Qualcomm, Telstra demo 1Gbps LTE in Australia with the X16 modem

The Land Down Under is getting some impressive LTE speeds - Telstra demonstrated its new gigabit network which achieved 930Mbps downlink and 127Mbps uplink speeds in a test. The test was done over a Netgear Nighthawk M1 mobile router. That router is the first to be powered by Qualcomm's X16 LTE modem. Why you should care? The Snapdragon 835 chipset has that exact same modem. No phones have it yet, but it won't be long now. Anyway, that single mobile router managed to power five Pixel XL phones in a Daydream VR headset, each streaming 360° 4K video. Simultaneously! And this was live...