Nokia, Vodafone Makes HSDPA Call With Commercial Hardware"

STOCKHOLM -(Dow Jones)- Finnish telecommunications equipment maker Nokia Corp. (NOK) Tuesday said that together with Vodafone PLC's (VOD) unit in Italy it has successfully made the first data connection with High Speed Downlink Packet Access using fully commercial high-speed mobile internet third-generation network equipment.

Nokia said the call obtained extremely good user data speeds of 1.5 megabytes per second, demonstrating the clear benefits that HSDPA will bring to the service experience of 3G subscribers, as well as the capabilities of the Nokia solution.

The end-to-end call took place at Vodafone Italy test facilities according to Nokia's expected HSDPA development timetable, and utilized a commercial UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network provided by Nokia as well as HSDPA-capable end-user equipment.

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Posted to the site on 9th August 2005