Vodafone Deploys HSDPA in Portugal

Vodafone Portugal says that it has begun the roll-out of HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) capability on its 3G network. At this stage, HSDPA technology access is available to a selected group of individual and business customers in Lisbon, Cascais, Funchal, Ponta Delgada and the principal urban areas of the Algarve. During the year, 3G Broadband will be progressively extended to other cities (Porto, Braga, Coimbra, Aveiro and Leiria this June) and regions of mainland Portugal and the islands, reaching the main urban areas by the end of the year.

For use of the 3G Broadband network, Vodafone will launch the Vodafone 3G Broadband Mobile Connect Card that can be used when this technology is made commercially available.

With the commercial launch of this technology, Vodafone will also introduce new price plans for Broadband usage: 1GB 3G Broadband and 4GB 3G Broadband.

Marking the occasion, Ant

Posted to the site on 13th March 2006