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25 June 2013 | Joseph Hanlon

Existing Optus customers can switch to new plans at no cost

Existing customers will be able to switch to new Optus plans without needing to restart their contract, and there is a data benefit too.

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25 June 2013 | Joseph Hanlon

Optus Plan overhaul: new plans vs old plans

Optus has made big changes to its post-paid mobile phone plans in an effort to take the confusion out of what its customers will pay. We take a closer look at each plan and the maximum monthly tariff

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20 June 2013 | Joseph Hanlon

Vodafone 4G: crowdsourcing an early verdict

Vodafone launched it's 4G network across capital cities and a few major regional hubs last week, and invited WhistleOut to trial the new network. As much as we appreciate the opportunity, running speed tests on a single device in the city we operate in isn't the best way to see how well the network is performing. Luckily, plenty of Australians were ready to help.

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12 June 2013 | Joseph Hanlon

Vodafone 4G live in 7 Aussie cities

Vodafone Australia today announced that 4G services have been activated in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, Newcastle and Wollongong, with plans to triple its 4G footprint by the end of the year. The fast mobile broadband service is available now to existing Vodafone customers with compatible mobile devices, with plans for new customers to launch next month.

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05 June 2013 | Tara Donnelly

Vodafone Shutting Down 3 For Good

The end is nigh for Australian mobile provider 3, as Vodafone has finally announced its shut down date for the network. The 3 brand in Australia will officially be farewelled on the 30th of August, meaning any existing 3 customers will need to abandon ship before the network is switched off.

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04 June 2013 | Joseph Hanlon

Optus broadband dumps excess usage into affordable 1GB blocks

Optus today announced big changes to its mobile broadband offering, ditching per megabyte excess usage charges in favour of 1GB blocks. With the new plans, customers choose a monthly data allowance as usual, but if they exceed this data level they are automatically allocated an additional 1GB for an extra $10. Further data blocks are added to the account as needed, up to a maximum of 20GB extra in a single month.

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03 June 2013 | Joseph Hanlon

Exclusive: Vaya acquires Live Connected

Australian mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Vaya has acquired 100-percent of competitor Live Connected for an undisclosed sum, with plans to continue running both mobile businesses as separate entities. The move adds Live Connected's 25,000 subscribers to Vaya's books, with the combined subscriber base for both MVNO businesses in excess of 70,000.

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20 May 2013 | Alex Angove-Plumb

Optus Network Event, May 2013

Optus held a network event today in which it announced its recent 3GPlus accomplishments and outlined plans for 4G expansion in the near future. The overall focus of the last few months’ worth of data was to do with 3GPlus coverage and consolidation across most of Australia, with particular attention paid towards increasing indoor coverage.

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23 April 2013 | Alex Angove-Plumb

NBN to Set World-Leading Speeds

The NBN is set to achieve world-leading download speeds of 1Gbps by the end of 2013, equalling Google Fiber’s achievements in Kansas, US. 1Gbps is around the upper limit of the current fibre to the premises/home (FTTP/FTTH) architecture of the NBN. While the speeds are frankly astonishing, most users really won’t see the benefit for years to come. The current max speeds of 100Mbps that the NBN is offering is more than enough for even the most bandwidth hungry personal user with today’s online services available in Australia.

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05 March 2013 | Michael Ralph

Exetel Unlimited NBN Plans

Exetel has made an announcement that will have many Australian Internet users excited - unlimited NBN plans! Of course there is the restriction that the unmetered data allowance is only available in off peak times between 1am - 9am each day, but none the less it's a move in the right direction.