Australia’s largest mobile operator Telstra may switch to CDMA2000 1x as its 3G standard. Currently 10% of the company’s 5.9 million mobile customers are on a CDMA network, which is relatively easy to upgrade to 3G.
Telstra is currently testing the CDMA-based 3G systems. The company admits it is a real possibility that it could follow Japanese mobile company KDDI and the Korean operators in adopting the CDMA2000 1x systems.