items tagged with Optus
Optus cops massive ACMA fine for spamming
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2009-01-13 22:40:58
Australia's second largest carrier, Optus, has achieved a status previously only attained by shonky email marketers: it has been stung by the ACMA with a large fine - the second largest penalty ever imposed - for breaches of the Spam Act.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2009-01-13 22:40:58
Australia's second largest carrier, Optus, has achieved a status previously only attained by shonky email marketers: it has been stung by the ACMA with a large fine - the second largest penalty ever imposed - for breaches of the Spam Act.
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Telstra holding back on faster cable Internet?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-01-08 00:28:00
There's long been a suspicion that Telstra deliberately holds back from delivering newer technology to its customers. Now CEO Sol Trujilo has confirmed it.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-01-08 00:28:00
There's long been a suspicion that Telstra deliberately holds back from delivering newer technology to its customers. Now CEO Sol Trujilo has confirmed it.
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Telstra predicts Christmas SMS will “break records” again
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-22 19:41:17
No doubt set to issue a similar statement for New Year’s Eve SMS text messages, Telstra says that Christmas Day SMS text messaging and video calling will break all previous records. Telstra is also taking the opportunity to plug its Next G network, BigPond digital media products and showcase how many staff it will have on hand to help on Christmas day, all of whom are presumably getting paid a lot to postpone their Christmas to December 26.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-22 19:41:17
No doubt set to issue a similar statement for New Year’s Eve SMS text messages, Telstra says that Christmas Day SMS text messaging and video calling will break all previous records. Telstra is also taking the opportunity to plug its Next G network, BigPond digital media products and showcase how many staff it will have on hand to help on Christmas day, all of whom are presumably getting paid a lot to postpone their Christmas to December 26.
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Conroy: We won't be held to ransom on NBN
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-12-14 23:38:40
Stephen Conroy, the Minister for Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy, has explained that Telstra's exclusion from the current National Broadband Network (NBN) request for proposal process was the result of the carrier's failure to meet the mandatory conditions.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-12-14 23:38:40
Stephen Conroy, the Minister for Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy, has explained that Telstra's exclusion from the current National Broadband Network (NBN) request for proposal process was the result of the carrier's failure to meet the mandatory conditions.
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Westnet officially brings ABC iView into view, too
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-11 19:07:32
iiNet, iPrimus and iNternode (ok, Internode) have all gone down the unmetered ABC iView path, and now iiNet subsidiary Westnet has done the same, too.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-11 19:07:32
iiNet, iPrimus and iNternode (ok, Internode) have all gone down the unmetered ABC iView path, and now iiNet subsidiary Westnet has done the same, too.
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Like the computer, Telstra says “no” – to Aussie Net filtering
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-08 22:32:01
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-08 22:32:01
Australia’s dominant telco, Telstra, has decided not to participate in the Australian Federal Government’s “Internet filtering” trial, primarily due to “customer management issues”, but might still implement filtering technologies in the future.
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Optus scores $143m Federal Gov't telecoms contract
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2008-12-08 18:10:50
Optus has scored a four year contract from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIC) to provide 'whole of business' telecommunications services, worth an estimated $143 million.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2008-12-08 18:10:50
Optus has scored a four year contract from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIC) to provide 'whole of business' telecommunications services, worth an estimated $143 million.
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LG's Renoir, the latest iPhone-esque masterpiece?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-12-02 22:21:29
LG’s 8 megapixel “Renoir” touch screen smartphone has finally arrived in Australia, with an advertising campaign showing just how many features have been squeezed in to challenge the iPhone, Omnia and even the N97, although where’s the 3.5mm headphone socket?!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-12-02 22:21:29
LG’s 8 megapixel “Renoir” touch screen smartphone has finally arrived in Australia, with an advertising campaign showing just how many features have been squeezed in to challenge the iPhone, Omnia and even the N97, although where’s the 3.5mm headphone socket?!
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Telstra slams Whirlpool and “dead tree journalists” over unfair NBN coverage
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-01 20:43:10
Seemingly sick to death of constant attack on Telstra from “dead tree journalists” with an agenda, competitors and "geeky" Whirlpool critics, Telstra’s “Telstra-phile” Rod Bruem is taking the broom to the critics and whacking them over the head with it.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-01 20:43:10
Seemingly sick to death of constant attack on Telstra from “dead tree journalists” with an agenda, competitors and "geeky" Whirlpool critics, Telstra’s “Telstra-phile” Rod Bruem is taking the broom to the critics and whacking them over the head with it.
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Quaking Quilty questions Singtel Optus $10 billion NBN “black hole”
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-11-27 21:50:20
With many believing Telstra is set to win the National Broadband Network (NBN) tender, come what may, Telstra’s David Quilty is going out on an all-out attack on Singtel Optus, questioning its “$10 billion funding hole” and labelling it a “sub-prime NBN bidder”.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-11-27 21:50:20
With many believing Telstra is set to win the National Broadband Network (NBN) tender, come what may, Telstra’s David Quilty is going out on an all-out attack on Singtel Optus, questioning its “$10 billion funding hole” and labelling it a “sub-prime NBN bidder”.
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Telstra makes mockery of NBN tender process
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-11-26 23:12:37
It really makes no difference whether a Howard Coalition or a Rudd Labor Government is in power, Telstra obviously considers itself answerable to no-one. What other conclusion can be drawn from the monolithic telco's action of answering the Government's RFP to build the National Broadband Network with a non-compliant 12-page document?
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-11-26 23:12:37
It really makes no difference whether a Howard Coalition or a Rudd Labor Government is in power, Telstra obviously considers itself answerable to no-one. What other conclusion can be drawn from the monolithic telco's action of answering the Government's RFP to build the National Broadband Network with a non-compliant 12-page document?
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Minister welcomes NBN bids
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-11-26 00:46:39
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has welcomed the proposals to build the National Broadband Network (NBN) - "one of the largest infrastructure investments undertaken by any Australian Government" - but has warned contenders that they face "an extremely competitive assessment process."
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-11-26 00:46:39
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has welcomed the proposals to build the National Broadband Network (NBN) - "one of the largest infrastructure investments undertaken by any Australian Government" - but has warned contenders that they face "an extremely competitive assessment process."
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Terria NBN bid morphs into Optus bid
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2008-11-25 22:38:09
After promising for months that it would bid for the national broadband network the Terria consortium has been reduced to a supporting role in a bid from its dominant member, Optus, which through Optus Networks Investments (ONI), has submitted a bid for the NBN "backed by Terria"
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2008-11-25 22:38:09
After promising for months that it would bid for the national broadband network the Terria consortium has been reduced to a supporting role in a bid from its dominant member, Optus, which through Optus Networks Investments (ONI), has submitted a bid for the NBN "backed by Terria"
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Why ISPs can’t afford to let iiNet lose the piracy lawsuit
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-11-22 19:52:46
If iiNet loses the piracy lawsuit, the ramifications for all Australian ISPs will be immense, forcing all to spy on their users and become online policemen. It will wipe out online privacy, slow down the Internet, impede the free flow of information, impose massive costs on ISPs, impose massive costs on users, and put broadband progress back by 10 years in Australia. Can iiNet’s competitors – or indeed ISPs worldwide – afford to let this happen?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-11-22 19:52:46
If iiNet loses the piracy lawsuit, the ramifications for all Australian ISPs will be immense, forcing all to spy on their users and become online policemen. It will wipe out online privacy, slow down the Internet, impede the free flow of information, impose massive costs on ISPs, impose massive costs on users, and put broadband progress back by 10 years in Australia. Can iiNet’s competitors – or indeed ISPs worldwide – afford to let this happen?
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Ovum asks if Australia really needs an NBN?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-11-17 23:31:07
Thanks to Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Australia is going through the hurdles of choosing the technology for a “National Broadband Network” (NBN), smack bang in the middle of a time when wireless technology is improving so much that going wired almost seems like going backwards.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-11-17 23:31:07
Thanks to Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Australia is going through the hurdles of choosing the technology for a “National Broadband Network” (NBN), smack bang in the middle of a time when wireless technology is improving so much that going wired almost seems like going backwards.
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3 brings 365-day prepaid wireless broadband and data rollover to life!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-11 02:11:11
The latest salvo in the prepaid wireless broadband war has erupted with 3 Mobile’s new prepaid wireless broadband offer, bringing an option that has a year before expiry and a data rollover option that ensures unused data doesn’t go to waste – unlike competitors.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-11 02:11:11
The latest salvo in the prepaid wireless broadband war has erupted with 3 Mobile’s new prepaid wireless broadband offer, bringing an option that has a year before expiry and a data rollover option that ensures unused data doesn’t go to waste – unlike competitors.
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iPhone cost Optus $44m and terrible data/voice performance
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-04 23:38:40
Optus says that its EBITDA earnings were down by $44m thanks to costs associated with the getting a 55% share of the iPhone market. Was it worth it?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-04 23:38:40
Optus says that its EBITDA earnings were down by $44m thanks to costs associated with the getting a 55% share of the iPhone market. Was it worth it?
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Telstra pulls out of broadband conference alleging panel bias
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2008-11-03 18:55:26
Telstra has made an eleventh hour withdrawal from a broadband conference being held in Sydney on 5 and 6 November claiming that a discussion panel was overly weighted with its competitors, and that non-disclosure terms of the NBN RFP would have precluded it from making any meaningful contribution in a 'showcase' session.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2008-11-03 18:55:26
Telstra has made an eleventh hour withdrawal from a broadband conference being held in Sydney on 5 and 6 November claiming that a discussion panel was overly weighted with its competitors, and that non-disclosure terms of the NBN RFP would have precluded it from making any meaningful contribution in a 'showcase' session.
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BigPond makes shaped wireless broadband the new standard?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-20 08:13:48
Although iPrimus and Virgin offer shaped broadband on their mobile broadband plans, with Telstra only now offering the same feature on its 5GB and 10GB plans, how soon will it be before shaped wireless plans are the norm for all users?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-20 08:13:48
Although iPrimus and Virgin offer shaped broadband on their mobile broadband plans, with Telstra only now offering the same feature on its 5GB and 10GB plans, how soon will it be before shaped wireless plans are the norm for all users?
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Footy beats tennis in Optus sponsorship stakes
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2008-10-12 18:53:31
Optus has announced a three year, multi-million dollar sponsorship of Football Federation Australia (FFA) and the Qantas Socceroos, billing it as "its most significant sponsorship to date." Optus claims that, in dollar terms it will exceed Optus' tennis sponsorship which at its announcement was billed as "the most comprehensive sponsorship support for the sport ever seen in Australia."
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2008-10-12 18:53:31
Optus has announced a three year, multi-million dollar sponsorship of Football Federation Australia (FFA) and the Qantas Socceroos, billing it as "its most significant sponsorship to date." Optus claims that, in dollar terms it will exceed Optus' tennis sponsorship which at its announcement was billed as "the most comprehensive sponsorship support for the sport ever seen in Australia."
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