Optus’ TV Now service has been given a legal reprieve after the NRL and AFL went after it for allegedly infringing online rights they’d sold to Telstra. Updated with official Optus response. More »
Just over twenty years ago, if you wanted a phone service, you could get one.. from Telstra. And that was it. Today marks an anniversary of sorts in Australian telecommunications, as Optus is twenty years old today, at least in terms of when it started commercial operations. More »
Exciting times are afoot if you’re coming off contract soon. Australia’s first 4G phone (the Velocity 4G) arrived yesterday, alongside the Samsung Omnia W, our first second-gen Windows Phone. Then there are upcoming phones like the HTC Titan II, Sony Xperia S, Nokia Lumia 900, and the Asus Padfone. Here’s how these upcoming beasts compare. More »
If you’re heading to Melbourne to watch athletic men and women hit a ball over a net in a real-life version of the game Pong later this month, you’ll be happy to know that Optus has announced it will be providing free Wi-Fi to the entire Australian Open tennis site this year. More »
Optus’s website has always been one of the worst in existence, but we never knew it was sexist. But apparently it was, with a glitch not only refusing females to use the title ‘Dr’, but doing so with a message that clearly stated the title didn’t match the gender. UPDATE: The glitch apparently blocks both male and female doctors. More »
If you like your Android tablets to have a little more yellow on their SIM cards, you’ll be happy to know that Optus has today announced its plans for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. More »
Vodafone and Telstra have been offering the iPad on contract for a while, but now Optus has finally joined the party, completing the trifecta. More »
First, there was iiNet vs AFACT. Then there was Apple vs Samsung. And now, it seems the next big lawsuit around technology is going to be Optus taking on the AFL and NRL around its time-shift streaming service, TV Now. More »
The grey market is alive with Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus, but if you’re keen on picking up one of the best Android phones available via a plan, Vodafone now says it’ll be the first telco to deliver. It’s accepting preorders on its website as I write this. More »
