Optus, a privately owned company headquartered in Australia and a subsidiary of Singtel Group, was founded in 1992, employs approximately 10,550 individuals, and reported $6.1B in revenue as of 2024. Operating as one of Australia's largest telecommunications companies, Optus provides mobile, telephony, internet, satellite, entertainment, and business network services to more than 10 million customers.

2024 Revenue

Founded

1992

Headcount

10,543

Headquarters

Australia

Primary Segment

Telecoms

Ownership

Privately Owned

News Summary:

On March 17, 2026, Optus appointed Amber Scotto Di Perta, former Edelman Australia chief client officer, to a communications leadership role as associate director of media and corporate affairs. Scotto Di Perta fills the maternity position of Nicole Higgins and reports to Jane McNamara, executive general manager of external communications and stakeholder engagement. Previously, on March 16, Optus named Wajid Baryalai, a former Wipro partner, as its new head of operations for operational systems and support (OSS). This appointment is part of the carrier's ongoing efforts to insource network operations management from Nokia. Earlier, on March 12, Optus's Singaporean parent company, Singtel, expressed deep regret for a fatal triple-zero outage, which has been linked to two deaths due to emergency calls failing to connect. Singtel board director Gail Kelly apologized for the "tragic" failure while appearing at a parliamentary inquiry in Canberra, but deflected questions regarding foreign ownership of critical infrastructure.

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Optus offers 10 products in the telecoms tech and media and telecoms services industries. Optus's product portfolio comprises of enterprise and telecoms software, consumer electronics, broadcast television and radio, media and TV services and telecoms.
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Optus's revenues were over $1B in 2024. Caretta Research has split Optus's revenue into 10 different product categories, the largest of which is mobile services. For full access to Optus's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.
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Examples of Optus's suppliers include EI Towers, Magnite and Skyline Communications.

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Optus currently holds 3 broadcasting rights for sports competitions including soccer | association football.

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