If you’re in a 4G coverage area and you’re sporting a 4G LTE capable device, it should come as no surprise to discover that 4G devices deliver vastly better ping and download speeds than 3G devices.

West Australia – it’s one of the biggest single states on the planet, and in what will surely be welcome news for its citizens (some of whom are still annoyed at the CDMA network’s demise), Telstra has won a contract which will see the Next G network nicely expanded.

Ever since Apple launched its original iPad in 2010, Telstra customers subscribing to Mobile Foxtel on the iPhone and other smartphones have wondered when it would officially arrive on the iPad, and now, in 2012, it finally has.

Although a wired connection is almost always better than a wireless connection (with an exception or two), Australians still love wireless broadband, with the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) stating that “mobile wireless connections” are “more popular than DSL”!

Although Optus is far faster this time at getting its customers ready for a faster wireless future with its own LTE plans, Telstra is yet again on the ball and on the money with its targeted, yet still rather broad 2011 LTE launch – and boy oh boy is the service FAST!

Optus has launched, a number of new tools to help customers better manage their monthly mobile spend.

Although Telstra’s 3G (or Next G) prices are higher than its competitors, Telstra’s networks and devices are still faster than the rest, and with 4G’s “early” arrival for 2000 “CBD” business customers prior to the wider national launch, those users can now choose to go faster still!

Telstra is to launch a commercial pilot of its LTE service in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney later this month and has branded it 4G despite an edict from the ITU that LTE is not a 4G technology

Although Telstra’s Sensis division has nothing to do with HTC’s Sensation, Telstra has sensed that HTC’s dual-core Android would be a great exclusive addition to its stellar line-up of Next G capable models.

There’s no dry smartphone July for technology lovers, with Australia’s “fastest” smartphone launching on Telstra’s Next G network on July 26: the Samsung Galaxy S II.