Optus boosted by customer growth

New customers spending more on data have boosted revenue for Optus, but the telco continues to be outpaced by Telstra.

Australia’s second largest telco achieved a 6 percent rise in revenue in the three months to December, as it added 100,000 mobile customers to 8.25 million.

Data revenue rose 12 percent, as more customers moved to the company’s 4G network and new handsets, including the iPhone 6, were released.