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Optus has Australia's most available 4G network, thanks to its LTE rollout. OpenSignal reports its users were able to find an Optus LTE signal 90.5% of the time. Vodafone had the best 4G and overall download speeds in Melbourne and had the lowest 4G latency.
Optus purchased one of Australia's pioneer ISPs, Microplex, in 1998 to provide consumer dial-up internet services. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] Separate to this, under the Optus Vision brand, a cable broadband arm began as a joint venture with U.S. cable and content provider Excite@Home and was known as Optus@Home from its introduction in 1999 [ 34 ] until it ...
Wholesale from Vodafone Hutchison Australia: 505: 15: 3GIS: Not operational: Taken over by Vodafone. 505: 16: VicTrack: Victorian Rail Track: Operational: GSM-R 1800: Digital Train Radio System 505: 17: Optus: Optus Mobile Pty Ltd: Operational: TD-LTE 2300: Former Vivid Wireless, Singtel Optus [14] [6] [18] 505: 18: Pactel: Pactel International ...
Optus is an Australian telecommunications company owned by Singtel. It is the second-largest wireless carrier in Australia, serving over 10 million customers in part with a 4G network that is reachable by 96.9% of the population. [8] Around 25% of Australians use Optus for their cellular service and 19% for broadband internet. [9]
Vodafone rolled out 4G 850 MHz by refarming 5 MHz of their 3G spectrum in capital cities covering 95% of Australia's metro population in 2014, [21] and enabled carrier aggregation on both their 4G bands. In April 2017, Vodafone was a successful bidder for 4G spectrum on the 700 MHz band at auction. [22]
4G : FDD LTE : B1/B3 (Roaming on Truemove H, B8 prohibited) 4.5G : Up to 2xCA B1+B3, nationwide 4x4 MIMO on B3, 256/64QAM 4G Calling ( VoLTE , ViLTE ) : Unsupported
Australia's second largest telecommunications company, Optus, announced in February 2012 that it would buy Vividwireless from its parent Seven Group, for a total cost of $230 million. Optus said this would create a new 4G mobile broadband network in Australia.
Telecommunications in Australia refers to communication in Australia through electronic means, using devices such as telephone, television, radio or computer, and services such as the telephony and broadband networks. Telecommunications have always been important in Australia given the "tyranny of distance" with a dispersed population.