Scoop Wellington has reported that Telecom is beginning trials of its  new 4G LTE  system. Scoop reports:

“Alcatel-Lucent will run the trial in the Lower Hutt area of Wellington, on the 2600MHz spectrum. The trial area includes residential and light industrial property, a section of motorway and small–to–medium enterprises, allowing Telecom to test the technology and customer experience in a variety of contexts.”

 

A rural area in Southern Hawkes Bay and part of Rotorua will also be part of other trials of the new technology.  The frequencies used tat these locations will be 700MHz (Hawkes Bay) and  1800MHz and 2600MHz in Rotorua.

For the full story, please see this link:  http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=51041