Telstra is running ahead of schedule on building out its 5G network, with the telco saying it has extended its coverage to 47 cities across Australia
and launching a mobile broadband device that could potentially compete with the National Broadband Network.to at least 35 cities by June 2020. However, Telstra’s network engineering executive Channa Seneviratne said there had been a significant push internally over the last six months to beat the original rollout target.
Telstra has already invested more than $8 billion into its mobile network and the latest update from the telco comes as it gets ready for the upcoming auction of 5G ‘millimetre wave’ spectrum, which is scheduled for early 2021. “We already have a proportion of our customers who don’t have fixed-line broadband services and have elected to use mobile broadband and people will find new ways of using mmWave services, both in a consumer and enterprise environment,” he said.
“So the factory environment can become completely wireless, and at the same time we will also use mmWave to serve consumers in hot spots like train stations, stadiums and CBDs, the spectrum is perfect for these areas of high demand,” he said.
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