Comments on: iPhone Australia: Telstra Talks http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/10/31/iphone-australia-telstra-talks/ For people who dare to Phone Different. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:15:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: davidmwilliams http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/10/31/iphone-australia-telstra-talks/comment-page-1/#comment-4992 davidmwilliams Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:45:40 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/10/31/iphone-australia-telstra-talks/#comment-4992 <p>As much as I would love the iPhone to be available in Australia, I think the reality is Telstra will require a HSDPA version before they distribute it.</p> <p>Don't get me wrong: you're dead right that GSM/EDGE is well supported in Australia. However, after Telstra made the committment to their so-called NextG network (fundamentally, a 3G network which uses the 850MHz band rather than 2100MHz as used by many others) they adopted a policy of only getting NextG-compatible handsets from that point on.</p> <p>I was keen on a Nokia N95, but alas, Telstra never brought it in due to this philosophy. Of course, you could buy a Nokia N95 from other vendors and put your Telstra SIM card in and it would perfectly - but the point is Telstra do appear to have made the decision they only will be procuring new handsets if they have 3G/850MHz support.</p> As much as I would love the iPhone to be available in Australia, I think the reality is Telstra will require a HSDPA version before they distribute it.

Don’t get me wrong: you’re dead right that GSM/EDGE is well supported in Australia. However, after Telstra made the committment to their so-called NextG network (fundamentally, a 3G network which uses the 850MHz band rather than 2100MHz as used by many others) they adopted a policy of only getting NextG-compatible handsets from that point on.

I was keen on a Nokia N95, but alas, Telstra never brought it in due to this philosophy. Of course, you could buy a Nokia N95 from other vendors and put your Telstra SIM card in and it would perfectly – but the point is Telstra do appear to have made the decision they only will be procuring new handsets if they have 3G/850MHz support.

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