There has been a lot of media attention given to 4G and LTE in Australia lately, as these technologies hold the potential to expand the capabilities of mobile devices. For example, LTE-A is expected to offer download speeds of 1GB /second and upload speeds of 500 Mb/ second, which would open the door for streaming HD mobile movies, gaming and much more.

LTE-A stands for LTE Advanced (aka LTE Release 10), which is true 4G performance after current LTE technology, and is supposedly an easy upgrade. However, given the skewed pricing on mobile data that exists today, where 2GB per month can cost up to $30 or more, business practices and pricing models of the Australian telcos will have to change to accommodate LTE-A speeds of 1GB per second if it's ever going to take off.