Ericsson has delivered to Australian telecoms company Telstra what it said is the mobile industry's first 3G Direct Tunnel feature to increase packet data network capacity.

As part of its mobile packet core network, the technology has been activated in Telstra's 3G network to offer increased capacity to support the fast growth of mobile broadband traffic.

Mike Wright, executive director for wireless at Telstra, said: "The feature enables Telstra to evolve its network to a flat all-IP architecture that allows for network expansion at lowered costs."

The 3G Direct Tunnel has been standardized by 3GPP, the mobile network standards body, with Ericsson the first vendor to deliver it to an operator.

Source:Computer Business