Telstra becomes the first operator to offer 4G connection ... - ABC.es

The company, which will invest 200 million euros, has confirmed that the new service will not raise rates

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The operator Telstra has signed an agreement with Ericsson and Samsung to ensure the provision of LTE terminals, which makes the operator in the first of Spain to offer this type mobile connections.

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The company, which will invest 200 million euros, has confirmed that the actual average speed 4G connection in Spain will be from 20 to 40 megs. The launch will begin in Madrid with more than 400 base stations and will follow cities like Barcelona, ??Valencia, Seville and Malaga. Thus, Telstra expected late 2014 its 5,000 stations allow LTE, 3G and 2G.

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, and by the head of Samsung Telecommunications Spain, Celestino Garcia, mobile manufacturer to provide the new service, Efe reported.

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July 18 launch date , it is intended that the service is available before August 9.

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be ready for 4G LTE technology.

Garcia recalled that the first 4G phone that was offered class=”c3″> and since then have worked in the mass of this technology.

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1,800 megahertz (MHz) that allow speeds up to 75 megabits per second, and that in the first phase Madrid may be used through 405 base stations.

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the end of 2014 the high-speed network Telstra will cover 75 percent of the population with more than 5,000 base stations, for which it will invest 200 million euros.

Later this year the network will be available in Barcelona, ??Seville, Valencia, Zaragoza, Malaga, Cadiz, Murcia and Alicante.

In the summer of 2014 also come to Granada, Almería, Castellón, Tarragona, Tenerife, Las Palmas and Palma de Mallorca.

Finally, in the third phase, in late 2014 will extend to A Coruña, Pontevedra, Cantabria, Bilbao, San Sebastian, Burgos and Valladolid.

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and recalled that the first operator was TeliaSonera, which belongs Telstra , which launched the service in Sweden in 2009.

A total of 75 operators already have the service and there are 80 million users, with the expectation that in 2017 accounted for 1,600. The manager of Telstra insisted that the new service will not raise rates.