Optus - Overview

Overview

Key Optus products and services include:

  • Fixed Telephony
    • Residential and Commercial POTS for local and long distance telephony
    • Commercial VoIP and VoDSL
    • Intelligent Network applications, such as free call, 1300 and Interactive voice response services
  • Mobile Telephony
    • GSM/GPRS utilising 900 MHz/1800 MHz covering 97% of the population
    • 3G/HSPA provided by 2100 MHz for large regional centres and metropolitan and 900 MHz for regional as well as metropolitan coverage. The dual frequencies covers 97% (97.3% with the use of an external antenna) of the population
    • 4G/LTE provided by 1800 MHz
    • Satellite Telephony covering all of Australia.
  • Internet Access
    • Residential Dial-Up Internet in all states
    • Residential Broadband Internet (via cable and DSL) in all states (except the Northern Territory).
    • Satellite Internet
    • Commercial and Wholesale internet access
    • Secure Gateway services for Federal Government departments
  • Cable Television
    • Optus Television service provided in Sydney, Melbourne & Brisbane, including Foxtel Digital
  • Leased Lines
  • Data Transmission

Retail services are sold to customers via phone, internet or through retail outlets, especially franchise chains such as Optus World, Network Communications, Strathfield, Telechoice, and Allphones.

Read more about this topic:  Optus