Since its commercial arrival on the Aussie telco scene back in 1992, Optus has maintained its position as Australia’s second-largest network operator, with Telstra consistently holding onto the number one spot in terms of number of subscribers.
A subsidiary of Singaporean telecommunications giant Singtel, Optus offers a range of mobile plans which offer big data at reasonable price points. It has both pre-paid and post-paid choices, as well as plans which include a handset.
Although Optus comes in second to Telstra with regards to its overall network coverage, the telco is still able to claim that its 3G and 4G networks reach 98.5% of the Australian population.
And while Telstra seems to have a significant lead when it comes to 5G coverage (based on nPerf’s independent coverage maps) and is claimed to now reach 85% of the Australian population, it’s worth nothing that OpenSignal has…
