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.
Vodafone today launched its third-generation high-speed mobile phone service, going head-to-head with competitors Hutchison, Telstra and eventually Optus.
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Vodafone today announced its third-generation (3G) network would be commercially launched in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra this October with other capital cities to follow in 2006.
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