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Telstra’s 42mbps mobile network

Monday, January 26th, 2009

Would you like us to find out more about Telstra’s ‘fastest mobile network in the world’?

They’re launching their NextG wirelss broadband network capable of 21mbps at Mobile World Congress, along with the first 21mbps capable devices.

There’s an opportunity for us to go along, find out more and have a chat with some of the Telstra top brass at Mobile World Congress.

If this floats your boat, please head over to the MWC PR Pitches section and give it a dig. Right now it’s only got one vote (and that’s the default one).

Otherwise we’ll watch this one from afar.

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Oz gets second 42Mbps mobile network

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

What is it about Aussies and the need for speed? A second Australian mobile operator has come out and promised a 42Mbps in the next couple of years. Hot on the heels of incumbent Telstra, Optus has now promised a super speedy mobile network by the middle of 2010.

However, neither Telstra nor Optus has discussed what new applications, if any, will debut on the super-fast network. Still, after all the slow build up in 3G speeds in Europe, it’s good to see a couple of operators not shy about promising tens of megabits.

Currently, Australia is planning a fixed fibre-to-the-node network that will get 12Mbps to 98 percent of the population in the next five years. Meanwhile, Optus is promising to get 42Mbps (admittedly maximum peak downlink) to the same coverage level in less time. This could make Australia one of the few countries where mobile network are faster than fixed in real terms. Wow.

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Telstra bids adieu to its CDMA network

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Telstra has finally received the go ahead from the Aussie government to close down its CDMA network, after three months of waiting. The telco had hoped to close it down in January of this year, after its 3G network reached the same coverage levels, but was prevented by the government.

The country’s communications minister said at the time that Telstra had problems with handheld coverage, how customers were informed about the changeover and issues with how its 3G handsets were being sold. Telstra has now satisfied the government that it’s fixed up all the issues and can shut off CDMA.

While the network was still popular with some users, notably farmers, the vast majority of users had already migrated to Telstra’s 3G network, known as Next G, so it was only a matter of time til it bit the dust. That said, the postponement of the network earlier this year threw a sour note into the relationship between the new Rudd government and Telstra – hopefully the closure will go some way to restoring their mutual appreciation.

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