Optus
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Telstra and Optus could be delayed in shutting down their 3G networks over concerns that the closure could cut off services for some of its customers.
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Numerous sources are reporting today that Singtel plans to sell its stake in Australian operator Optus.
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Kelly Bayer Rosmarin, Optus’ CEO, quit on Monday following a network outage that left Australians without internet and mobile access for 14 hours
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Australian network was down for most of the day, but what caused the Optus downtime?
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Telstra Corporation (Telstra), Optus Internet (Optus), and TPG Internet (TPG), have been ordered by the Australian Federal Court to pay penalties of $33.5 million.
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Optus says it is investigating the possible unauthorised access of current and former customers’ information after a cyberattack.
Forthcoming events
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Singtel has bought Australian tower company Axicom in association with an Australian pension fund.
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Telcos Singtel Optus and Telstra have spent over $2 billion in securing spectrum licenses in Australia.
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Reinforcing the investment value in ICT, AustralianSuper has snapped up a 70% stake in another tower portfolio.
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Optus has claimed a world first in testing dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) between multiple radio access technologies.
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Australia has concluded the first of two spectrum auctions scheduled for 2021 – a year communications minister Paul Fletcher has called the "year of 5G".
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Singtel and Optus have expanded their 5G ecosystems by enabling its enterprises and start-up customers to develop 5G solutions on their multi-access edge compute (MEC) infrastructures.
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Macquarie Telecom has signed a A$34 million exclusive agreement with Optus to rollout 5G mobile services in Australia.
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Australians have started the year debating the future of its national broadband project after a government minister declared it “built and fully operational”.
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Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) will complete its merger with rival company TPG Telecom by the middle of the year, so that it can speed up its 5G plans.
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Since the New South Wales (NSW) government officially declared a state of emergency in December, Australia has been in the grips of one of the worse bushfires in recent memory.
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Hughes Network Systems has signed satellite deals with Australia’s Optus – owned by Singtel – and with Algérie Telecom in north Africa.
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Verizon is to compete with domestic Australian carriers such as Optus and Telstra in the enterprise and public-sector market.
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Australia’s wholesale, equal-access broadband network has increased revenue 43% as it says it is on schedule to complete build-out in June 2020.
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Private equity group EQT Infrastructure has submitted a takeover bid of $2.27 billion (AUD$3.27bn) for Vocus, Australia’s fourth largest telecom operator.
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Ericsson has joined Nokia in building 5G-based home broadband services for Singtel’s Australian unit, Optus.
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Vocus Group has signed a new agreement worth over AUD $200m on its existing mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) deal with Australian network service provider Optus Wholesale.
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Telstra is to buy a 25% stake in the Southern Cross cable network and will use “substantial capacity” in the new Southern Cross Next subsea cable.