Oppo has officially become the next Android brand to announce a 5G phone for 2019. At an MWC 2019 press conference, Oppo said its first 5G device will use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 chipset and X50 modem to latch onto 5G networks. Four carrier networks — Swisscom, Australia’s Telstra and Optus, and Singtel in Singapore — will sell the …
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Australia: It’s time to gird your loins for the arrival of 5G. The next generation of mobile connectivity is hitting milestone after milestone as it rolls out across the world, ready to bring super fast speeds, low ping times and ubiquitous connectivity to devices around the world. The latest milestone comes from Optus, which on Thursday announced its big plans …
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Australia is fierce about its football. A strong history of European immigration, an almost religious devotion to sport and the kind of grim determination you would only find in a country roughly 5,000 miles from anywhere, all combine to make us madly devoted to the world game and insanely proud when the national team takes the world stage. And this …
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After playback errors riddled Optus‘ World Cup streams during the opening matches, the telco said Wednesday it will simulcast all World Cup matches including the final on SBS. In addition, access to Optus Sport will be free to all Australians until Aug. 31 and customers who have already signed up for the service will be refunded. From Monday to Wednesday, Optus …
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Optus has announced that SBS will simulcast 48 hours’ worth of World Cup games on free-to-air TV while it tests its network and tries to fix problems with its app that left fans unable to stream games over the weekend. SBS will broadcast a total of six games from Monday night until Wednesday morning on its free-to-air channels — games …
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Football! Soccer! The world game! …Sport! The 2018 FIFA World Cup is upon us (in case you hadn’t heard). But whether you bleed yellow and green or just want to jump on the bandwagon, this year’s world cup isn’t just about sitting down in front of TV (however: Best TVs for watching the World Cup 2018). 2018 is the year of …
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Optus has been hit with an AU$1.5 million fine for misleading customers about the switch to the NBN, including threatening customers with disconnection if they didn’t make the switch. According to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACC), Optus misled customers into transitioning from legacy HFC networks to the NBN. This included telling them they had to choose Optus as …
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TPG wants to be Australia’s big new mobile telco, and it’s offering free unlimited data to convince you. The TPG Mobile Network will launch within months (it’s given a date of between July and December), offering the first customers to sign up unlimited data for free for six months. From then, it will charge AU$9.99 a month. TPG says this …
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Telstra and Vodafone have kicked off a competition war for the next mobile frontier: Unlimited data. On Tuesday, the telcos both announced the launch of unlimited mobile data plans, promising to kill excess data charges and let Aussies stream and post without limits. There’s just one small catch. You will be limited by speeds. Telstra’s Endless Data Plan launches on Thursday, …
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Optus has announced Tuesday it is will stream every match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup this June through July, with all Australians able to access the games, regardless of whether they’re an Optus customer. The Optus Sport app (previously only available to select Optus customers) will be the only way Australians can watch all 64 matches in the World …
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