OPTUS will share the remainder of the World Cup broadcasts with SBS after a fortnight of streaming problems left thousands of Australian football fans seething.

The telco initially agreed to simulcast all group stage matches with SBS after its CEO conceded the magnitude of technology problems left it no choice but to share the games with the public broadcaster..

Now fans will be able to watch the remainder of the tournament for free on either SBS or Optus Sport.

Thousands of frustrated football fans were confronted with this message in the Optus Sport app. Source: Supplied

Optus CEO Allan Lew confirmed the news on Thursday afternoon.

“We had technical issues with the Optus Sport service over the first weekend of the tournament but we are confident that these issues have now been addressed,” he said.

“All of us at Optus will use what we have learned from this experience to place ourselves ahead in the delivery of content to customers via streaming to their mobile device.

“Our customers and viewers have been the priority in our decision making and that’s why we have provided several ways to watch the matches, offered refunds and introduced a range of measures to address the technical issues experienced by some Optus Sport viewers.”

Optus initially agreed to share all games for a 48-hour period with SBS from Monday to Wednesday last week after major technology failures affected delivery matches over the opening weekend.

But when those issues failed to completely resolved, the telco handed over the rest of the group round to SBS, and announced it would refund customers and offer Optus Sport for free during the World Cup.

Now SBS will continue to simulcast the tournament through til its conclusion.