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  • Huawei, Alcatel win Singapore NBN work

    Huawei and Alcatel-Lucent have been selected to manage and provide the "active infrastructure" for the country's planned next-generation national broadband network (NBN).

  • Telstra kills nowwearetalking site

    Telstra has confirmed it closed the shutters on its nowwearetalking.com.au website, which at times has been used as a mouthpiece to promote its telecommunications sector regulatory ambitions.

  • EDS, Accenture win Optus app deal

    HP-owned EDS has won the bulk of a three-year application development and maintenance outsourcing deal with Australia's number two telco, Optus.

  • Optus CEO scoops $2.1m pay

    Optus chief Paul O'Sullivan received a total pay package of $2.1 million in the year to 31 March 2009, the company's annual report released today has revealed.

  • Stimulus and iPhone fuel Optus growth

    Optus today attributed growth in customer numbers and profits over the first three months of 2009 to iPhone sales and the Federal Government's two stimulus packages.

Blogs (8)

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Forget prez - vote Hillary for Optus

    Hillary Clinton's nine lives are not yet depleted and, despite allegations that her stubborn refusal to concede defeat earlier has fragmented her party, she fought her battle to the very end. By placing bets several ways, that battle may just turn into gold for her down the track. Has Optus taken a leaf out of Hillary's book?

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Why Telstra can't afford to offer the iPhone

    What a week it's been for mobiles.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Telco revenues: part two

    Great to see so many constructive comments on here definitely a case of the facts speaking for themselves.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Telco revenues: my facts, your opinions

    I don't think I'm stepping out of line when I say that every good analysis combines facts and opinion.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Conroy faces a showdown at the FTTN corral

    Say what you will about Senator Stephen Conroy, but he is clearly not a man afraid of confrontation. Well, he'd better not be, because by killing off the OPEL WiMax project he has just set himself up for a battle with Telstra of Biblical proportions or a big meal of crow washed down with a $4.7 billion gift to SingTel Optus.

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  • Are clueless politicians holding IT back?

    The level of ignorance from Australian politicians about technology can be staggering. Here's some of the worst examples we've seen, and a short recipe for resolving the issue.

  • 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.

  • Optus HFC sale could be NBN victory

    If the sale of the SingTel Optus HFC network to the National Broadband Network Company goes ahead, it could mark the first significant strategic victory by the company since it lost the cable wars a decade ago.

  • When a vacuum becomes vacuous

    The silence clinging to Stephen Conroy's National Broadband Network deliberations may have fried some brains in Australia's telecommunications industry.

  • It's tough in the mobile trenches

    Singapore Telecommunications last week shed light on the difficult industry dynamics that lay ahead of VHA, the mobile phone business being formed from the merger of Vodafone Australia and Hutchison Telecommunications.

Reviews (10)

  • Karaoke - the latest in mobile content

    The sight of people talking into their mobile phones as they walk down the street is normal. But Singapore's largest telco SingTel is hoping that users will take to staring at their handsets devices and singing.

  • 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 touts group development as Telstra-killer

    Optus has launched its first product developed collaboratively with other members of the SingTel group and indicated future products will be developed in the same way to give Optus an edge over local rivals.

  • Commentary: Why Hutchison's 3 will succeed

    Another mobile phone giant has landed in Australia, bringing with it "true 3G"--the ability to make real time video phone calls--and intensifying the mobile battle in the country.

  • SingTel Optus crows over mobile streaming video

    SingTel Optus has announced the availability of video on mobiles by March 5, and streaming video on mobiles by the end of April. This is all happening over its GPRS network, an apparent attempt to pre-empt the launch of Hutchison's 3G network later this year.

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