news Vodafone has switched on its 4G (LTE) network in Tasmania, following successful live trials in recent weeks in West Moonah, Cambridge, New Norfolk, Warrane and Hobart Airport, and has confirmed plans to expand its coverage across the state in the coming months.
In a statement issued this morning, Vodafone Chief Technology Officer, Benoit Hanssen, said customers in Tasmania now had greater choice when it came to choosing 4G networks, as his team prepared for an accelerated rollout in the coming months.
“Vodafone’s 4G network continues to expand around the country and we are pleased to announce the launch of our fast, reliable 4G network in Tasmania,” said Hanssen. “We have a long history in this state where our customer-care centre has been based for more 15 years. Late last year we also opened a second call centre in the Hobart CBD.”
“This is a launch I am especially proud of as our excellent Tassie team call me regularly to ask when we’re going to switch it on! Following our very successful testing, I am pleased to report we are offering fast, reliable 4G coverage in West Moonah, Cambridge, New Norfolk, Warrane and Hobart Airport.”
In the coming months, Vodafone will commence phase two of its rollout, adding new 4G (LTE) sites in the Hobart CBD, Bridgewater, Claremont, Howrah, Huonville, Kingston, Lauderdale, Richmond, Sandfly, Sorell, and Mt Faulkner.
Hanssen said Vodafone has focused on creating a fast, reliable network in Tasmania. “A few weeks ago we announced our first million 4G customers on our network, a major milestone less than a year after we first switched on our first 4G site. Customers are telling us they are enjoying using their devices on our newest network.”
The CTO added the challenge for all mobile telecommunications engineers was ‘future-proofing’ networks to keep up with the ever-growing demand for data.
“One of the little-discussed benefits of switching on 4G networks is that as customers with 4G devices automatically move over onto the 4G network, it means there is greater capacity on our 3G and 3G+ networks. So that means all of our customers notice the difference and are able to access faster data speeds,” said Hanssen.
Vodafone also offers a Network Guarantee, which allows customers to try out the network for 30 days. The Guarantee means if the customer isn’t satisfied with Vodafone’s 3G and 4G coverage in the first 30 days, they are free to exit the contract without penalty and only pay for what they used.
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Great news for Tasmania :) Vodafone’s 4G service is quite fast, although not yet as widespread as that of Telstra or Optus.
Your opinion/analysis isn’t quite correct Renai, Vodafone’s 4G service is far more widespread, at least in Tasmania than Optus’s, which has no 4G coverage at all in Tasmania.
Paul is correct. There is no Optus 4G in Tasmania.
Yes, there’s no Optus 4G in Tassie. Which is annoying, because I’m on Internode and ended up on this page because I was searching for info about if/when Optus would get their 4G happening here. Would be good if Renai could get some clarification for this piece on that…
its funny while all the capatals cbd had 3g it took optus 2 years for Tasmania too have same thing
same will happened to 4g in tas 2 years so that’s next year
Optus is currently trialling 4G in Hobart, North Hobart, and Howrah/Mornington.
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