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News Release from: GSA - Global Mobile Suppliers Association
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HSPA-enabled networks expand worldwide
The GSA survey confirms that 138 HSDPA networks have commercially launched services in 66 countries.
The 3G/HSDPA Operators survey published by GSA underlines the continuing expansion of HSPA-enabled mobile broadband networks worldwide, as well as evolution of network data speeds HSDPA (high-speed downlink packet access) is the first evolution of 3G/WCDMA, delivering mobile multimedia services and typical user throughputs of 800kbps to 3.0Mbit/s, depending on individual networks and device capabilities
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 26 Jul 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The GSA survey confirms that 138 HSDPA networks have commercially launched services in 66 countries, compared to 58 commercial launches (in 37 countries) reported by GSA exactly 12 months ago.
A further 47 HSDPA networks are currently in deployment, for a total of 185 HSDPA operator commitments in 81 countries, an increase of 54% on 120 commitments a year ago.
The survey confirms that HSDPA services are now commercially available in the Americas (eight countries), Asia Pacific (12 countries), the Middle East/Africa (nine countries) and Europe (37 countries).
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HSDPA is commercially available today in 26 of the 27 countries which comprise the European Union.
While most HSDPA networks initially support 1.8Mbit/s data (peak) for a typical mobile broadband user experience of 0.8 - 1.5Mbit/s, the survey notes a strong trend of evolution in network data speed.
66 HSDPA networks with capabilities to deliver 3.6Mbit/s (peak) or greater in the downlink direction have now commercially launched, an increase of 120% on the number 6 months ago.
This includes 12 networks that have commercially launched 7.2Mbit/s (peak) services, a key step in the planned evolution to 14.4Mbit/s (peak) for many operators by the end of 2007.
High-speed uplink packet access (HSUPA) increases the uplink data throughput to typically 1.45Mbit/s (peak) initially, subsequently evolving to 5.8Mbit/s (peak).
The survey identifies 11 HSUPA networks have now commercially launched: in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Singapore, South Korea, Spain and the UK.
The majority of HSPA network operators also deploy GSM/EDGE for service continuity and the best user experience of mobile broadband services.
80 of the 138 commercially launched HSDPA operators (58%) have also commercially launched GSM/EDGE in their networks.
GSA estimates that there are over 850 million GSM, WCDMA and HSDPA subscribers in HSDPA-enabled networks worldwide.
GSA represents leading GSM/3G suppliers worldwide, with over 80% of GSM/3G market share globally.
The member companies are Aeroflex, AnyDATA, Broadcom, Business Logic Systems, Comsys Communication and Signal Processing, EDO-EVI, Ericsson, Hewlett Packard, Intel, LSI Logic, Motorola, Nokia Siemens Networks, NXP Semiconductors, Panasonic, Radixs, Talking Eye and Telcordia.
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