We’re hearing from a source that Telstra have internally confirmed a late February / early march release of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE — the first 4G LTE tablet in Australia. Telstra have already confirmed that they’ve been working to launch one LTE tablet before the middle of the year, and I’ve been hearing this news constantly since August last year, however, this is the first time I’ve heard a launch time frame.

If the launch date is correct, we should be hearing official word from Telstra very, very soon — perhaps at Mobile World Congress, along with a few more devices. I’m sure they’ll make a big hoo-ha about it considering it’s the first 4G tablet in Australia.