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Australia’s Optus launches Telmap-powered Optus Navigator

November 12, 2010 by Dusan Belic - Leave a Comment

Optus is joining a number of other mobile operators to launch a Telmap-powered navigation solution. Just like that’s the case with other carrier offerings, Optus Navigator also goes beyond simple turn-by-turn navigation. Included in the deal are real-time traffic updates, powered by Optus’ network of 8 million customers across Australia. Features also include pedestrian navigation…

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BlackBerry Torch 9800 Lands in Australia through Optus

October 21, 2010 by Simon Sage - Leave a Comment

Australia’s Optus has joined Canada, the U.S., U.K., and others by launching the BlackBerry Torch 9800 today. Optus is offering the Torch for free with a $AUS 79 monthly plan on a two-year contract. For now, it’s only available to small and medium business customers, but seeing as their only personal BlackBerry for sale is…

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Australia’s Optus getting the HTC Aria in mid-October

September 29, 2010 by Dusan Belic - Leave a Comment

When it was initially announced, we thought of the HTC Aria as an AT&T exclusive device. That said, there’s really nothing special about the mid-range Android smartphone (and why some carrier would want to exclusively offer it), we just thought it is specially made to sing along AT&T 3G network’s 3G frequencies. Plus, there’s the…

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Vodafone Launches BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 in UK, Australia

August 23, 2010 by Simon Sage - Leave a Comment

After a release in Canada and the U.S., the BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 is finding its way elsewhere in the world, namely the UK and Australia. Vodafone will be offering the 9300, in all of its low-end glory: QVGA display, 3G, GPS, Wi-Fi, 256 MB of RAM, and a 2 megapixel camera. What sets it…

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Samsung Galaxy S announced for Optus in Australia

June 26, 2010 by Dusan Belic - Leave a Comment

Australia’s Optus announced the upcoming launch of the Samsung Galaxy S. The country’s second largest mobile operator will start selling the Android-powered device starting July 1st, when interested user will be able to grab it for free on a two-year ‘yes’ plan which starts at $59 per month. Samsung’s baby joins Optus’ existing Android portfolio…

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Optus selects Myriad to power its Social Networking Services

April 25, 2010 by Ben Robinson - Leave a Comment

Myriad Group has announced that Australian mobile network operator, Optus, has signed a commercial agreement to offer its eight million customers social networking services, powered by Myriad. This is the first social networking deal announced by Myriad since acquiring Xumii (a company that enables simultaneous connections to multiple social networks). The Optus SocialView service adds…

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Truphone acquires Australia’s Startel Communications, enters wholesale agreement with Optus

March 5, 2010 by Dusan Belic - 1 Comment

Mobile VoIP service provider Truphone is on the rage, expanding to Australia as we speak. The company announced two things: Their first press release (PDF) announces the acquisition of Startel Communications, which is a specialised mobile and fixed line telecommunications provider to Australian businesses and consumers. Truphone will take advantage of Startel’s large distribution network…

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Optus to buy Australian 3G radio spectrum from Qualcomm

February 9, 2010 by Dusan Belic - Leave a Comment

Australia’s Optus plans to acquire spectrum licenses for 10MHz of paired spectrum in the 2100MHz band from Qualcomm’s local subsidiary. As a result, Optus could double its 3G spectrum in the eight capital cities from 10MHz to 20MHz to “support retail and wholesale customer demand for Optus’ increasing range of data services.” The transaction is…

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Jailbroken iPhones in Australia get hit with first iPhone worm

November 9, 2009 by Will Park - Leave a Comment

Jailbroken iPhones beware, if you have SSH installed, you’re going to want to change your default root password quick. Like lickity-split quick. Following the jailbroken iPhone hack that held Dutch iPhones for ransom, another hacker is targeting Australian iPhones that have been jailbroken and are still running the default SSH password. Hacker “ikex” has created…

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BlackBerry 8520 Curve Comes to Australia

November 2, 2009 by Simon Sage - Leave a Comment

Vodafone and Optus have announced the light, affordable BlackBerry 8520 Curve to Australia and New Zealand today. To sum up our review, the BlackBerry 8520 cuts out a lot of the higher-end features, like a decent camera with flash, GPS, and a high-res screen in favour of keeping the price point down. Even with a…

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