Telecoms operator O2 has announced the successful completion of the UK's first 4G mobile internet trial.

The company said a cell peak downlink rate of 150Mbps was achieved in the Berkshire town of Slough, where the test was held over the weekend.

The new technology is capable of achieving speeds up to 20 times faster than current mobile internet technology. This will allow for improved browsing and greater use of bandwidth-hungry services such as high definition video streaming, mobile gaming, high-speed file transfer and video conferencing.

China-based network solutions firm Huawei was brought in by O2 for the Slough test to install the necessary components in half-a-dozen mobile phone masts across the town, which made up a Long Term Evolution (LTE) 4G network.

Pablo Chen, account manager at Huawei, said: “Huawei is very keen to be involved with the Telefónica O2 UK trials for LTE/SAE technology. We have demonstrated our state-of-the-art mobile technologies and capability to deliver on our promise. These trials will give an excellent reference to Telefónica O2 for the evaluation of LTE technology.”

Huawei is involved with 25 similar networks across Europe, North Amercia, the Asia Pacific region and the Middle East. It is also behind a 4G network in Norway, which along with a second network in Sweden, looks set to go live early next year.

The move would see users in the Scandinavian countries become the first to get access to a 4G mobile internet connection. According to a report by the BBC, mobile phone provider TeliaSonera said work installing the networks in Oslo and Stockholm has now finished, and the company is currently looking for customers to pilot the network during the first quarter of 2010.