OPTUS OFFERS SMALL BUSINESS BUCKETS OF VALUE

Optus announced today the launch of Total Business Cap, a new range of cap plans that allow small business customers to share a set monthly value across a range of services, including mobile voice and wireless broadband.

Phil McDermott, Head of Product Marketing, Optus Small and Medium Business, said "These new cap plans offer our customers a range of benefits including controlling costs, flexible usage and best of all one bill.

"Many small business operators have fluctuating work patterns which are often reflected in fluctuating monthly bills. Total Business Caps offer true and simple value that will help our customers to control these usage patterns.

"Customers can use as much or as little of their allocated monthly buckets of value across all eligible services on their business accounts. We are also rewarding our customers for their loyalty with a bonus equipment credit to spend on a selection of handsets and devices when they sign up to an eligible 12 or 24 month plan," Mr McDermott said.

Total Business Mobile Cap will suit all levels of usage for small businesses with anywhere between two to 75 mobile users. For example, customers with two to seven users on the same account will have $1200 of included value^* for $299 per month.

This monthly value includes national voice calls and text, national video calls, national MMS, VoiceMail, PTT and 124YES(937) on the same account and the ability to add on additional value for BlackBerry usage.

These plans also offer Fleet calls where customers can take advantage of free 10 minute voice calls to other GSM mobiles on their business account 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Total Business Data Cap (TBDCAP) is Australia’s first shared wireless broadband cap and is available for customers with two to 12 users. For example, customers with two to seven data users on the same account will have 10GB worth of included data for $199 per month.

This includes internet connection by mobile as modem or Optus Wireless Broadband, Windows Email and internet browsing on the mobile handset.

Customers who sign on to a 12 or 24 month Total Business Cap plan will receive an Equipment Credit† that can be redeemed from any Optus outlet on a mobile handset and/or Optus Wireless Broadband modem (all models). The credit can be redeemed at any time during the life of the customer’s contract.

To be eligible to connect to a Total Business Data Cap‡ customers must first select a Total Business Cap mobile voice plan.

For more information on Optus SMB please visit www.optus.com.au/smb

Media contact:
Siobhan Quinn
Optus Corporate Affairs
Tel: (02) 8082 8432

* Included value excludes some services.
† If the purchase is higher than the value of the equipment credit, the additional charge will appear on the customer’s bill. Equipment Credit cannot be redeemed for cash, cheque, or used as included value on plans. Equipment Credit cannot be used to offset a cancellation fee, change of plan fee, installation fee or connection fee. Cancellation fees apply.
‡ Available to eligible customers who connect to a TBCAP plan. Any unused included data does not rollover into the next month. You must connect a minimum of 2 data services to your TBDCAP account and may connect up the maximum number of services permitted for that TBDCAP at any one time. If you do not maintain the minimum number of mobile or data services required, Optus may transfer any remaining service to another plan.