Optus customers will now be able to charge app, game and TV show purchases from Google Play directly to their monthly bill, without having to enter credit card details with every purchase. Claire ...

Optus is hoping to use the 300,000-plus customers who have downloaded and installed its OptusNow app to help gather information on the quality of its mobile network across Australia. The updated app ...

As smartphone apps such as iMessage and BlackBerry Messenger usurp the traditional role of SMS, Optus has said that by developing its own apps, the company would seek to protect itself from further ...

Optus Sidekick guarantees safety when users are alone or going out Telecommunications company Optus unveils Optus Sidekick, a new feature in the My Optus App that lets customers notify their contacts ...

Optus postpaid customers can now make contactless payments (linked to any bank account) through their Android smartphone. And thanks to Optus' new NFC SIM, they can even pay when their battery's dead.

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SICK of not having phone coverage at home or at a mate’s place? Well that problem is now a thing of the past. Optus today became the first Aussie telco to introduce Wi-Fi calling to customers, through ...

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Some Optus customers are still yet to get service on their phones or access to the internet, more than 24 hours after the telco suffered the biggest outage in Australian history. The 10 million ...