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Perth, Adelaide get Optus, Vodafone 3G

Optus and Vodafone will start offering third-generation (3G) mobile phone services in "metropolitan" areas of Perth and Adelaide from 1 July, the telcos said today.

Optus, Vodafone extend 3G to Qld

Optus and Vodafone will soon make third-generation (3G) mobile phone and data services more widely available in Brisbane and the Gold Coast's central business district.

Optus expected to launch 3G next week

Optus is expected to launch third-generation high-speed mobile phone services in Sydney and Melbourne on Monday next week.

Optus 3G iPhone pricing announced

Optus will sell Apple's 8GB 3G iPhone for the outright price of AU$729 and AU$849 for the 16GB model, when purchased with Optus prepaid SIM cards.

Optus extends 3G mobile to rural Australia

update: Australia's second largest telco Optus plans to spend between AU$500 million and AU$800 million to extend its third generation (3G) mobile coverage outside of Australia's capital cities to rural areas.

Optus dashes deposit hopes for 3G iPhone fans

Optus has disabled the deposit-taking function on its 3G iPhone website ahead of the device's launch next month.

Optus does a Vodafone with 3G 2008 upgrade

Optus has followed network partner Vodafone in announcing it plans to switch on HSPA coverage across Australia by the end of next year -- some 18 months earlier than planned.

Optus taking on Telstra with 42Mbps 3G network

Today Optus announced plans to expand its 3G network coverage next year to 98 percent of Australia and will bring mobile speeds up to 42Mbps by 2010, in a direct challenge to rival Telstra.

Network outages 'normal': Optus

Optus this week claimed the 3G mobile outages it had been suffering were normal and every telecommunications carrier would be having similar issues.

Telstra laughs as Optus goes bush

Optus' plans to extend its 3G network into rural areas to cover 96 percent of the Australian population were met arrogantly by Telstra on Wednesday.

Optus converges with Ninemsn

Customers of telecommunications provider Optus will receive exclusive content and services from Web portal Ninemsn under a new, wide-ranging alliance.

Optus unwires broadband

Australia's number two carrier, Optus, will follow hot on-the-heels of Telstra into the wireless broadband market, it said today, with plans to start its own trial of the mobile data technology in the Sydney suburb of Belmore.

iPhone sales cost Optus $44m

Optus parent SingTel has announced that the popularity of the Apple iPhone will actually cost the carrier AU$44 million in Australia in its first quarter of sales.

Optus as Australia's iPhone carrier?

Optus may lead Australia's iPhone race if parent company SingTel secures exclusive iPhone distribution rights in Singapore.

iPhone for Optus, not exclusively

After months of speculation Optus is confirmed to be one of several Australian mobile service providers to be selling Apple's iPhone.

Vodafone 3G upgrade delayed to 2009

Vodafone Australia has blamed Swedish vendor Ericsson for delays to the roll-out of its national 3G mobile network.

iPhone demand buckles Optus network?

Optus has confirmed its retail stores are experiencing problems signing up customers of Apple's much-anticipated iPhone handset due to difficulties with its internal computer network.

Optus completes 900MHz mobile trial

The nation's number two telco Optus has completed a trial in NSW of a 900MHz mobile network in partnership with Chinese network vendor Huawei.

Optus promises nationwide HSDPA by June

The nation's number two telco Optus has pledged to upgrade the data speed of its entire third-generation (3G) national mobile network by the end of May 2007.

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