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<DIV><SPAN class=071280407-16022010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi
Noggers,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=071280407-16022010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I thought this
information was interesting from Telstra today.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=071280407-16022010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I have done my best
to edit the fluff out of this post.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=071280407-16022010><FONT size=2 face=Arial><STRONG>Telstra
doubles the speed of its Next G HSPA+ network</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=071280407-16022010><FONT size=2
face=Arial> Mitchell
Bingemann<BR> From: The
Australian<BR> February 16, 2010
12:00AM</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=071280407-16022010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>TELSTRA has doubled
the speed of its Next G HSPA+ network to allow theoretical maximum download
speeds of 42 megabits per second and says speeds of up to 82Mbps are now only a
year away.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=071280407-16022010><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT><FONT size=2
face=Arial></FONT><BR><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The download speed increase, from
21Mbps to 42Mbps, has been made possible by a software upgrade to Telstra's Next
G network using dual carrier technology.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The next promised speed increase to 82Mbps puts the
wireless network's theoretical speed close to the government's vow of 100Mbps on
the national broadband network.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT><BR><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>"Dual carrier is a technique where you combine two
conventional HSPA+ channels simultaneously to double the peak speed on a data
modem," Telstra executive director of wireless, Mike Wright said.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>However, although the network is capable of peak
speeds of 42Mbps, real-life speeds are likely to only hit a quarter of the<SPAN
class=071280407-16022010> </SPAN>peak rate. "Today we tell our customers to
expect between 550kbps and 8Mbps in the real world, but with this dual carrier
technology we can now double that," Mr Wright said.tner Ericsson, with Qualcomm
and Sierra Wireless joining the team to deliver a HSPA+ Dual Carrier chipset and
device.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>"While LTE remains on Telstra's technology roadmap,
there is a huge amount of potential remaining in HSPA+. We will take full
advantage of this by again doubling our peak network speeds to 84Mbps through
the implementation of HSPA+ Dual Carrier plus MIMO technology during 2011," Mr
Thodey said.</FONT></DIV>
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face=verdana>Regards, <BR> <BR> <BR><STRONG>Darren
Moss<BR></STRONG>General Manager<BR>Australia and New Zealand<BR>[p] 1300 131
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href="mailto:Darren.Moss@em3.com.au">Darren.Moss@em3.com.au</A> [w] <A
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