THE telecommunications ombudsman has started investigating complaints about Optus's decision to introduce a clause in its mobile contracts, allowing the carrier to block access to any number it chooses.

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Optus has apologised for deactivating what is believed to be thousands of email addresses and leaving some of its oldest customers in the lurch.

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Australia's newest telecommunications satellite has successfully blasted into space on an Ariane 5 rocket.

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Optus today said it would launch a new satellite from French Guiana on August 22 and that its customer base was being boosted by iPhone and other smartphone subscriptions.

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Optus has blamed a spam attack on an email outage that occurred between late Wednesday and Thursday morning.

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OPTUS today confirmed it will launch its D3 satellite, which will be used to provide more pay-TV channels, in mid-August.

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Australian iPhone users have started downloading widely available configuration files to activate the device's tethering feature and bypass Optus' planned $10 monthly fee.

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Australia's second largest internet service provider, Optus, has agreed to take part in the Federal Government's internet filtering trial.

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Optus has thrown its weight fully behind the government's decision to change the goal posts of its National Broadband Network to fibre-to-the-home technology and to form a new majority government-owned entity to build it.

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Optus today joins iiNet and several smaller telcos in offering "naked DSL" packages that allow people to connect to ADSL broadband without paying for a fixed line.

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After several false starts, the first Google-powered mobile phone - HTC's Dream - will go on sale in Australia on Optus post-paid plans from the middle of this month.

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Mobile phone manufacturer HTC is believed to be planning an Australian launch of a mobile handset based on Google's Android platform, with Optus and possibly other carriers to support the device.

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THE Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has slapped Optus with a $110,000 fine for allegedly breaching the Spam Act.

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The Federal Opposition says it is not surprised the Government's mandatory internet filtering trial has been delayed.

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TELSTRA has snubbed the federal Government by refusing to take part in its live content filtering trial. Optus, however, has lodged an application to participate in the pilot.

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Rival contenders for the national broadband network say the Government cannot consider Telstra's proposal as it stands. The deadline for tenders to build the network closed yesterday.

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OPTUS is defying economic naysayers with an aggressive retail expansion plan to set up about 100 new stores in 24 months. Australia's second-largest telco has 170 Optus-branded "yes" shops nationwide.

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Virgin Mobile has pulled its wireless broadband service — provided via the Optus 3G mobile network — from general retailers like Dick Smith.

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Optus parent SingTel has announced that the popularity of the Apple iPhone will actually cost the carrier AU$44 million in Australia in its first quarter of sales.

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OPTUS pre-paid customers who run out of credit can obtain a $3 emergency loan by sending the telco a text message. The service, dubbed IOU Credit, is for subscribers who have less than $1.50 credit in the tank and is valid for three days.

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OPTUS has continued to struggle to maintain its 3G mobile data service with customers reporting a lengthy outage on Sydney's Northern Beaches.

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Online retailers have begun to flog HTC Google Android phones to Australian consumers, with the first copies having turned up on the Australian website of auction giant eBay site, although Australian telcos don't seem to have prepared for the imports.

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OPTUS 3G mobile customers in Adelaide and Sydney were unable to use voice services this morning after a computer failure wreaked havoc on telco's network.

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THE Terria consortium has been dealt another major blow after TPG-Soul said it was leaving the group eight days after AAPT announced a similar move.

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OPTUS has warned it will not invest in local fixed line technology if the federal Government does a "cosy deal" with Telstra on the national broadband network (NBN).

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