Optus offers personalised Optus offers personalised USB modem for football fans in South Africa for football fans in South Africa

Wireless technology company Option (Euronext: OPTI | PowerRating) (Nasdaq-OTCBB:OPTI) said today that its iCON XY has been selected by Optus, an Australian integrated telecommunications provider, to launch its wireless broadband promotion for the FIFA football tournament in South Africa.

Option said that the iCON XY is a total solution with its USB modem, the packaging and its software, via uCAN Connect, being fully customisable.

The iCON XY for the football tournament is specifically designed by Option and fully customised for football fans in Australia. Mobile users get the choice between two decoration covers - one with the logo of the Football Federation Australia and one with a Socceroo, the official nickname for the Australian football team.

Users also get the option to select other personalised covers with their own pictures and designs.

Further, users can choose between three exclusive software skins for the user interface of their connection manager based on the uCAN Connect connection manager platform: Optus black, Optus Tiger design and Optus Rhino design.

Through this software users also get access to a rich selection of football and Optus services related websites. This is complemented with exclusive Optus football content on the SD card included in the package.

Internode Launches Mobile Data Service On Back Of Optus 3G

By Nick Broughall

Internode have jumped on the mobile data train by hopping into bed with Optus. Their mobile service, called NodeMobile Data, will be available from tomorrow, and uses the Optus 3G infrastructure.Pricing starts at $14.95 a month for 250MB, or you can get 3GB for $39.95 a month, which all seems to hang on the more expensive side of the mobile data spectrum (Three offers 1GB for $15 a month and Vodafone offers 5GB for $40). Downloads and uploads count towards the data consumption figure as well, so there’ll be no torrenting here, thank you very much.

Internode customers can get a free USB modem by signing up for 24 months, while non-Internodies will have to fork out $199. You can bring your own modem for a setup fee of $25 (for the SIM card).

Gus over at Lifehacker has a full rundown of the extra data charges, but suffice to say that there are more appealing mobile broadband deals on the market.

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Optus: $9.99 to use iPhone as modem

Optus today put an end to speculation over whether it would charge for tethering — a feature made available in the OS 3.0 update Apple issued today which enables the iPhone to act as a mobile modem.

The telco has opted for $9.99 per month flat fee which applies to all data packages and unlocks the tethering feature, and will only be available to post-paid customers, Optus said tdoay. For example, iPhone customers on the $59 500MB cap would pay an additional $9.99. To activate the feature, customers needed to call customer service. They won't be able to use the feature until Monday 22 June, however.

The telco has yet to announce pricing for the iPhone 3G S, which has been released in the US but is due in Australia on 26 June.

Optus has not yet posted full details about the terms and conditions but said it expected to do so via its website on Monday.

http://www.cnet.com.au/optus-9-99-to-use-iphone-as-modem-339297015.htm