Optus
Sign in to saveAlso known as SingTel Optus Pty Limited, Optus Communications Pty Limited, Cable & Wireless Optus Pty Limited, Cable & Wireless Optus Limited, SingTel Optus Limited
Singtel Optus Pty Limited is a major Australian telecommunications company headquartered in Macquarie Park, Sydney. Optus is the second-largest telecommunications company in Australia, with over 11 million customers as of 2023. Its mobile network covers 98.5% of the Australian population, with plans to cover all of Australia by 2026 through its partnership with SpaceX.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Singtel Optus Pty Limited
- Company.logo
- Optus logo.svg
- Company.image
- Optus Macquarie Park - panorama.jpg
- Company.image_size
- 250
- Company.image_caption
- Optus headquarters in Macquarie Park
- Company.type
- Subsidiary
- Company.foundation
- (as AUSSAT)
- Company.location
- Macquarie Park, New South Wales, Australia
- Company.area_served
- Australia
- Company.industry
- Telecommunications
- Company.products
- Fixed telephonyMobile telephonyInternet accessCable televisionLeased linesData transmission
- Company.parent
- Singtel
- Company.divisions
- Amaysim
- Company.revenue
- A$8.05 billion (2023)
- Company.operating_income
- A$2.09 billion (2023)
- Company.net_income
- A$286 million (2023)
- Company.num_employees
- 7,572 (2023)
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Encyclopedic overview
26 sectionsContents
- History
- AUSSAT and deregulation (1981–1990)
- Founding of Optus (1991–present)
- Products and services
- Voice
- Wireless
- Internet access
- Television
- Corporate affairs
- OptusNet
- Subsidiaries and consortiums
- Outsourcing
- Infrastructure
- Network backbone
- Customer access network
- Mobile network
- Partly owned infrastructure
- Advertising and sponsorship
- Awards
- Incidents and Controversies
- 2022 cyberattack
- 2023 nationwide outage
- 2025 emergency services outage
- See also
- References
- External links
Singtel Optus Pty Limited is a major Australian telecommunications company headquartered in Macquarie Park, Sydney. Optus is the second-largest telecommunications company in Australia, with over 11 million customers as of 2023. Its mobile network covers 98.5% of the Australian population, with plans to cover all of Australia by 2026 through its partnership with SpaceX.
It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Singaporean telecommunications company Singtel.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Optus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.