Meanwhile Optus is laying the foundation for 5G by rolling out 4.5G (LTE Advanced Pro 3GPP) across Australia with their partner Huawei. First in selected capital cities and in the next twelve months reaching over 70% of the Optus network in Sydney ... ( read original story ...)
Optus demonstrates 4.5G at Macquarie Park head office
Optus is putting pressure on its competitors in the race to be the first telco with comprehensive 5G services, switching on 4.5G network services in Macquarie Park, the telco headquarters’ home suburb. Before an audience of media at the Optus Campus in ... ( read original story ...)
Optus' 4.5G Network Launched In Sydney's North-West
Optus switched on 4.5G network services in the north-western Sydney suburb of Macquarie Park today, kicking off a year-long rollout that will ultimately aim to see over 70 per cent of the Optus network reached in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and ... ( read original story ...)
Qualcomm leads 5G tech race, multi-Gbps speeds are close
Qualcomm is slowly moving its chess pieces around the 5G board, with a tease of Gigabit LTE in Sydney, Australia a couple of weeks ago - and a full detailing on 5G technology and its race to 5G leadership at Qualcomm HQ in San Diego, California. ( read original story ...)
Australia first with lightning fast Gigabit LTE cellular speeds
Australia is the first country to have ultrafast Gigabit speeds on a cellular network commercially, with Telstra and its partners launching the feature yesterday. Initially it won’t be accessible from mobile phones; you need a special Netgear Nighthawk ... ( read original story ...)
Australia switches on the first mobile gigabit LTE network in the world
Some of Australia’s biggest cities are to be the first locations in the world to get access to a gigabit LTE promising unprecedented broadband speeds, but many devices can’t even handle it yet. While we are still some time away from the first ... ( read original story ...)
Qualcomm shows off 900Mbps LTE connection in Sydney
Qualcomm invited tech media and analysts from around the globe to Sydney, Australia - which for me, was finally a tech event that didn't involve a 60-hour return trip - where they showed off the latest advancements with Gigabit LTE technology. The event ... ( read original story ...)