Sunday, June 22, 2008

HSPA+

From a GSMA press release, the usual stuff about 850mhz but good info about NextG trials.

"There are now more than 18 HSPA networks at 850MHz worldwide. The GSMA expects that number to continue to grow as operators in the Americas look to upgrade their GSM networks operating at that frequency. According to Wireless Intelligence, there are now 309 million GSM connections at 850MHz worldwide. "Using the 850 MHz spectrum band, Telstra rapidly deployed a highly advanced nationwide mobile broadband network - the Telstra Next G™ network," said Mike Wright, Telstra's Executive Director of Wireless. "This week, we will commence the world's first network trial, with our partner Ericsson, of HSPA+ at 850MHz, providing speeds of 21 Mbps and beyond. We are planning to commence deployment of network download speeds of up to 21 Mbps by the end of this year."

Speed it up!