The network used WiMAX and LTE hardware from Chinese vendor, Huawei. Vividwireless plans to switch on its TD-LTE network by the end of the year.

Subsequently, Telstra and Optus both began running trials in LTE technology. Both companies are focused on using FD-LTE.

At the time of vividwireless' network launch, there were still questions about whether WiMAX and LTE were actually considered to be truly '4G'. After all, up until December 2010, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) which helps establish standards for telco technologies, still considered LTE and WiMAX to be encompassed under 3G.

Nonetheless, vividwireless stuck to its guns and a year later it announced the expansion of its 4G network to Adelaide, Brisbane and Canberra in March. By that time, the ITU had decided to include LTE, WiMAX and even HSPA+ under the 4G umbrella.