august 2000 headquarters sydney new south wales australia key people ryan stokes chairman martin mercer ceo products wireless broadband number of employees 97 parent optus website unwired unwired modem unwired australia pty ltd was an australian company dedicated to fixed wireless telecommunications network offering carrier grade internet services . they provided coverage in melbourne and sydney . as of 8 march 2010 update unwired had 52 320 customers and 97 employees . the technology used by unwired was provided by american manufacturer navini networks 1 and venturi wireless solutions . unwired utilised a wireless network similar to wimax using base towers that broadcast a microwave signal offering speeds of up to 1024kbit s. the unwired network was the first data only network providing internet services in australia . unwired customers used external modems to connect to the wireless network . unwired technology was portable but not mobile the technology does not operate well while the receiver was in motion . the network operated at 3.5 ghz within a spectrum exclusively reserved for use by unwired . unwired offered free technical support 7 days a week plus public holidays . optus bought out unwired and shut down the unwired network at midnight on 28 february 2013 . contents 1 corporate acquisitions 2 closure 3 see also 4 references 5 external links corporate acquisitions edit the seven network limited s subsidiary network holdings acquired unwired in 2008 2 for a reported 127 million . seven network limited owns 50 % of the seven media group which owns the seven network . at this time unwired ceo david spence left the company . unwired was later consolidated into seven s wireless broadband division vividwireless which was based in perth . australia s second largest telecommunications company optus announced in february 2012 that it would buy vividwireless from its parent seven group for a total cost of 230 million . optus said this would create a new 4g mobile broadband network in australia . 3 4 closure edit optus shut down the unwired network at midnight on 28 february 2013 so that the spectrum can be used for its 4g network . subscribers had to migrate to another internet service provider . 4 5 prepaid subscribers were given a refunds on remaining credit and pro rated refunds on unused data . 6 vividwireless now provides a 4g branded wireless network that also prioritises data . see also edit iburst austar unwired alliance venturi transport protocol exetel references edit attractions of testbed oz . pba . archived from the original on 21 august 2006 . seven network limited annual report 2008 archived 5 february 2009 at the wayback machine . optus buys vividwireless for 230million . delimiter.com.au . 20 february 2012 . retrieved 11 december 2012 . a b taylor josh 20 february 2012 . optus buys vividwireless for its spectrum . www.zdnet.com.au . retrieved 11 december 2012 . o shea dan 7 november 2012 . australia s optus to shutter unwired wimax network in 2013 . fiercebroadbandwireless.com . retrieved 11 december 2012 . unwired . network closure faqs . retrieved 8 may 2013 . external links edit unwired homepage unwired message board this article about a telecommunications company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title unwired & oldid 738297081 categories telecommunications companies of australiacompanies based in sydneytelecommunications company stubshidden categories articles with wayback machine linksuse dmy dates from march 2012use australian english from march 2012all wikipedia articles written in australian englisharticles containing potentially dated statements from march 2010all articles containing potentially dated statementsall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 september 2016 at 02 45 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view