Telco giant Optus has acquired a new regional spectrum license in order to cover more areas within regional Australia, the company announced in a statement.
It claims the areas to benefit will include Bendigo in Victoria, Bundaberg, Hervey Bay and Townsville in Queensland, Tamworth, Wagga Wagga and Port Macquarie in New South Wales.
“This is a fantastic result which enables Optus to continue to support the growing demand from our retail and business customers in regional Australia for mobile broadband and mobile data,” Optus managing director of products and delivery, Andrew Buay, said in a statement.
“Optus has traditionally been one of the most efficient users of spectrum and we plan to maximise this additional spectrum to support the future growth of 3G mobile services.”
“The release of this regional spectrum, in advance of expected new spectrum allocations in the 700MHz and 2.5GHz bands in the coming years, will help us to continue to transform the playing field in the regional communications market.”
The company is aiming to compete with Telstra in control of the regional mobile 3G market.
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