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Displaying items by tag: Next G

Retail customers are set to reap the benefit of Telstra's mobile broadband speed boost with the Next G Turbo 21 modem reaching the company's stores and dealers.

Published in Home Tech
Thursday, 12 March 2009 16:03

Nokia N85 joins Telstra's Next G brigade

Although 2100MHz 3.5G networks have the widest range of 3G handsets available for it, the 850MHz network (as used by Telstra, AT&T, Rogers and others) still has all the major players making top models working on the frequency, with the N85 (arguably better than the N96) now joining the line-up.

Published in Strategy
A media and analyst briefing for Telstra’s 100Mbps cable announcement has elicited a few answers to pressing questions.

Published in Strategy
Australia can expect an annual productivity dividend of $7.4 billion from mobile broadband, or the equivalent of $250 for every household, according to a market study released by Telstra.
Published in Market
Dr Paul Patterson of Concept Economics, under commission from Telstra, has estimated that use of mobile broadband services by business and government could produce an annual productivity dividend to the Australian economy of $7.4b

Published in Market
Wednesday, 04 March 2009 05:46

Helstra? Smelstra? No, it's Telstra, brand No.1

Australia's very own 800-pound (362kg) gorilla, Telstra, has once again achieved the top spot in Australian brands according global branding powerhouse “Interbrand” - but is being the "No.1 brand" enough?

Published in Strategy
Victoria's Department of Transport has contracted Nokia Siemens Networks and Siemens Mobility to supply a $150m GSM-R communications system for its urban rail network to support voice and data communication between train drivers and ground-based operational staff.

Published in Networking
Communications minister Stephen Conroy has announced a new provider application round under the Australian Broadband Guarantee, and has told people affected by the Victorian fires and Queensland floods that the may be eligible for an ABG subsidised service.

Published in Market
Wednesday, 18 February 2009 13:59

Some answers to Telstra 21Mbps Next G questions

In an article written before Telstra’s press conference heralding the upgrade of its Next G network to “peak speeds” of 21Mbps, I posed some questions that have now been answered.

Published in Market
Telstra has made it into the Guinness Book of World Records by being the first carrier to launch HSPA+ wireless broadband services at a maximum throughput of 21Mbps, but it achieved this by, unusually, pulling together all the key technology suppliers, including Qualcomm, maker of the HSPA+ device chips.

Published in Market
In what has been no secret whatsoever, Telstra’s 21Mbps Next G wireless broadband network running on the 850MHz frequency has been big news at the Mobile World Congress at Barcelona, but what are the real speeds, as opposed to the “peak speeds” of 21Mbps?

Published in Market
Ahead of today's scheduled Australian launch, Telstra yesterday announced its world first 21Mbps mobile broadband service at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. In making the announcement, Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo shared the stage with the bosses of some of the world's telecoms heavyweights.

Published in Market
Friday, 13 February 2009 04:00

Sierra's 21Mbps modems for Next G coming soon

Sierra Wireless has launched what it claims is the  first mobile broadband USB modems for HSPA+ networks, capable of supporting peak download speeds of 21Mbps and uplink at 5.76Mbps.

Published in Market
Thursday, 22 January 2009 10:23

Telstra & HTC launch HTC HD with 'biggest screen'

HTC has launched the new HTC HD touchscreen Windows Mobil smartphone in Australia, exclusive to Next G until 30 April touting it has having the biggest screen of any similar device on the market.

Late last week, an article carrying Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo's byline ran in the US periodical BusinessWeek. Reader reactions have been as interesting as the article itself.

Published in Core Dump
The announcement by the Government that Optus 3G now qualifies as a metro-comparable broadband service has eroded the addressable market for satellite service providers tapping into Australian Broadband Guarantee funding. Now they could soon be facing competition from Next G which claims coverage of 99 percent of the population.

Published in Strategy
Despite the “economic crisis” that is seeing cutbacks on discretionary spending, Telstra insists mobile phones are “still an essential part of the back to school list” and has some “top tips” on managing your children’s mobile spend.

Published in Strategy
Statements made yesterday by Telstra CEO Sol Trujilo suggest the company could sacrifice swathes of its copper network to stave off competition from the successful National Broadband Network.

Published in Strategy
As 2008 ends and 2009 begins, Australians will go text message crazy sending each other such a frenzy of celebratory SMS messages that phones will likely be going "beep beep" even faster than the Road Runner!

Published in Strategy
Wednesday, 24 December 2008 13:46

Next G Rush-es to walk... er... work on water

Telstra is providing Next G wireless broadband coverage to the 45-foot “Rush” yacht in the Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, with its skipper expressing surprise that the Next G signal worked 60kms off shore (45 nautical miles) in a 2007 test, with the 2008 setup having better equipment and hopefully giving a “competitive advantage”.

Published in Strategy

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