Optus has signed a five-year $15 million contract with the NSW Department of Education and Communities to provide satellite services to schools in remote areas, so that they have access to broadband.

Optus announced today it would further expand its satellite fleet providing services to Australia and New Zealand by launching the third D-series satellite. The new satellite will increase Optus’ ...

SpaceX spearheaded the launch of the Optus-X satellite from onboard a Falcon 9 rocket at 5:28 p.m. EST out of the iconic Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center. The launch came as the sun was setting, making ...

Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE:ORB – News) announced today that one of its current satellite customers, Australia’s Optus Networks, has placed a firm order for its third STAR(TM) communications ...

in brief The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has inked a $100 million deal with Optus to provide satellite services for a further eight years. The deal will see Optus continue to support ABC's ...

Rules aimed at expanding mobile coverage across the nation will be introduced into federal parliament after a number of ...

Australian telco Optus, in collaboration with SpaceX have agreed to deliver mobile connectivity using SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellation. Together, Optus and SpaceX plan to cover 100 per cent ...

Australia’s Optus satellite operator says that its orbiting craft have experienced close encounters from “unfriendly nations” and that it has had to take evasive action from the close proximity within ...

SINGAPORE, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Singapore Telecommunications Ltd signaled on Tuesday it may not be selling Optus Satellite after announcing it had concluded its strategic review of the business. The ...

Optus D1 Spacecraft Is 10th Company-Built GEO Satellite Delivered in Last Five Years; Its Launch Marks the Beginning of Busy Deployment Schedule Through 2008 (Dulles, VA 16 October 2006) – Orbital ...