EDITOR'S NOTE

Good afternoon,

It was probably one of the worst-kept secrets of Mobile World Congress that Telstra would make an announcement about its 21Mbps Next G upgrade.

The network has been running in some capacity since December but today is the first time a modem/card has been available to let customers take advantage of the speed increase.

You'll find two stories below - one from our MWC correspondent Brett Winterford and a second one from the local launch that confirms Telstra is doing more than eyeing 42Mbps enhancements.

-- Ry Crozier

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Brett Winterford | February 17, 2009

Telstra is set to release what it claims is the world's fastest mobile broadband service - shipping a new mobile modem theoretically capable of speeds nearing 21Mbps on February 23.

By Ry Crozier | February 17, 2009

Telstra is already priming parts of its Next G network to run at 42Mbps by year end and said it will be right there with Ericsson as they push on to future high speed configurations.

By Daniel Robinson | February 17, 2009

Veeam Software has released version 3.0 of its Veeam Backup for VMware-based infrastructure, adding a number of features including full support for VMware's ESXi bare-metal hypervisor and file-level recovery for Linux virtual machines.

By Brett Winterford | February 17, 2009

Microsoft and Nokia independently announced new mobile application stores at Mobile World Congress today in an attempt to mirror the success Apple enjoys with its iPhone app store.

By Phil Muncaster | February 17, 2009

Nearly three-quarters of mobile Internet users access the web from home, and demand for mobile commerce and mobile banking services is growing sharply, according to research released today by BuzzCity.

By Shaun Nichols | February 17, 2009

Apple has posted three updates for Mac OS X, two for Java and one for the Windows version of its Safari web browser.

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