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Telecommunications Telstra promises 42Mbps by 2009 as 3G revenues outstrip 2G
Telecommunications Telstra promises 42Mbps by 2009 as 3G revenues outstrip 2G | Telstra promises 42Mbps by 2009 as 3G revenues outstrip 2G |
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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Tuesday, 12 February 2008 | |
  
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Telstra's network already supports HSDPA with downstream speeds of 14.4Mbps, but there are no devices presently available to fully exploit this. The Sierra wireless ExpressCard and USB modems will manage 7.2Mbps and the Samsung SGH-A811, launched late last year, was the first in the world to support 7.2Mbps HSPDA. Telstra says there are now around 40 devices available, handsets and modems that will support this speed. The 38 percent of customers on 3G at the end of January 2008 represented 11 percentage points growth in four months and Telstra expects it to hit between 60 and 70 percent by 2010. At present, 38 percent of subscribers are on 3G. Among post-paid consumer subscribers, the proportion on 3G is already 60 percent. Trujillo said an ARPU differential of 3G subscribers over 2G subscribers has been maintained at more than $20 per month since the network launch. Data accounted for 30 percent of Telstra's mobile services revenue in the six months to December 2007, rising to 31.5 percent in the December. Telstra's non-SMS data revenues now exceed SMS revenues. In the September 2007 quarter, non-SMS data revenues grew 93.5 per cent, more than twice the industry average according to Telstra/ The percentage of Telstra's 3G post-paid subscribers using wireless broadband data cards in their laptops is 15 percent and ARPU from these customers in the September quarter was nearly $100 a month. (Telstra's December 2007 half-year figures will be released in the week beginning 18 February). At December 31, 2007, more than 70,000 3G customers were monthly subscribers to Telstra's Mobile Foxtel service with each subscriber watching about 54 minutes a month and spending almost $11 a month. Other statistics revealed by Telstra include: 45 percent of Next G subscribers using wireless data cards in their laptops bought goods, services or tickets online while 67 percent used them for online banking and bill payments; 67 percent also used them to work away from the office; 21 percent of mobile users watched entertainment over their mobiles, 30 percent made a mobile video call and 93 percent sent photos via their mobile. |
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