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TELSTRA will formally launch its new 2.4 Mbps EVDO 3G mobile network tomorrow, becoming in the process one of the few telcos in the world planning multiple 3G networks running on different standards.
In addition to its mainstream role of providing high speed mobile data to Telstra's corporate customers, Telstra is also eyeing the EVDO (Evolution Data Optimised) network as a possible means of getting broadband internet to customers beyond the reach of its DSL-equipped exchanges.
The EVDO network, dubbed by Telstra as Mobile Broadband, is an upgrade to the existing CDMA 1xRTT service, and is already up and running, with initial coverage concentrating on metropolitan areas and larger regional centres.
EVDO is a data-only network, with users continuing to use the wide-ranging CDMA network for voice. Telstra is also promising a "seamless hand over" between EVDO and the existing CDMA 1xRTT data network, which is scheduled to have the same 98 per cent of population coverage as CDMA by the end of the year.
Telstra had spent around $50 million upgrading its CDMA network to the EVDO standard. "We can get quite substantial coverage around the country for a couple of times that," Telstra director of mobile sales and solutions Murray Bergin said.
"We really are a shareholder with the same rights as any other shareholder," Ms Kelly said.
"At the end of the day (separation) is a board decision.
"I think that really crystallises the dilemma that the government has as it is both an owner and a regulator ... we are in this invidious situation until the sale."
However, telecommunications analyst Paul Budde pointed out that the Telstra board was unlikely to decide to separate the company itself.
"It's a way to print money. They are not going to throw that away," Mr Budde told the conference.
The federal government has committed to selling its 51.05 per cent stake in Telstra now that it has gained control of both houses of parliament.
However, it has said it will not do so until regional services are up to scratch.
 News source: Australian IT
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