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TELSTRA is hailing its latest offering as the fastest wireless gateway in
the world.

"This device is now running at 7.2 mbps (million bits per second) and that
is the quickest around," said Telstra product management executive director
Ross Fielding.

The wireless gateway enables multiple users to access the internet at the
same time, and can also be used to operate other electronic devices such as
EFTPOS machines.

However, Dr Johnson Agbinya, senior lecturer in information and
communication at the University of Technology Sydney, said in theory it was
the fastest product available.

Telstra has made a concerted effort to untangle what it says are the
complexities of many wireless internet devices, using the past six months to
put together its latest product.

And while it is the first telco to the market with the high speed gateway,
Dr Agbinya said it did not mean the product would be unique to Telstra.

"All the networks are upgrading and everybody is testing to improve the
speed of downloading," he said.

The telco giant said its wireless gateway would benefit families as well as
businesses.

"You have families that temporarily set up location in a caravan, or a
holiday rental, and they can still have broadband access with two PCs, three
PCs," Mr Fielding said.

Telstra Business Group managing director Deena Shiff joked at the launch
that her butcher had a broken EFTPOS machine and was in dire need of the new
wireless system - at "mates rates," of course.

"It will probably cost him less than what he charges me for organic meat,"
she said.

The Telstra Turbo 7 Series Wireless Gateway will be available from tomorrow,
July 25.