"We expect around half a dozen LTE devices to be made available in Australia by the end of June 2012."

According to Telsyte, Telstra currently promotes five LTE devices on its network, including two smartphones, a media tablet and two mobile broadband devices. Another one to two mobile broadband devices will be launched by Optus in the next two months when the Optus LTE network goes live.

This week Telstra announced plans to expand its in Newcastle. Broadmeadow, Callaghan, Georgetown, Jesmond, Kotara East, Lambton, Mayfield, Mayfield West, Waratah and Waratah West will all be upgraded to 4G coverage.

However, the move to 4G will be slower than the move to 3G services as only two out of three carriers in Australia are currently planning to deploy LTE networks.

"Carriers are also unlikely to access to the 700MHz spectrum until 2015 which could further slow uptake," Lee said.