People Telecom To Offer 3G

Written by Adam Gosling

Tuesday, 23 January 2007

People Telecom has announced it will renew its five year relationship with Optus, signing a new service provider agreement that will see the MVNO now able to offer third generation services via the Optus network. The A$21 million wholesale agreement will enable People Telecom to "continue its strong growth in the Australian corporate and wholesale mobile communications market", said the copmany. According to a company statement, the agreement is the result of "several months of negotiation" with competing providers, but the new Optus deal will allow People Teleocm to improve "its underlying operating margins". The MVNO grew its mobile telephone business by 16% to A$20.2 million in 2005/06 and today has more than 15,000 mobile subscribers. "We see ongoing growth opportunities, particularly as mobile services form an integral part of the bundled service offerings which are highly valued by our customers, particularly in the SME sector," People Telecom CEO, John Stanton. "The Australian businesses that People Telecom serves also stand to benefit from the advanced functionality and data applications available via 3G mobile services", he said. As part of the deal, People Telecom will also continue to offer wholesale services, reselling Optus network time to other MVNO's, said Stanton. "People Telecom is a long-established wholesale provider of Optus services to emerging and established service providers throughout Australia," he said, "and we see significant further growth in the wholesale channel." Optus Wholesales' David Katz, said Optus remained committed to the wholesale market as a full service telecommunications provider and that includes providing 3G services to customers in 2007. "Optus continues to work with our diverse range of partners enabling them to deliver innovative services to wholesale customers. "People Telecom have a growing customer base who are looking for new and emerging capabilities, and we look forward to continuing and strengthening our partnership with them in the years to come", he said. www.peopletelecom.com.au Related news items Tiny Rugged UMPC WIth Vista -10/10/2007 Consumers Want FMC: Companies Don't See The Benefit -02/10/2007 Nokia Buys Map Company For US$8 Billion -02/10/2007 Seven In Unwired Takeover Bid -26/09/2007 Next-Gen 3G RAZR DownUnder -24/09/2007 Newer news items Unwired Revenue Up 46% -21/02/2007 ACCC Sets Interim Mobile Prices -18/02/2007 Telstra Behind Schedule On CDMA Migration -12/02/2007 3 Hits 3.6Mbps In Sydney -31/01/2007 Optus Goes Ahead With Rural 3G -29/01/2007 Older news items Voda Survey Finds Workers Ready To Get Out -02/01/2007 3 Discounts International Calls -12/12/2006 Optus Hands Out Freebies For Confused Customers -12/12/2006 Telstra Puts BlackBerry Pearl On EDGE -06/12/2006 Motorola Uses e-Paper In Phone Display -01/12/2006 Tag This Now: