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Australian Smartphone Statistics

Over 90% of the population owns a smartphone, according to Deloitte Australia. That’s almost 24 million people! Another report says we spend an average of five hours a day on our phone. And while they let us connect to loved ones and capture memories, there’s also some downsides to our phone addiction. This includes Continue reading…

Optus Drops the Ball with CEO Kelly’s Speech

Optus CEO makes first public appearance since last year’s data breach Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin made her first public appearance in March since last year’s data breach. Recall that Optus lost over 10 million customers’ information to hackers in September of last year, leading to criticism from the government and other organizations about Continue reading…

Optus’ Amazing New AI Voice Assistant

Optus is leveraging Artificial Intelligence With the launch of ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a mainstream technology that many Australians have used. Now, AI is becoming even more mainstream with Optus’ new in-call Voice Assistant, which allows customers to vocally state their reason for calling Optus’ customer care line, and get routed to the Continue reading…

Optus Partners with Pentanet to Bring Cloud Gaming to Australia­

Optus and Pentanet bring Cloud Gaming / NVIDIA GeForce Now to Australians Optus has partnered with Pentanet Limited, an Australian internet Service Provider (ISP), to offer its customers NVIDIA GeForce NOW cloud gaming service. The popular cloud gaming service enables users to play video games in the cloud – that is, without the need to Continue reading…

Opensignal ranks Optus 5G Speeds Ahead of Telstra, Vodafone

Which telco has the fastest 5G network in Australia? Optus remains ahead of the pack regarding 5G download speeds in Australia, according to Opensignal’s latest report. Telstra takes a close second, while Vodafone ranks a distant third in 5G download speeds. Since Australia’s commercial 5G launch four years ago, Opensignal’s analysis has seen a head-to-head Continue reading…