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Singtel Optus Pty Limited
Optus headquarters in Macquarie Park
Company type
Subsidiary
Industry
Telecommunications
Founded
1981; 43 years ago (1981) (as AUSSAT)
Headquarters
Macquarie Park, New South Wales, Australia
Area served
Australia
Key people
Paul O'Sullivan (Chairman) Michael Venter (Interim CEO)
Products
Fixed telephony Mobile telephony Internet access Cable television Leased lines Data transmission
Revenue
A$8.05 billion (2023)[1]
Operating income
A$2.09 billion (2023)[1]
Net income
A$286 million (2023)[1]
Owner
Singtel[2][3][4]
Number of employees
7,572 (2023)[5]
Divisions
Optus Sport Amaysim
Website
optus.com.au
Singtel Optus Pty Limited (commonly referred to as Optus) is an Australian telecommunications company headquartered in Macquarie Park, a suburb in the Northern Sydney region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Singaporean telecommunications company Singtel.
Optus is the second-largest telecommunications company in Australia, with over 11 million customers as of 2023.[5] Its mobile network covers 98.5% of the Australian population, with plans to cover 100% of Australia by 2025 through its partnership with SpaceX.[6]
^ abc"Optus Customer Growth and Price Discipline Underpin Positive Results" (PDF). Optus. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
^Swan, David; Keoghan, Sarah; Ireland, Olivia (8 November 2023). "'Today was a bad day': Optus CEO apologises for mass outage". The Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Entertainment. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Optus is owned by Singaporean parent company Singtel, whose executive board has been visiting Australia this week. Shares in Singtel fell by nearly 5 per cent on the Singapore Exchange on Wednesday.
^Swan, David (21 November 2023). "Optus' year from hell raises questions for parent company Singtel". The Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Entertainment. Archived from the original on 23 November 2023. Optus is fully owned by Singtel, which itself is majority owned by Temasek Holdings, the investment arm of the Singapore government, which owns 55 per cent of the company's issued share capital.
^Beckham, Jeff (26 December 2023). "65+ Inspiring Singtel Statistics and Facts in 2023". The Tech Report. Archived from the original on 26 December 2023. Optus, the second-largest telecommunications company in Australia, is 100% owned by Singtel. This acquisition has contributed substantially to Singtel's international presence.
Singtel Optus Pty Limited (commonly referred to as Optus) is an Australian telecommunications company headquartered in Macquarie Park, a suburb in the...
about how the breach happened were made; Optus presented it as a complicated attack on its systems while an Optus insider and the Australian Government said...
Optus Sport is an Australian group of sports channels, owned by Optus launched on 13 July 2016. The network was launched after Optus outbid the incumbent...
Optus Television is the cable television division of Australian telecommunications company Optus. Its immediate predecessor was Optus Vision, a joint...
The 2023 Optus outage was an unplanned outage of all Optus internet, cellular and fixed-line services in Australia first detected on 8 November 2023 at...
2010. Retrieved 26 April 2011. Emporis Buildings - Optus Centre, Melbourne SkyscraperPage.com - Optus Centre Walking Melbourne - Optus House v t e v t e...
selection. He made his debut in the twenty-nine point loss to Sydney at Optus Stadium in the opening round of the 2018 season. In round 6, 2018, Waterman...
in March 1999. 0145xxxxxx numbers are used for services utilised on the Optus network in Australia. This is predominantly used for MobileSat and Thuraya...
Optus D3 is an Australian geostationary communications satellite, which is operated by Optus and provides communications services to Australasia. D3 was...
from greater New South Wales and two from Queensland – competed for the Optus Cup Trophy. The top seven teams then played a series of knock-out finals...
2 November 2020, Amaysim entered into a share sale agreement with Optus, where Optus acquires 100% of Amaysim shares for A$250 million. It was delisted...
and also repurposing the Telstra and Optus hybrid fibre-coaxial networks. In the late 1990s, Telstra and Optus rolled-out separate cable Internet services...
broadcast the matches for Indonesia, and Astro for Malaysia. In Australia, Optus telecommunications holds exclusive rights to the Premier League, providing...
Secret Body Spray. In 2010, Rihanna featured in the Optus commercial, in conjunction with Optus supporting Rihanna's Last Girl on Earth. The same year...
sportingexcitment.com. "Optus Sport reveals diverse talent line-up for UEFA EURO 2020 and Copa America 2021 tournaments". sport.optus.com.au. "BT Sport reveals...
The 1996 ARL premiership (also known as the 1996 Optus Cup due to sponsorship from Optus) was the 89th season of professional rugby league football in...
February 14, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2024. "Optus Sport Welcomes J-League to Our 2020 Line Up". Optus Sport. Archived from the original on 26 February...
Global Information
A$8.05 billion (2023)[1]