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Encyclopedia > Optus
SingTel Optus Pty Limited
Type Subsidiary of SingTel
Founded 1991 as Optus Communications
Headquarters Flag of Australia Sydney, Australia
Key people Paul O'Sullivan, Chief Executive
Jeann Low, CFO
Lawrie Turner, CIO
Industry Telecommunications
Products Fixed Telephony
Mobile Telephony
Internet Access
Cable Television
Leased Lines
Data Transmission
Revenue $7.475 billion AUD (2007) [1]
Net income $804 million AUD (2007)[1]
Employees 9,897 (2007)[1]
Slogan We hear you
Website http://www.optus.com.au/

SingTel Optus Pty Limited is the second largest telecommunications company in Australia, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Telecommunications (ASX: SGT). The company primarily trades under the Optus brand, while maintaining several wholly owned subsidiary brands, such as Virgin Mobile Australia and Boost Mobile in the mobile telephony market, Uecomm in the network services market and Alphawest in the ICT services sector. Image File history File links Optus. ... A subsidiary, in business, is an entity that is controlled by another entity. ... Singapore Telecommunications Limited SGX: T48 (commonly abbreviated as SingTel) is Singapores largest telecommunications company. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... Copy of the original phone of Alexander Graham Bell at the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris Telecommunication is the assisted transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. ... In telecommunication, Telephony encompasses the general use of equipment to provide voice communication over distances. ... A mobile network operator, also known as wireless service provider, wireless carrier, mobile phone operator, or cellular company, is a telephone company that provides services for mobile phone subscribers. ... “ISP” redirects here. ... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ... A leased line is a symmetric telecommunications line connecting two locations. ... A network service provider (NSP) is a business or organization that sells bandwidth or network access by providing direct backbone access to the Internet and usually access to its network access points (NAPs). ... For the tax agency in Ireland of the same name, see Revenue Commissioners. ... Image File history File links Green_Arrow_Up. ... ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 1. ... Net income is equal to the income that a firm has after subtracting costs and expenses from the total revenue. ... Image File history File links Green_Arrow_Up. ... ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 1. ... This article is about work. ... Look up slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Telecommunication involves the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. ... Singapore Telecommunications Limited SGX: T48 (commonly abbreviated as SingTel) is Singapores largest telecommunications company. ... The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) is the primary stock exchange in Australia. ... Virgin Mobile Australia (VMA) is a mobile phone company based in Sydney, Australia. ... Boost Mobile is an Irvine, CA brand of mobile phone launched in Australia (Over Optus) in 2000 and in New Zealand (Over Telecom New Zealand) in 2001. ...


To provide services, Optus owns and operates its own network infrastructure, as well as using the services of other network service providers, most notably Telstra Wholesale. It provides services both directly to end users and also acts as a wholesaler to other service providers. Through its OptusNet brand, it provides broadband, wireless and dial-up internet services. A network service provider (NSP) is a business or organization that sells bandwidth or network access by providing direct backbone access to the Internet and usually access to its network access points (NAPs). ... Telstra Corporation (ASX: , NZX: TLS, NYSE: TLS) (formed from Telecom Australia) is an Australian telecommunications and media company under private ownership, with a dominant position in landline telephone services, a large share of mobile phone services, domestic consumer (including dial-up access, 50% of Broadband internet broadband cable modem, satellite... Broadband in telecommunications is a term that refers to a signaling method that includes or handles a relatively wide range of frequencies, which may be divided into channels or frequency bins. ...


The company was formerly known as Cable & Wireless Optus Pty Limited and prior to that, as Optus Communications Pty Limited and Aussat Pty Limited.

Contents

Overview

Key Optus products and services include:

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. In telecommunication, Telephony encompasses the general use of equipment to provide voice communication over distances. ... Plain old telephone service, or POTS, are the services available from analogue telephones prior to the introduction of electronic telephone exchanges into the public switched telephone network. ... IP Telephony, also called Internet telephony, is the technology that makes it possible to have a telephone conversation over the Internet or a dedicated Internet Protocol (IP) network instead of dedicated voice transmission lines. ... VoDSL (Voice over Digital Subscriber Lines) is a technique for using both voice and high-speed data communications on one line. ... The Intelligent Network or I.N., as it is more commonly referred to, is a network architecture for both fixed and mobile telecommunication networks. ... A toll-free, Freecall, Freephone, or 800 number is a special telephone number, in that the called party is charged the cost of the calls by the telephone carrier, instead of the calling party. ... The Australian telephone numbering plan describes the allocation of phone numbers in Australia. ... In telephony, interactive voice response, or IVR, is a phone technology that allows a computer to detect voice and touch tones using a normal phone call. ... Several examples of non-folding mobile phones. ... The Global System for Mobile communications (GSM: originally from Groupe Spécial Mobile) is the most popular standard for mobile phones in the world. ... General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) is a Mobile Data Service available to users of Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) and IS-136 mobile phones. ... 3G is the third generation of mobile phone standards and technology, after 2G. It is based on the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) family of standards under the International Mobile Telecommunications programme, IMT-2000. 3G technologies enable network operators to offer users a wider range of more advanced services while achieving... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... For other uses, see Brisbane (disambiguation). ... Location of Perth within Australia This article is about the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia. ... For other uses, see Adelaide (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Canberra (disambiguation). ... A satellite telephone, satellite phone, or satphone is a mobile phone that communicates directly with orbiting communications satellites. ... “ISP” redirects here. ... Dial-up access is a form of Internet access via telephone line. ... Broadband Internet access, often shortened to broadband Internet or just broadband is a high data-transmission rate Internet connection. ... An outdated model of the Motorola Surfboard cable modem A cable modem is a type of modem that provides access to a data signal sent over the cable television infrastructure. ... DSL redirects here. ... Slogan or Nickname: Island of Inspiration; The Apple Isle; Holiday Isle Motto(s): Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Government Constitutional monarchy Governor William Cox Premier Paul Lennon (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 5  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product... For similar terms, see Northern Territories (disambiguation) Slogan or Nickname: The Territory, The NT, The Top End Motto(s): none Other Australian states and territories Capital Darwin Government Constitutional monarchy Administrator Ted Egan Chief Minister Clare Martin (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 2  - Senate seats 2 Gross Territorial Product (2004... Satellite Internet services are used in locations where terrestrial Internet access is not available and in locations which move frequently. ... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ... Optus Television is the cable television division of Australian telecommunications company Optus. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... For other uses, see Brisbane (disambiguation). ... 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Subsidiaries

A number of notable wholly owned subsidiaries operate in Australia as part of the SingTel Optus group. These are:

Optus also sells mobile services under the brand name Boost Mobile. Virgin Mobile Australia (VMA) is a mobile phone company based in Sydney, Australia. ... Boost Mobile is an Irvine, CA brand of mobile phone launched in Australia (Over Optus) in 2000 and in New Zealand (Over Telecom New Zealand) in 2001. ...


Optus also has a 50% stake in OPEL Networks.[3] OPEL Networks Pty Limited is a telecommunications provider establishing wholesale broadband services in regional areas of Australia in the form of WiMAX and ADSL2+ via a network of DSLAMs. ...


Other wholly-owned subsidiaries of note no longer have a significant active role as individual entities. These are as follows:


Reef Networks was formed in 1999 to provide an optical fibre link between Brisbane and Cairns. Optus gained exclusive access to this link in 2001, ahead of acquiring the organisation in 2005.[4] Optical fibers An optical fiber (or fibre) is a glass or plastic fiber designed to guide light along its length. ... For other uses, see Brisbane (disambiguation). ... Cairns is a regional city located in far north Queensland, Australia. ...


XYZed was established by Optus in 2000 to provide wholesale business-grade DSL services under an individual brand, but today provides a collection of products only as part of the Optus Wholesale & Satellite division. XYZed established a network of DSLAMs inside Telstra telephone exchanges, utilising Unconditioned Local Loop services to reach end users. [5] DSL redirects here. ... Siemens DSLAM SURPASS hiX 5625 A Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) allows telephone lines to make faster connections to the Internet. ... Telstra Corporation (ASX: , NZX: TLS, NYSE: TLS) (formed from Telecom Australia) is an Australian telecommunications and media company under private ownership, with a dominant position in landline telephone services, a large share of mobile phone services, domestic consumer (including dial-up access, 50% of Broadband internet broadband cable modem, satellite... Local loop unbundling (LLU) is the regulatory process of allowing multiple telecommunications operators use of connections from the telephone exchanges central office to the customers premises. ...


History

AUSSAT and Deregulation

Original 1990s logo
Original 1990s logo

Optus can trace its beginnings back to the formation of the Government-owned AUSSAT Pty Limited in 1981. In 1982, AUSSAT selected the Hughes 376 for their initial satellites, with the first, AUSSAT A1, launched in August 1985.[6]. AUSSAT satellites were used for both military and civilian satellite communications, and delivering television services to remote outback communities. Image File history File links Optus_communications_logo. ... Image File history File links Optus_communications_logo. ... For other uses, see Outback (disambiguation). ...

Main article: Optus fleet of satellites

With AUSSAT operating at a loss and with moves to deregulate Telecommunications in Australia, the government decided to sell AUSSAT, coupled with a telecommunications licence. The licence was sold to Optus Communications - a consortium including: This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Communications in Australia is dominated by the telecommunications provider, Telstra (short for Telecom Australia). ...

  • logistics firm Mayne Nickless (24.99%)[7];
  • UK telecommunications company Cable & Wireless (24.5%);
  • US telecommunications company BellSouth (24.5%);
  • insurance and investment company AMP;
  • insurance and investment company National Mutual; and
  • AIDC Limited.

The new telecommunications company was designed to provide competition to then government owned telecommunications company Telecom Australia; now known as Telstra. Cable and Wireless (LSE: CW.) is a British telecommunications company. ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... BellSouth Corporation was an American telecommunications holding company based in Atlanta, Georgia. ... AMP Limited building in Melbourne. ... Telstra Corporation (ASX: , NZX: TLS, NYSE: TLS) (formed from Telecom Australia) is an Australian telecommunications and media company under private ownership, with a dominant position in landline telephone services, a large share of mobile phone services, domestic consumer (including dial-up access, 50% of Broadband internet broadband cable modem, satellite... Telstra Corporation (ASX: , NZX: TLS, NYSE: TLS) (formed from Telecom Australia) is an Australian telecommunications and media company under private ownership, with a dominant position in landline telephone services, a large share of mobile phone services, domestic consumer (including dial-up access, 50% of Broadband internet broadband cable modem, satellite...


Early History

After privatisation, AUSSAT became Optus and its first offering to the general public was to offer long distance calls at cheaper rates than that of its competitor Telstra. The long distance calling rates on offer were initially available by consumers dialing 1 before the area code and phone number. Following this, a ballot process was conducted by then regulator AUSTEL, with customers choosing their default long distance carrier. [8] Customers who made no choice or refused to respond to the mailout campaign automatically remained as a Telstra long distance customer. Customers who remained with Telstra could dial the override code of 1456 before the area code and phone number to manually select Optus as the carrier for that single call. Since 1 July 1997, consumers have the choice of preselecting their preferred long distance carrier or dialling the override code before dialing a telephone number. is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ...


The group began by building an interstate fibre optic cable and a series of exchanges between Optus' interstate network and Telecom's local network. It also laid fibre optics into major office buildings and industrial areas, and focused on high bandwidth local, (interstate) long distance, and interstate calls for business. In its early years, Optus was only able to offer local and long distance calls to residential customers connected to Telstra's local phone network. Telstra would carry residential to residential calls to Optus' exchanges, and then the calls would be switched to Optus' long distance fibre optic network. Fiber Optic strands An optical fiber in American English or fibre in British English is a transparent thin fiber for transmitting light. ... Telstra Corporation (ASX: , NZX: TLS, NYSE: TLS) (formed from Telecom Australia) is an Australian telecommunications and media company under private ownership, with a dominant position in landline telephone services, a large share of mobile phone services, domestic consumer (including dial-up access, 50% of Broadband internet broadband cable modem, satellite...


The Hybrid Fibre-Coax Rollout

These practices meant that Optus was (and still is) the single largest customer of their competitor, Telstra. To really become competitive, Optus would need to lay its own local phone network. To provide a killer application for this, the Australian Federal government decided to sell subscription television licences. Optus, as well as the Seven Network, businessman Kerry Stokes and American cable company Cablevision, formed the Optus Vision consortium. News Corporation, PBL and Telstra created the rival Foxtel consortium. Hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) is a telecommunications industry term for a network which incorporates both optical fiber along with coaxial cable to create a broadband network. ... A killer application (commonly shortened to killer app), in the jargon of computer programmers and video gamers, has come to mean any program, particularly a minor one, that is ingeniously coded or unexpectedly useful. ... The Seven Network is an Australian television network, owned by the Seven Media Group. ... Kerry Stokes AO is the chairman of Seven Network, one of the largest broadcasting corporations in Australia, and a recipient of the Order of Australia recognising his contributions to Australian business. ... Optus Television is the cable television division of Australian telecommunications company Optus. ... 1211 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue), where News Corporation is based News Corporation (abbreviated to News Corp) (NYSE: NWS, NYSE: NWSa, ASX: , LSE: NCRA) is an American media conglomerate company and the third worlds largest. ... PBL may stand for: Pablo Baños López Philippine Basketball League Problem-based learning Publishing and Broadcasting Limited Polski Blok Ludowy (Polish Peasants Bloc) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Foxtel is a subscription television company in Australia, formed through a joint venture between Telstra and News Corporation. ...


Telstra's copper twisted pair local phone network did not in the early 1990s have the capability to deliver their Foxtel pay television to consumers. As such a need was identified for a broadband network to support this new product.


When Telstra and Optus could not agree on terms for a joint broadband cable rollout, they began laying out two independent and parallel cable networks, on top of Telstra's existing copper network, at a combined cost estimated at over A$6bn. Telstra Corporation (ASX: , NZX: TLS, NYSE: TLS) (formed from Telecom Australia) is an Australian telecommunications and media company under private ownership, with a dominant position in landline telephone services, a large share of mobile phone services, domestic consumer (including dial-up access, 50% of Broadband internet broadband cable modem, satellite...


Whilst Telstra focused on creating a broadband network specifically for broadcast, Optus recognised an opportunity to design the network so that it could also be used to provide a telephony product.


The network was initially used to broadcast Cable TV only. In 1996 the Optus "New Deal" promotion of 20 cent local calls was launched by the Australian Prime Minister John Howard making the first local call to an Optus customer supposedly using the new Optus network. This call however was made by the existing Telstra POTS network as the new Optus network was not ready for telephony by the advertised launch date. The real activation of Optus telephony services followed later on in 1996.[citation needed] A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian politician and the 25th Prime Minister of Australia. ... Telstra Corporation (ASX: , NZX: TLS, NYSE: TLS) (formed from Telecom Australia) is an Australian telecommunications and media company under private ownership, with a dominant position in landline telephone services, a large share of mobile phone services, domestic consumer (including dial-up access, 50% of Broadband internet broadband cable modem, satellite... POTS may mean: Plain old telephone service (aka Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) or Post Office Telephone Service or Post Office Telephone System) Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome This article consisting of a 4-letter acronym or initialism is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the...


Takeovers

Optus reached profitability, and part-owner Cable and Wireless bought out other members of the consortium. The company was renamed Cable and Wireless Optus. Cable and Wireless Optus was later listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. Cable and Wireless Optus was later taken over in a friendly takeover bid by SingTel and is now known as SingTel Optus Pty Ltd. The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) is the primary stock exchange in Australia. ... Singapore Telecommunications Limited SGX: T48 (commonly abbreviated as SingTel) is Singapores largest telecommunications company. ...


In the 2003 & 2004 Financial Year, Optus reported a profit of AUD $440 million. This was an improvement of AUD $412 million from the previous year. The company has remained profitable since then.


In August 2004 Optus completed a AUD $227 million takeover of UEComm Ltd.


In July 2005 Optus announced it would acquire Alphawest Ltd. for AUD $25.9 million. The buyout was completed in November 2005 and Alphawest is now an operating division of Optus Business.


On 12 January 2006 Optus acquired the remaining 74.15% of Virgin Mobile Australia for U$22.6 m, giving it 100% ownership.[9] is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


OptusNet

Optus purchased one of Australia's pioneer ISP's, Microplex, in 1998 to provide consumer dial-up internet services. [10] [11]. The cable broadband arm was known as Optus@Home from its introduction in 1999 [12] until it was renamed in 2002. [13] ADSL services were offered from February 2004. [14] ADSL2+ services were provided from December 2005. [15] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... An outdated model of the Motorola Surfboard cable modem A cable modem is a type of modem that provides access to a data signal sent over the cable television infrastructure. ... Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) is a form of DSL, a data communications technology that enables faster data transmission over copper telephone lines than a conventional voiceband modem can provide. ... ITU G.992. ...


Broadband Connect

In June 2007, joint venture subsidiary OPEL Networks was awarded government funding towards the cost of building a regional broadband network. Optus is to be contracted to build the network on behalf of OPEL.[3][16] OPEL Networks Pty Limited is a telecommunications provider establishing wholesale broadband services in regional areas of Australia in the form of WiMAX and ADSL2+ via a network of DSLAMs. ...


Infrastructure

Optus' fully owned network infrastructure consists of:[17][18]

  • Network Backbone
    • Terrestrial Fibre Optic Network
      • Cairns to Brisbane
      • Brisbane to Sydney (fully diverse over two physically separate paths)
      • Sydney to Melbourne (fully diverse over two physically separate paths, one via Canberra, one via the coast)
      • Melbourne to Adelaide
      • Adelaide to Perth
    • SDH Digital Microwave
      • Hobart to Launceston
    • Satellite
      • Fleet of geostationary satellites (See Optus fleet of satellites)
      • International Earth Stations in Sydney and Perth
      • National Earth Stations in Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Hobart and Darwin
    • Regional exchanges in most capitals
    • Telehousing Data Centres in Melbourne and Sydney
  • Customer Access Network
    • Hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) network in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, providing consumer fixed telephony, cable internet and cable television services.
    • CBD optical fibre rings in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Canberra, providing direct access for corporate and government services.
    • DSLAMs in certain Telstra local telephone exchanges in all states. Originally only providing business-grade DSL services, newer installations also provide consumer DSL and POTS telephony.
  • Mobile Telephony
    • GSM network in all states.

Part-owned network infrastructure includes: Optical fibers An optical fiber (or fibre) is a glass or plastic fiber designed to guide light along its length. ... A self-healing ring is a common configuration in telecommunications transmission systems. ... A self-healing ring is a common configuration in telecommunications transmission systems. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... U.S. military MILSTAR communications satellite A communications satellite (sometimes abbreviated to comsat) is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purposes of telecommunications. ... A geostationary orbit (abbreviated GEO) is a circular orbit in the Earths equatorial plane, any point on which revolves about the Earth in the same direction and with the same period as the Earths rotation. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A telephone operator manually connecting calls with patch cables at a telephone switchboard. ... An access network is that part of a communications network which connects subscribers to their immediate service provider. ... Hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) is a telecommunications industry term for a network which incorporates both optical fiber along with coaxial cable to create a broadband network. ... In telecommunication, Telephony encompasses the general use of equipment to provide voice communication over distances. ... A cable modem is a special type of modem that is designed to modulate a data signal over cable television infrastructure. ... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ... Siemens DSLAM SURPASS hiX 5625 A Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) allows telephone lines to make faster connections to the Internet. ... Telstra Corporation (ASX: , NZX: TLS, NYSE: TLS) (formed from Telecom Australia) is an Australian telecommunications and media company under private ownership, with a dominant position in landline telephone services, a large share of mobile phone services, domestic consumer (including dial-up access, 50% of Broadband internet broadband cable modem, satellite... DSL redirects here. ... DSL redirects here. ... Plain old telephone service, or POTS, are the services available from analogue telephones prior to the introduction of electronic telephone exchanges into the public switched telephone network. ... Several examples of non-folding mobile phones. ... The Global System for Mobile communications (GSM: originally from Groupe Spécial Mobile) is the most popular standard for mobile phones in the world. ...

OptusNet is one of only five ISPs in Australia to provide Cable internet (the other four are BigPond, Neighbourhood Cable, TransACT and e-wire). OptusNet is also one of the few ISPs in Australia to currently provide ADSL2+ via its own DSLAMs, which it also resells to other ISPs. [21] 3G is the third generation of mobile phone standards and technology, after 2G. It is based on the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) family of standards under the International Mobile Telecommunications programme, IMT-2000. 3G technologies enable network operators to offer users a wider range of more advanced services while achieving... Vodafone Group Plc is a mobile network operator headquartered in Newbury, Berkshire, England, UK. It is the largest mobile telecommunications network company in the world by turnover and has a market value of about £84. ... The Southern Cross Cable, operated by a company named Southern Cross Cables, is a trans-Pacific network of submarine fibre optic cables. ... A self-healing ring is a common configuration in telecommunications transmission systems. ... The multitude of layers in a submarine communications cable is revealed by its Cross section. ... Fiber Optic strands An optical fiber in American English or fibre in British English is a transparent thin fiber for transmitting light. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Broadband in telecommunications is a term that refers to a signaling method that includes or handles a relatively wide range of frequencies, which may be divided into channels or frequency bins. ... OPEL Networks Pty Limited is a telecommunications provider establishing wholesale broadband services in regional areas of Australia in the form of WiMAX and ADSL2+ via a network of DSLAMs. ... Elders Limited is an Australian based agribusiness company. ... Hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) is a telecommunications industry term for a network which incorporates both optical fiber along with coaxial cable to create a broadband network. ... Telstra BigPond is Australias largest Internet service provider providing internet services such as ADSL2+, cable, dialup, satellite and wireless broadband (using EVDO and HSDPA under the Next G brand). ... Neighbourhood Cable (ASX: NCA) is a regional telecommunications provider based in Victoria. ... TransACT is an Australian telecommunications company based in Canberra which provides broadband internet access, fixed and mobile telephony, and cable television services in Canberra and a subset of these services in Queanbeyan and throughout South-east NSW. The company is part-owned by ActewAGL (the main energy and water utility... Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) is a form of DSL, a data communications technology that enables faster data transmission over copper telephone lines than a conventional voiceband modem can provide. ... Siemens DSLAM SURPASS hiX 5625 A Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) allows telephone lines to make faster connections to the Internet. ...


Outsourcing

Since 2005, Optus has outsourced some customer service functions to Convergys, with the outsourcer providing 800 staff operating offshore in India, supplementing Optus' 3,000-plus onshore call centre staff. [22] Outsourcing became part of the business lexicon during the 1980s and refers to the delegation of non-core operations from internal production to an external entity specializing in the management of that operation. ... // (also known as Client Service) is the provision of service to customers before, during and after a purchase. ... Convergys (NYSE: CVG) is a multi-national corporation that provides management consulting services, outsourced billing, customer care and employee care, and transaction management software. ... Offshore may refer to oil and natural gas production at sea; see oil platform. ... A very large collections call centre in Lakeland, FL. A call centre or call center (see spelling differences) is a centralised office used for the purpose of receiving and transmitting a large volume of requests by telephone. ...


In October 2006, Optus announced that it would outsource 100 contracting jobs to a fellow SingTel subsidiary, IT company NCS, in Malaysia. [23] Singapore Telecommunications Limited SGX: T48 (commonly abbreviated as SingTel) is Singapores largest telecommunications company. ... NCS Group (known as NCS Pte Ltd or NCS, previously known as National Computer Systems) is a multinational information technology and communications engineering organisation headquartered in Singapore. ...


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