Explore the insightful blog posts from Andrew Sheridan at Optus.

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Protecting our customers from SIM swap scams

14 February 2023

Scams cost Australian consumers, businesses, and the national economy hundreds of millions of dollars each year and can cau...

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Regional businesses set to be smacked by TPG/Telstra deal

15 July 2022

Optus has expressed concerns about Telstra/TPG’s proposed regional network sharing agreement, which we believe is anti-comp...

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Battling the Telecommunications Giant

4 July 2022

Around the world, in the telecommunications industry, sharing arrangements are common, but regulators baulk at deals that p...

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Optus’ fight against fraud

7 June 2022

Fraudsters are a telco-wide – and global – concern. The Australian Cyber Security Centre, leading the Australian government...

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Optus applauds call for USO transparency

14 October 2021

Late last week, Government called for increased transparency in the delivery of the Universal Service Obligation (USO). Aw...

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Defining moment: Our upcoming lowband spectrum auction

19 July 2021

Defining moments come in many forms, and our Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts, the Ho...

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We are increasing the cost of some of our nbn plans. Here’s why.

24 May 2021

For some customers who are on our older nbn pricing plans, we’ve announced price increases. We regret doing this, but we ha...

Optus: Protecting Australians when they need it the most

Optus: Protecting Australians when they need it the most

4 February 2021

Fires and floods have wreaked havoc on Australian communities. In the last 20 years, natural disasters have taken more than...

The digital economy’s critical moment

The digital economy’s critical moment

4 February 2021

Government has dubbed 2021 “The Year of 5G”, and two of 5G’s most critical milestones will be the two spectrum auctions the...