using a QR code, and Telstra said the iPhone 11, 1... |
| 20.05.2019 | Optus claims 100Mbps average speeds on 5G fixed wireless | Optus is set to invite more customers to connect to its 5G precursor fixed wireless service after getting the first crop of users to achieve average speeds of 100Mbps.
The telco said today that “select customers in Bonnyrigg and Minchinbury... |
| 15.04.2019 | Optus sets $85 a month as its new entry-level NBN price | Optus has set $85 a month as the new minimum cost of an NBN product on its network as part of a move to court a “premium” consumer audience.
The telco today unveiled new NBN pricing, starting at $85 a month.
For that, customers can choose e... |
| 01.04.2019 | NBN Co technicians now missing 469 appointments a day | NBN Co’s technicians are now ‘missing’ 469 appointments a day, though in about one-third of cases the technician is early or late but still completes the work.
The network builder said that between 1 July 2018 and 20 February this year, the... |
| 31.01.2019 | Optus unveils an NBN-like 50Mbps-plus wireless service | Optus has revealed it will offer a wireless broadband service capable of at least 50Mbps speeds with unlimited data quota for $70 a month.
The telco took out full-page advertisements in major newspapers to announce the arrival of what it ca... |
| 28.09.2018 | Optus to measure wellbeing impact of Sydney rail line closure | Optus will contribute aggregate employee sentiment data to a University of Sydney study into how the temporary closure of a Sydney rail link impacts regular commuters.
Sydney's Chatswood to Epping rail line will close on September 30 so it ... |
| 17.09.2018 | ACCC boss warns telcos against 1.5Mbps 'unlimited' services | The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has taken a dim view of mobile telcos' "unlimited" data services that came partially impaired by a 1.5Mbps speed limit.
ACCC chairman Rod Sims today warned telcos against t... |
| 27.08.2018 | Optus Futuremaker finalists announced | Optus has announced seven finalists in the 2018 Optus Future Makers program which provides entrepreneurs with access to some of Australia’s best technology minds and a share of up to $300,000 in funding to help bring their social service so... |
| 01.02.2018 | Optus commits to Australian 5G rollout in early 2019 | Australia’s second-largest telecommunications company, Optus today announced that it will be the first to launch 5G wireless service in the country, beginning in early 2019. Having achieved test speeds of 2 Gigabits per second in an outdoor... |
| 01.02.2018 | Optus commits to Australian 5G rollout in early 2019 | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Australia’s second-largest telecommunications company, Optus today announced that it will be the first to launch 5G wireless service in... |
| 20.11.2017 | Optus launches YES business platform to help small business with advice | With a survey of its small business (SMB) customers finding 61 percent feel isolated in running their business, Optus has launched Yes Business, an online platform to connect SMB owners to each other for support and advice, as well as tips ... |
| 01.08.2017 | Vodafone will offer 4G while customers wait for NBN | Vodafone will offer its NBN customers a temporary 12Mbps connection delivered via its mobile network while they wait for their new fixed-line service to go live.
The “back-up connection” is set to the minimum speed tier available on the NBN... |
