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Optus releases pre-paid 4G handset, new wireless plans

4G for the masses as Singtel outpost drops prices for voice and data

Optus' capacity to dish out voice and data services over its fourth-generation network have reached the point at which it will offer a bargain-price 4G handset and newly-generous wireless broadband plans.

The handset in question is the LG Optimus F5, an Android 4.1.2 handset that will set punters back $299.

The advent of pre-paid handsets on a network is generally seen as an attempt to crack the mass market after higher-margin early adopters have done their thing. Optus' release of this handset is therefore also a sign it feels its network – and back office systems - can handle more 4G customers.

Further evidence of that confidence is on offer in the announcement of new wireless broadband plans, some 4G but all offering a new feature whereby “Customers who use more than their included data for the month are automatically given an additional 1GB of data, charged at a flat fee of $10.”

Optus' new 4G wireless broadband plans

Optus is spinning that feature as a way to avoid bill shock, along with automated alerts that prompt punters when they reach 50, 85 and 100 per cent of their download allowances. ®

Bootnote

Optus has updated the table above, as the press release from which we lifted it contained a typo in the $20 plan that said it charges 0.0020 per MB of data. The real figure is $0.020 per megabyte. And there we were saying Optus looks likes it's in a good place ...

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