Vodafone Portgual says that it has made its first data call on 3.5G, also known as HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) as part of the testing program of this important technology.
HSDPA is a technological evolution of the 3G network that permits a considerable increase in transmission speeds. Using this new technology, it is already possible in this initial phase to achieve higher transmission speeds of up to 1.5Mbps, approximately 4 times the speed currently available on 3G (384kbps).
At the beginning of next year, Vodafone will begin to provide this technology to a limited number of users, including certain partners, customers and employees, with a view to rolling out HSDPA (3.5G) in the second half of 2006."
Posted to the site on 11th November 2005
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