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Telstra and HTC launch Australia's first 4G smartphone, the Velocity

January 24, 2012

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MELBOURNE -- The next generation of mobile phone technology has arrived, with Telstra and HTC launching Australia's first 4G smartphone.

Andrew Volard, Director, Telstra Mobile, said 4G, only available on mobiles over the Telstra Mobile Network, would make the smartphone an even more inseparable part of our lives.

"The HTC Velocity 4G delivers mobile internet speeds unimaginable ten years ago. The leap to 4G means customers in Telstra 4G coverage areas can load web pages up to five times faster, video chat with fewer interruptions and use more mobile web services simultaneously.

"4G also opens the door to an exciting range of emerging smartphone applications such as cloud-hosted gaming and streaming music and video collections over the internet," Mr Volard said.

Ben Hodgson, Country Manager, HTC Australia and New Zealand said "Just about everything is instantaneous, from web browsing and streaming multimedia to rich email attachments that you no longer have to wait for. We look forward to enabling Telstra customers to be the first and fastest smartphone owners in the country."

Telstra Corp. Ltd. (ASX: TLS; NZK: TLS)

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