Telstra's 3G networks attract two million mobile subscribers

There are now more than one million Next G™ network subscribers alone since it was launched in October last year, overshadowing CDMA subscribers for the first time.

Telstra CEO, Mr Sol Trujillo, said customers had quickly realized the benefit of the internet mobile network.

"For example one Tasmanian salmon farmer, Tassal, relies on the Next G™ network to remain in touch with its staff managing the salmon out at sea and expects to see savings of more than $100,000 per year by remotely inputting data from the barge.”

Trujillo said an accounting specialist business, Bishop Collins, saves more than $500 per week by working with clients on location to access information on the spot.

“In the Abrolhos Islands off the Western Australian coast, pearl farmer and jewellery designer Jane Liddon can compete on an international basis by quickly sending large files such as photographs and designs to buyers overseas.” Trujillo said.

Entertainment features are widely used among subscribers. Figures for the second half of this year show Foxtel by Mobile Subscribers were up by 18 per cent to approximately 50,000. More than 400,000 music streams and 300,000 games were downloaded.