Singapore Operator Completes HSUPA Upgrade

Huawei says that it has successfully deployed Asia Pacific's first HSUPA commercial network for Singapore's StarHub. Awarded to Huawei in February this year, the expansion of StarHub's 3G network to HSPA involved the installation of over 1,000 Distributed Node B base stations across the island state. During the project deployment phase, Huawei engineers achieved an average about 100 Node B unit installations per week.

Said Mr David Storrie, Head of StarHub's Network and Wholesale Services, "As a strategic partner, Huawei has enabled us to deliver a customized HSPA service to our customers quickly and efficiently. We hope to continue our close relationship with Huawei as we enhance our mobile network over the years."

StarHub has also begun retailing Huawei's E270 USB 3.5G modem, which supports HSUPA/HSDPA/UMTS/EDGE/GPRS/GSMS, with downlink speed of up to 7.2 Mbps and uplink speeds of up to 1.9Mbps.

Posted to the site on 27th August 2007