[March 19, 2007] GSA Announces 100 Commercial HSDPA Networks Worldwide Tweet March 19, 2007: GSA – the Global mobile Suppliers Association, confirms that 100 HSDPA networks have commercially launched mobile broadband services in 54 countries. GSA’s latest “HSDPA Operator Commitments” survey published today, underlines the rapid market acceptance of HSDPA across the world, with commercial networks launched in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, North and South America, and Australia. Two-thirds of commercial WCDMA operators have also launched HSDPA, and 89 HSDPA networks have entered commercial service over the past 12 months. HSDPA is the first evolution of WCDMA, delivering advanced mobile multimedia services and typical user throughputs of 800 kbps to 3.0 Mbps, depending on individual networks and device capabilities. A total of 147 operators have committed to deploying HSDPA, in 67 countries. The GSA survey indicates that approaching 40 HSDPA networks support 3.6 Mbps peak data throughput (downlink direction). A growing number are delivering 7.2 Mbps peak data throughput, leveraging new higher-speed devices coming into the market. One network has been declared as “14.4 Mbps (peak) ready” while several additional networks will have this capability by end 2007. The first commercial HSUPA (uplink direction) network is launched, with several more set to follow in 2007. Mobile broadband services are commercially available on 100 HSDPA networks in the following 54 countries/territories: - Africa: Namibia, South Africa, and Tanzania - Americas: Canada, Chile, Puerto Rico and USA - APAC: Australia, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan - Europe: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Madeira, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and UK (HSDPA is commercially available in 25 of the 27 EU countries) - Middle East: Bahrain, Israel, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and UAE The number of models of HSDPA user devices is surging. GSA estimates that over 220 products have been announced, covering all market segments, with over 160 models being launched in the past 6 months alone. There is a clear trend by operators to use GSM/EDGE as part of mobile broadband services delivery for service continuity and the best experience where HSDPA is not available. The majority of HSDPA operators have deployed EDGE on their GSM/GPRS networks for lower capital expense, optimum flexibility and efficiencies. The survey shows that 75 of 147 HSDPA networks in deployment also combine with a complementary GSM/EDGE network, e.g. in rural areas. And 51 of 100 commercial HSDPA operators have also launched GSM/EDGE service. Over 75% of HSDPA user devices also support GSM/EDGE functionality. HSDPA Operator Commitments survey – March 19, 2007 is available at www.gsacom.com Supporting charts, graphs and deployment maps www.gsacom.com/news/statistics.php4 News and Updates RSS Feed http://www.gsacom.com/rss/gsanews.php4 Keep up to date with the mobile industry news on the move using your mobile phone via http://gsacom.mobi NOTES TO EDITORS GSA represents leading GSM/3G suppliers worldwide, with over 80% of GSM/3G market share globally. The member companies are Aeroflex, Agere, Broadcom (News - Alert), Business Logic Systems, CCww, Comsys Communication & Signal Processing, Ericsson, EDO-EVI, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Motorola TTPCom Product Group, Nokia, NXP Semiconductors, Openwave, Panasonic, Radixs, Siemens (News - Alert), Talking Eye, Tekelec, Telcordia, and Wavecom. For more information visit: www.gsacom.com Media enquiries to: [email protected] GSA news on your mobile phone http://gsacom.mobi High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) X High Speed Downlink Packet Access was released in 3GPP-Third Generation Partnership Project Release 5 for indoor and urban outdoor high speed data access at 10 MBPS-Mega Bits Per Second range (14.4 MB...more Third Generation (3G) X A variety of cellular phone specifications collectively known as Third Generation mobile technology. 3G networks do not operate in the same frequency spectrum as 2G. Examples of 3G wireless specs incl...more General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) X GPRS uses Radio Frequency wireless transmission between the user and the Base Transceiver (transmitter-receiver) Station to provide data transmission at speeds up to 115 KBPS-Kilo (thousands) Bits Per...more Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) X The following is an introduction to Wideband Code Division Multiple Access. WCDMA is one of the 3G wireless technologies....more [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]