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Optus this morning announced it would offer naked DSL broadband plans, as well as broadband offerings provided on a "month-to-month" basis.
Australia's number two telecommunications player, Optus, claims it is on course to become the country's second largest DSL provider by the end of the year after hitting the 200,000 subscriber mark in its broadband business.
Optus today said it had reached 100,000 resale DSL broadband customers since entering the market less than 12 months ago. The move comes amid indications the number two telco plans shortly to announce details of an investment of up to AU$100 million in its own DSL network.
Optus has unleashed its newest defence in the broadband pricing war with Telstra and other Internet service providers, announcing significant cuts to its broadband plans.
Telstra announced yesterday new budget prices for its high-speed Internet services, beating out the fledgling Optus DSL a day before its launch.
Optus this morning announced a AU$150 million rollout of its own broadband Internet digital subscriber line (DSL) equipment to hundreds of exchanges around Australia.
Optus has announced that it expects its residential ADSL service to be available to consumers by March 2004 after today signing off lengthy negotiations with Telstra Wholesale.
Australia's second largest telco Cable & Wireless Optus has announced its rollout of wholesale DSL to business customers throughout the country, which one industry expert believes is the beginning of a price war as fierce as that of the mobile phone market.
Telstra has borne the brunt of an Australian Consumers Association broadband satisfaction survey which supports its view that ADSL providers haven't been delivering on promises.
Australia remains the "broadband backwater" compared to other developing countries, according to IDC's newest forecast report.
Network communications equipment and solutions provider D-Link Australia has released a home and small business DSL/cable modem residential gateway that allows multiple computers to share a cable or DSL Internet connection.
Thousands of SMEs are expected to move to DSL broadband by the end of the year. ZDNet Australia examines the industry and shows how to navigate this competitive and confusing market.
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Optus has announced the launch of its two-way broadband satellite Internet service called -Skyblaster" to go hand-in-hand with its existing broadband cable and Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) capabilities.
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