Today marks 20 years since Optus began operations in Australia, and 20 years since Telstra had its first competitor.
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(Credit: Optus)
This is Optus' network-management centre. After acquiring its carrier licence in 1991, Optus began operations on 31 January 1992. The company has now grown to have more than 9 million mobile services, 1 million broadband and fixed-line services, 280 stores and close to 10,000 employees.
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(Credit: Optus)
After wholesaling on Telstra's analog network initially, in May 1993, Optus launched its own GSM network, claiming that the phone-call quality was "CD-like".
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(Credit: Optus)
In October 2001, the company was acquired by Singapore telecommunications giant SingTel.
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(Credit: Optus)
Optus launched the C1 satellite in June 2003.
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(Credit: Optus)
Optus moved its headquarters from the Sydney CBD to the massive Macquarie Park campus in July 2007.
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(Credit: Optus)
Optus celebrated 25 years of its satellite service in 2011 at the satellite facility in North Sydney.
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(Credit: Optus)
Then-Prime Minister John Howard opened Optus' North Ryde offices in October 2007, just a few short weeks before he was ousted from political office.
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