Telstra has announced this morning that it has switched on its first 4G mobile base stations in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. Yay for faster internets!
The LTE service is still expected to go live later this year – you can’t actually go out and get on the network today, unfortunately. But it is an important first step for the next gen mobile technology.
According to Mike Wright, executive director Telstra Networks & Access Technologies in a statement:
“Ultimately, LTE will also provide faster data speeds, high quality video conferencing and faster response times for customers using mobile applications and the internet on this network. However, the biggest benefit it will bring is additional capacity, meaning more customers can do more things on the network at the same time.”
At the end of the year we’ll start seeing dual mode LTE/HSPA+ mobile broadband devices from Sierra Wireless that will allow customers to connect to both the NextG and the new LTE network. Until then though, we’ll just have to settle with the knowledge that faster mobile internet is coming soon. Ish.
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Harvz
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 12:07 PM“Telstra has announced this morning that it has switched on its first 4G mobile base”
please please please dont start call LTE 4g like they do in america
taken from
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2011/02/lifehacker-101-explains-lte-and-4g-for-beginners/
“Technically speaking, LTE itself isn’t a 4G standard”
Andy
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 12:15 AMAnd it all started with Nick…
kmeister
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 12:12 PMTelstra, the biggest mistake by the government ever!
dave
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 1:32 PMIndeed, Telstra should not have been sold off, but oh well, at least the share price is rising fast! :)
Gabriel
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 1:41 PMExciting stuff. Wish there was some competition to bring prices down
moloko
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 7:55 PMIts Telstra, the prices won’t go down LOL