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22/05/2026

Optus EOFY deals and rising nbn® prices 2026

Optus nbn® price changes July 2026 The End-of-Financial-Year (EOFY) is always a great time to review your internet plan. This year, Optus has made it even more worthwhile. Optus plans and EOFY offers are now live, so you can use the EOFY to upgrade your nbn® plan. The Optus price change hasn't prevented customers from getting great value on fibre

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9/10/2025

Optus faces scrutiny after outages impact emergency services

Optus is facing growing political and public scrutiny after a series of significant network outages, including an incident that affected access to triple-zero emergency services. These failures have raised major concerns about the reliability of one of Australia’s largest telecommunications providers. As the situation unfolds, the spotlight is now

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5/03/2025

Optus accelerates 5G rollout to benefit regional Australia

As of 30 January 2025, Optus has officially launched its fast-tracked 5G rollout across regional areas in Australia, marking a significant milestone in the company’s commitment to improving network coverage and customer experience in underserved regions. This major network enhancement is part of a new agreement with TPG Telecom under the regional

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13/02/2024

Optus: 5G Trial with Endeavour Energy to create Service Wrap for Enterprises

Optus partnered with electricity provider Endeavour Energy for a new 5G trial to help the telco build a managed IoT and connectivity service wrap to be offered to enterprises. Funding the trial is the Australian Federal Government’s latest 5G innovation initiative. The initial trial period is set to run for 12 months. It is also set to monitor

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8/11/2023

Optus suffers nationwide outage, is now the time to switch?

A major outage has impacted Optus mobile and NBN broadband customers today, with customers reporting issues with the network since about 4am. The outage has impacted hospitals, business owners and regular customers across the country. For a period of time, even Melbourne's train network was impacted. Business owners are reporting that EFTPOS

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15/08/2022

ACMA: Optus is Refunding Overcharged SME Customers

According to the Australian Communications and Media Authority, Optus is refunding 994 small and medium-sized businesses a total of $788,609. This is after the telco breached billing rules by charging these SMEs for landline services that they did not receive. Nevertheless, it is worth noting that Optus self-reported this matter to the ACMA and

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4/08/2022

Optus Customer Care Shake-up Paid Off

According to Optus, a shake-up of its customer care model yielded significant success for the company. The model removed “old school” metrics through its’ Community of Experts’, including “clock watching”. The VP for customer contact centres of Optus, Emma McRobert, said that “We’ve seen our NPS grow by 30% since we’ve implemented Community of

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28/04/2022

Optus to Refarm Spectrum for 4G and 5G After 2100MHz 3G Shutdown is Kicked Off

The spectrum in the 2100MHz band currently used to deliver 3G services will be refarmed by Optus. The spectrum is said to be used for 4G and 5G services beginning July this year. For this reason, Optus is kicking off the shutdown of 2100MHz 3G services. However, the telco will still offer 3G support care of its 900MHz holdings. According to an

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12/04/2022

5G-enabled Drone Inspections with Endeavour Energy Completed by Optus and AWS

5G-enabled drones were successfully used by Optus, AWS, Unleash live, and Endeavour Energy to conduct the latter’s first on-site inspection of physical electricity infrastructure. Because the demonstration was a success, Endeavour Energy is set to deploy the drones across their infrastructure assets in Penrith and Blacktown in NSW. Scott

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5/08/2021

Optus accuses Telstra of using a “monopolist’s playbook” in the low-band auction

According to Optus, Australia’s mobile wholesale market could be affected by any move to loosen proposed competition limits to restrain Telstra in the upcoming low-band auction. According to VP regulatory and public affairs Andrew Sheridan, the decision by communications minister Paul Fletcher on limits could be: “one of the most important

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19/07/2021

Optus Research Shows Australian Builders are Investing in New Networks and Devices

Optus recently conducted research that revealed that half of the Australian construction companies plan to procure more mobile phones. In parallel to this, nearly a quarter of these construction companies plan to invest in dependable telecom networks in the next 12 months. The research is composed of a survey that explored the priorities of

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