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  • St George banks on Optus for $100m, five-year deal

    St George Bank has renewed its five-year, AU$100 million contract with Optus for its communications services including voice, data and mobile.

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    Technology services company Raw Capital Partners has been fined AU$33,000 by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission

  • ATO drops Telstra, CSC from $385m deal

    The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has dropped Telstra and CSC from consideration for its managed network services contract, worth up to $385 million over seven years.

  • 'Flawed' decision killed AU$1bn Opel deal: Optus

    Optus believes that Communications Minister Stephen Conroy's decision to scrap plans for an AU$1 billion WiMax network, set to be built by Optus-Elders (OPEL), was "flawed" and the telco has left the door open for legal action.

  • SA awards $404m in telco deals

    The South Australian government has named the six telcos which will be on its telecommunications services panel, singling out Telstra as the supplier of its mobile services for the next three years.

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  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Which filter side is Optus playing for?

    Optus' involvement in the controversial government blacklist project could fall on either side of the fence. In kissing the ring, is Optus conceding that censorship is inevitable or hatching a scheme to discredit Conroy's folly from within?

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Seven vividly proves WiMax not dead yet

    It wasn't too long ago that critics of WiMax wireless technology were declaring it dead at the starting gate.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Woolworths, the fresh mobile people

    When Coles introduced Fly Buys, Woolworths introduced Everyday Rewards. When Coles introduced petrol discount vouchers, Woolworths introduced petrol discount vouchers. It's a bold plan, but can it and Coles' inevitable copycat product change the prepaid mobile world for the better?

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    NBN needs workers on board

    Without consensus on labour issues, the eventual winner of the NBN may end up as little more than a lame duck and a cashed-up symbol of the conflict between the desire for progress and the lack of mechanisms to deliver it.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    From show pony to dead horse

    Telstra's 21Mbps Next-G boost and Internode's new 100Mbps FttH networks may be both companies' show ponies, but when it comes to helping most of us, their need-for-speed posturing is just a box-and-dice distraction that we've all seen before.

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  • Optus Wireless: Now cheaper, sort of

    Optus is now offering its wireless broadband plans cheaper, but only for the first 12 months.

  • Optus Monster Caps: Read the fine print

    In the everlasting war to win your dollar, Optus has again recalculated its capped contract plans, calling these new plans Monster Caps. But as with the announcement of its prepaid broadband plans late in 2008, the devil is in the details, or monster as the case may be.

  • Optus midnight iPhone 3GS party

    Word of tiny queues in the US and UK didn't stop Australia's iPhone faithful from braving the cold to queue for the iPhone 3GS.

  • Changing of the guard: ANZ Bank

    Get an insider's look at the recent history and potential imminent future of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group's technology operation in the third of our Changing of the guards series examining generational change in the nation's big four banks.

  • Vodafone and Optus in mobile broadband war

    Mobile broadband is taking a price dive this Christmas, with Vodafone and Optus trotting out low priced plans with high download quotas. But Telstra says its competitors' networks are too slow and offer limited coverage.

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Reviews (16)

  • Samsung NC10

    The NC10 betters previous Samsung netbooks with a built-in HSDPA SIM card reader and the portability this provides. Optus wireless broadband bundles seem like excellent value.

  • Optus E1762 USB Modem

    The hardware performs its part of the equation just fine, but if you're considering Optus' wireless broadband make sure you take advantage of its seven-day trial period.

  • Optus avoids cutting mobile rates

    SingTel Optus has avoided slashing its mobile rates in moving to compete with rivals, opting instead to introduce new plans with increased flexibility such as allowing customers to roll back a two-year contract if they exceed the number of calls stipulated in their plan.

  • Optus Wireless Connect

    Optus' combo PC Card ticks every box on the wireless menu, including 3G, GPRS and Wi-Fi, to serve road warriors with a smorgasbord of connectivity.

  • Telstra Turbo 21 modem

    While claiming a record-setting theoretical maximum speed of 21Mbps, the Telstra Turbo 21 mobile broadband modem will most likely deliver download speeds ranging from 550Kbps to 8Mbps in practice.

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