Josh Taylor over at ZDNet has picked up on the fact that Optus has been quietly upgrading its 2G network over the past few weeks, with certain base towers in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide supporting EDGE speeds. Other towers around the country will probably need a little bit of work before the update becomes network-wide. More »
The world is in its 3G stage and moving towards 4G but there was a time when 2G, or second generation, handsets were all the rage. Back in the day, in the early days of 2000, this little black duck was carrying one of the coolest handsets on the planet – the Nokia 7110. It looked a lot like the phone Neo uses in The Matrix. Press a button and cover snapped down to reveal the keypad. More »
I must have slept through the Vodafone announcement that as part of their ongoing 3G upgrade, which should finish by the end of this month and brings 3G service to 94 per cent of the population, they were also boosting their 2G network. But boosting it they are! More »
