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White Paper Optus is the second-largest telecommunications provider in Australia and a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore's SingTel Group. One of the company's key business offerings is premium Short Message Services (SMS),... [06 Nov 2007]
5 years ago: Virgin Mobile goes down under
News 22.02.00: Virgin has announced a partnership with Cable & Wireless Optus today to launch an Australian mobile phone company. Cable & Wireless Optus is one of the earliest developers of internet-enabled... [22 Feb 2005]
G'day! ...five days too late
News Optus said almost 16 million text messages were sent from its network during the New Year celebrations, while Telstra said it expected around 22 million to be sent over the same period. Optus also... [07 Jan 2005]
"I know it's midnight, but I need to talk..."
News A survey of 409 people by Virgin Mobile, a joint venture of The Virgin Group and Optus, found 95 per cent made drunken phone calls. Ever woken up one morning with a raging hangover that was promptly worsened by the... [01 Dec 2004]
Asia to get new meta-operator
News Under the deal inked on Tuesday, Bharti of India, Globe Telecom of the Philippines, Maxis of Malaysia, Australia's Optus, Singapore's SingTel, Taiwan Cellular and Indonesia's Telkomsel will together inject $30m to $40m... [04 Nov 2004]
Telstra buys Damovo down under
News The move comes despite recent media reports indicating Optus had outbid the telecommunications heavyweight for the deal. Australian telco Telstra announced today its acquisition of business solutions provider Damovo... [06 Sep 2004]
Mobile operators get ready for text spree
News Optus spokesperson Melissa Favero told ZDNet Australia that the company had recently optimised all of its base stations to ensure that maximum traffic levels could be accommodated. Although Optus has no... [30 Dec 2003]
Smart phone race - Symbian v Symbian, not Microsoft v Symbian?
News In related news, Microsoft yesterday announced Australia's Optus as the latest operator to offer a device based on its Windows Smartphone OS. The threat to mobile operating system company Symbian isn't likely to come... [03 Jun 2003]
Latest MMS interconnect deals - in Australia
News Optus and Vodafone have signed an agreement allowing their customers to send multimedia messages between their two networks in Australia from next week. According to Allen Lew, the managing director of... [05 Dec 2002]
Start-up of the Month: Reply Wireless - the WAIP of Savile Row
Comment Up until 10 years ago he was working for Optus, Australia's second largest telco, in a role that gave him access to enterprises. This month, Tony Hallett pays a visit to a part of London best known for its top tailoring... [26 Sep 2002]
MMS 'not all that' say analysts
News One MMS player, Australian telco Optus, however, defended its decision to enter the multimedia messaging market despite the most recent predictions. A spokeswoman for Optus said: "We don't launch... [09 Aug 2002]
C&W dips into £4.7bn cash pile to keep investors sweet
News Investors are believed to have recently lobbied the firm to hand some of its cash pile - which now totals £4.7bn following the sale of Optus - back to shareholders. Cable and Wireless profits slumped nearly 85 per cent... [14 Nov 2001]
Hutchison to axe 350 jobs
News The telco will also sell 260,000 of its 390,000 customers onto Singapore Telecommunication's Australian subsidiary Optus for A$43m (£14.8m). Hutchison Whampoa subsidiary Hutchison Telecommunications is cutting 350 jobs... [31 Oct 2001]
C&W raises $772m from SingTel share sale
News The company gained the shares from the sale of its Australian business, Cable & Wireless Optus. The Optus takeover has to date raised around $1.9bn in cash for C&W, which has further Singapore... [26 Sep 2001]
Vodafone loses out down under
News Cable & Wireless, which owns 52.5 per cent of Optus, stands to pocket over £3bn from the deal. The deal, worth £6bn, is expected to be confirmed with the London Stock Exchange today, bringing a long-running takeover... [26 Mar 2001]
