Over 100 HSDPA Deployments

The number of HSDPA networks planned, in deployment or launched has reached 108 in 51 countries, according to new survey data released by GSA - the Global mobile Suppliers Association. The GSA survey confirms 45 commercial HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access - the first evolution of WCDMA) networks have launched worldwide, representing growth of 150% over the past three months.

HSDPA networks are commercially launched in 33 countries/territories, in the Americas (USA), APAC (Hong Kong, Malaysia, The Philippines, South Korea), Europe (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Isle of Man, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Madeira, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, UK) and the Middle East & Africa (Bahrain, Israel, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, UAE).

GSA has also raised its prediction for the number of commercial HSDPA networks by end 2006 to reach 80.

HSDPA rollout has been strongly evident in Europe, with 15 of the EU25 countries now delivering commercial HSDPA services, and network deployments planned or underway in a further 7 countries."

Posted to the site on 26th July 2006