Australian incumbent Telstra will finally launch its 3G network early next month, nearly nine months after signing a 3G network sharing agreement with Hutchison. It should be real 3G too, not some of the dodgy claims they’ve used in the past…(interestingly, they’ve stopped using phrases like 3G…)
The higher-speed network will allow Telstra to make better use of its i-Mode service, which it is refusing to talk about except to say that it is “on track to meet targets set by DoCoMo to guarantee exclusivity”, despite reports of problems.
Telstra also claimed it “drew 15 per cent of its mobile revenue from non-SMS data services and that it had 1 million customers using mobile data services”, which are reasonably respectable numbers.
“Telstra refused to comment specifically on the revenue generated by its current data services, but said its results at least matched the $16 per subscriber announced by rival Hutchison in its results this week.”
It will be interesting to see whether the launch of 3G will improve the usage of Telstra’s much maligned content offerings…
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