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Articles tagged with: Hspa and Lte
Nearly 44 Million HSPA Connections in APEJ by Year-End
High-Speed Packet Access (hspa) technology, in both handsets and dongle form factors, has experienced strong growth in Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) in the past 18 months, with IDC forecasting 43.6 million hspa connections in the region at the end of 2009. more
Related Tags: high-speed-packet-access, bandwidth, 4g, broadband, ev-do
Network Operators to face 3G Network Capacity Crisis in 2010
Some mobile network operators are likely to face a 3G network capacity crisis as early as next year and will need to accelerate the migration towards LTE networks, concludes a study from Unwired Insight. more
Related Tags: radio-spectrum, 3g, broadband
Telecom Italia Launches 28Mbps Mobile Download Service
Telecom Italia has launched what it says is the first city-wide mobile broadband service offering peak speeds of 28 Mbps/s in download and 5.8 Mbps/s in upload. The service has launched in Milan, Italy and will be available in Rome from October. The upgrade was provided by Ericsson. more
Related Tags: telecom-italia, ericsson, mimo, hspa+, radio, Italy
LTE Becomes Real; 3G Gaining Ground
Despite the buzz about LTE, only 11% of total cellular subscriptions worldwide are 3G, according to market research and consultancy In-Stat. By 2013, the percentage will rise to 28%. Meanwhile, LTE is moving beyond talk and into real contract awards. more
Related Tags: 3g
HSPA accounts for 11.6% of PC broadband connections in Europe
According to a new research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight, hspa accounted for 11.6 percent of the total number of broadband connections in Europe at the end of 2008. The number of hspa/LTE mobile broadband subscribers (connected PCs) grew by 74 percent year-on-year in 2008 to reach 14.6 million and is forecasted to continue to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 30 percent to 70 million in 2014. more
Related Tags: mobile-broadband, berg-insight, iptv, bandwidth
AT&T Boosts 3G Data Speeds - Outlines LTE Upgrade Path
AT&T has announced plans to upgrade its 3G network, with hspa upgrades to support peak download speeds of 7.2Mbps slated to begin later this year, and completion expected in 2011. AT&T also plans to begin LTE trials in 2010, with deployment beginning in 2011. more
Next-Generation Mobile Broadband Technologies to Close the Gap With Fixed Broadband
Mobile operators are expected to fully maximise their high-speed packet access (hspa) deployments before eventually deploying 3G long-term evolution (LTE). Many operators will leapfrog from hspa to 3G LTE, as the window of opportunity for hspa Evolved is insignificant when compared to 3G LTE. more
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Latin America's WiMAX Market to Surpass $1 Billion in Revenues During 2009-2013
Signals Telecom Consulting has published a couple of reports which estimate that Latin America's WiMAX market is to to surpass US$1.04 Billion in revenues during 2009-2013. WiMAX will also account for around 1.8% of broadband connections in the region over the same time frame. more
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Telefonica Conducts 1st Tests of LTE Network in Spain
Spain's Telefónica has conducted its first tests on a live LTE network, installed at its Demonstrations Centre in Madrid. These initial real demonstrations or tests consisted of a VoIP call, and a videocall using an LTE mini-network installed by Ericsson; a video conference, and data and images downloads at speeds in excess of 140 Mbps, around 10 times those possible with current 3G networks using hspa technology. more
Related Tags: 3g, voip, tim, ericsson, hsupa, usb-modem, mobile-broadband, telefonica, netbooks, hsdpa, Spain
LTE Cannot Come Soon Enough for Some Operators
For some operators, LTE cannot come soon enough, states the latest report from Analysys Mason, which details how wireless data traffic will grow tenfold in developed markets in the period to 2015. However, there are many roads to a data-optimised RAN and LTE is only one component. more
Related Tags: mobile-data, w-cdma, cdma, ran, gsm, play, life