Telstra today announced it had upgraded the upload speed of portions of its Next G mobile network to a theoretical 5.8Mbps, with real-world speeds likely to sit between 300Kbps and 3Mbps.
update: Mobile carrier Vodafone is expected to switch on an upgrade today to its third-generation (3G) mobile phone network that will allow significantly higher download speeds.
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