Optus makes mobile social networking easier with Myriad's Xumii

Optus has launched what it says is Australia's first mobile operator application developer portal, Optus Partner Connect, designed to give developers the opportunity to showcase and sell their applications direct to the Optus mobile customer base.

Optus last month became the first mobile operator in Australia to offer femtocells as a full commercial product. Optus promoting them as solution for Optus mobile customers with poor coverage in their homes.

I've only been using wifi ever since I got my phone (I changed my settings from 3G to wifi only). I bought it unlocked and switched the network from Vodafone to Optus. I've just switched recently to the new Optus Prepaid Social plan, which gives me unlimited access to social networking, but now my internet isn't working at all.

Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: Core DumpMobile carriers have made a big deal about offering unmetered access to social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, but that seems to be going the way of the 'unlimited' downloads offered by Optus when it launched its Optus@Home cable internet service.

Although Optus once had its own pay TV service called Optus Vision, Optus’ vision for a pay TV seemed to go blind once it was all subsumed into Foxtel, but now a report says Optus is preparing a Telstra-like T-Box of its own.

Figures released by their respective parent companies show that Optus added 189,000 new mobile customers in the three months to 30 September, compared to VHA's 58,000.

Optus has launched, a number of new tools to help customers better manage their monthly mobile spend.

Optus has turned in a good result for the quarter, and for the full year, with its mobile business once again being the lead contributor.

Optus added a quarter of a million new mobile subscribers in the three months to 31 March, its strongest quarterly growth in five years.