Australian Optus to Qualcomm to buy 8 cities 3G Wireless spectrum

C114 Beijing time February 6 morning News (SHANGMU) According to foreign media reports, Australia's second-largest mobile operator Optus announced the signing of a deal with Qualcomm, will be in Australia's major cities to acquire 2100MHz band 10MHz on the spectrum, but did not disclose financial details.　　If a plan to buy the spectrum from a Qualcomm local subsidiary is approved, Optus's wireless spectrum in urban areas will double. The transaction is subject to approval by the Australian Foreign Investment Review Board (Foreign investment Review Board, FIRB) and by the Australian Competition and Consumer Council (Australian Competition and Consumer　　COMMISSION,ACCC).　　Optus said the deal would double its 3G (2100MHz) spectrum in 8 major cities, from 10MHz to 20MHz. Andrew Buay, general manager of Optus products and distribution, said Optus would use additional spectrum to "support the increasing demand for data services from retail and wholesale customers to Optus." Andrew Boue According to C114, Optus is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore Telecom (SingTel) in Australia and the biggest challenger to the telecommunications market in Australia (Telstra). As of last year, the total number of users in the third quarter exceeded 8.2 million. With the combination of smartphones, including iphone, and popular services such as "Timeless" and "Accessibility value packs" and a wide range of value-added mobile phones, 3G users have reached 3.08 million in the third quarter (http://www.c114.net　　/news/116/a458010.html). To contain a strong net gain for 3G users in Optus, Australia Telecom has revised its 3.5G "Next G" brand mobile broadband service price system in January this year, effective January 18. For example, the 59.95 Australian dollar package to reduce the price to 20 Australian dollars (RMB 126 yuan), the package monthly data flow of 1GB, and exempt from excess traffic costs.