Telstra Tests 4G Mobile Phone Network in Australia
Australian mobile phone company Telstra has reported mobile download speeds of 100 Mbps over a distance of 75 Kilometers while testing its LTE 4G wireless network in Victoria. The tests are in preparation for a roll out of a full 4G mobile phone network in Australia.
Engineers from Telstra and Nokia Siemens Networks conducted the trials between Mount Hope and Mount Burrumboot in central Victoria using Nokia’s 4G LTE Flexi Multiradio Base Station and Evolved Packet Core (EPC) along with commercial 4G USB dongles from third-party vendors.
Telstra says the test will help it provide 4G mobile services for remote rural locations in Australia.
FIC 4G Tablet PC
Now that the iPad is such a success we’re starting to see other manufacturers appears with their take on the tablet PC. Some of them even have tablets that can connect to 4G mobile phone networks.
One such 4G device is the FIC Slate PC a tablet PC that’s designed – unlike the iPad – to connect directly to 4G mobile networks.
The 4G connectivity of the PIC Slate PC is made possible by its integration of the industry leading Beceem BCSM250 4G-WiMAX single-chip solution and FIC is expected to release other 4G tablet PCs soon.