14 DAY TRIAL // One of the Ercisson's customers, Telstra, announced recently that it switched on Australia's fastest and largest mobile broadband network - NEXT G.
NEXT G is more than 100 times bigger geographically than any other 3GSM network in Australia, delivering voice and broadband services to 98 percent of the population.
Turbo charged with High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), NEXT G is more than 50 times faster than dial-up and up to five times faster than other 3GSM networks. Telstra customers will experience network download speeds averaging 550 kbps to 1.5 Mbps, and peak network speeds of up to 3.6Mbps, increasing up to 14.4Mbps early next year.
Telstra's advanced mobile broadband network was designed and built with an evolution path to support the future technology roadmap. Ericsson expected it to reach peak network speeds of up to 40 Mbps by 2009, in line with the development of global standardization.
Telstra have created a unique 'My Place' menu to give their customers easy, 1-click access to nine services and applications that are most relevant to them. With a simple "1-touch, 1-click" customers can access FOXTEL, Sensis search, BigPond content, music, email, photos, downloads, maps and My Account information.
Customers can: watch 12 channels of FOXTEL exclusively on their NextG handset, including news, sport, wildlife documentaries, and children's programs, with more to come; access Telstra's award winning BigPond Mobile service offering entertainment, news, and exclusive content including AFL, NRL, and V8 Supercars; watch Warner Bros. classic movies and the BBC's best television programs on their PCs through the BigPond Movie Download service; download a music track to both their mobile and computer in 1-click; and benefit from Telstra's 'locate me' technology which matches their location with their information request through Sensis services such as CitySearch, WhereIs, Trading Post and Yellow Mobile.
As part of the global community of 3GSM operators, serving over two billion users, NEXT G has one of the world's best international roaming footprints. Not only can Telstra customers make voice calls on their Australian NEXT G mobile phone in more than 140 countries, but can access 3G services such as video calling and high speed data in 30 countries.
Next G customers will be able to install a Next G turbo card into their computer, providing high-speed access to the Internet for business, entertainment, or personal applications, such as browsing the web or email.
The Next G turbo card will be especially useful for business customers, permitting high speed data access across Australia and 30 countries around the world, advancing the way enterprises operate, making them more cost effective, productive and internationally competitive.
Telstra has been working with leading handset manufacturers, including Sony Ericsson, Samsung and Motorola, to produce an impressive Next G roadmap of approximately 30 devices that will be available over the next 18 months. At launch we have four mobiles (Samsung A701 and A501, ZTE F850/51 and LGTU500), one PDA (i-mate Jas Jam) and one data card (GT Max), with Motorola next month and Palm releasing soon after.
Telstra and Ericsson will continue to extend network coverage and upgrade software for faster speeds throughout next year in readiness for the closure of the CDMA network in 2008, when Next G coverage will be as good, or better than currently available with the older CDMA technology.