The company's Network Engineering executive Channa Seneviratne said in a blog post that the telco had aimed at covering 35 cities by June.
He said users had already downloaded about 660 terabytes over the 5G network.
"This significant milestone means that more than 700 suburbs across Australia are now more than 50% covered by 5G, with some covered up to 100% ahead of schedule," Seneviratne claimed.
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But there are no real-life sites for testing this modem as mmWave will not be auctioned off until next year.
Said Seneviratne: "...we already have three test sites live on our network, [and] if you happen to live near one of these locations and own a Telstra 5G Wi-Fi Pro, you might accidentally find yourself benefitting from the next iteration of 5G before anyone else in Australia."
The cities covered by Telstra's 5G are:
Canberra ACT
Albury Wodonga NSW
Bathurst NSW
Central Coast NSW
Coffs Harbour NSW
Deniliquin NSW
Dubbo NSW
Goulburn NSW
Grafton NSW
Griffith NSW
Kempsey NSW
Lithgow NSW
Maitland NSW
Murwillumbah NSW
Newcastle NSW
Port Macquarie NSW
Portland NSW
Sydney NSW
Wagga Wagga NSW
Brisbane QLD
Bundaberg QLD
Cairns QLD
Gladstone QLD
Gold Coast QLD
Ipswich QLD
Mackay QLD
Rockhampton QLD
Toowoomba QLD
Townsville QLD
Warwick QLD
Adelaide SA
Mt Gambier SA
Hobart TAS
Launceston TAS
Ballarat VIC
Bendigo VIC
Geelong VIC
Hamilton VIC
Horsham VIC
Kyneton VIC
Melbourne VIC
Mildura VIC
Swan Hill VIC
Wallan VIC
Warrnambool VIC
Busselton WA
Perth WA
