SingTel Optus Pty Limited

Australia's #2 telecommunications carrier behind former monopoly Telstra, Optus provides telecommunications services to more than 5 million customers in the Asia Pacific region. The facilities-based carrier, a subsidiary of Singapore Telecommunications, uses a combination of fixed-line, wireless, and satellite networks to provide mobile, local access, national and international long-distance, network services, Internet access, and cable television to both business and consumer customers. Other services include computer telephony and mobile broadband access.