TOT says 3G expansion ‘on track’ despite flooding

Australia’s second largest mobile network operator by subscribers, Optus, has announced that it has completed its first successful data connection using Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology operating over the 700MHz band. According to iTWire, trials of the technology in the digital dividend band came after Optus’ September 2011 announcement that it had been handed such spectrum in Bendigo, Victoria, where the analogue TV switch-off has already taken place. The cellco had partnered with Chinese vendor Huawei for the trials, and Gunther Ottendorfer, managing director of Optus Networks, was cited as saying that his company intends to test a range of commercially available consumer devices that operate in the 700MHz band, including smartphones, tablets and Wi-Fi hotspots [More]

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