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T-Mobile HSPA 7.2 Rollout Has Begun
2:43PM Rosa Golijan | At least some good news follows T-Mobile’s recent messes: reports are coming in that users in New Jersey, Chicago, Minnesota, Virginia, and some other areas are getting download speeds above 2+ Mbps, meaning that the HSPA 7.2 rollout has begun. More »
Networks
T-Mobile Project Dark Rumour Update: Financed Phones, Tiered Unlimited Plans
7:43AM Rosa Golijan | We’ve heard plenty of rumours about Project Dark lately, including new unlimited plans, 21Mbps HSPA, and new handsets. The latest rumours, courtesy of Boy Genius Report, are whispers of Rent-A-Center style, contract-free unsubsidised phone purchasing and tiered unlimited plans. More »
Networks
T-Mobile Project Dark: A Hyperfast 21Mbps 3G Rollout?
6:19AM Matt Buchanan | Boy Genius hears that T-Mobile’s Project Dark contains two things: a bunch of phones launch, like the Cliq and BlackBerry 9700, and more importantly, a “very, very rapid expansion” of T-Mobile 3G network — the 21Mbps HSPA one. More »
Networks
11:54AM Nick Broughall | Voda’s flicked the switch on their regional 3G network today, bringing the joys of faster mobile to thousands more Australians. More »
Vodafone Extends 3G Network To Most Of The Country Today
11:54AM Nick Broughall | Voda’s flicked the switch on their regional 3G network today, bringing the joys of faster mobile to thousands more Australians. More »
Networks
1:00PM Nick Broughall | You’ve got to give it to Telstra: Even though you pay for it dearly, their Next G network keeps advancing leaps and bounds beyond what any of the other networks have to offer. First there was the speed bump to 21Mbps download speeds, and now they’ve bumped up the upload speeds to 5.8Mbps. More »
Telstra Boosts Next G’s Uplink Speed To 5.8Mbps
1:00PM Nick Broughall | You’ve got to give it to Telstra: Even though you pay for it dearly, their Next G network keeps advancing leaps and bounds beyond what any of the other networks have to offer. First there was the speed bump to 21Mbps download speeds, and now they’ve bumped up the upload speeds to 5.8Mbps. More »
Business
Intel And Nokia Partner To Make Future Something-Or-Other
1:55AM Jason Chen | As reported, Intel and Nokia had a big fancy announcement to tell everyone that they’re going to be doing something together in the future—the specifics of which wasn’t important (or defined) enough to mention today. More »
Hardware
Huawei i-Mo Acts as 3G Modem and Wi-Fi Router all in One Bite-Sized Package
11:47AM Adrian Covert | Set to debut at Mobile World Conference, the Huawei i-Mo combines a 3G HSPA modem with a wi-fi router that gives your laptop mobile broadband access without having the dongle or extra wires attached. More »
Computers
Sony Vaio P Modded To Accept SIM Cards, 3G via HSDPA Connection
1:10AM John Mahoney | The Vaio P comes with EV-DO hardware, but an enterprising modder has tweaked everyone’s favourite makeup compact netbook to accept HSDPA SIM cards too, for 3G connections from AT&T. It’s not for beginners, though. More »
Hardware
Netgear Jumps in the Mobile Broadband Game With the WWAN 3G Mobile Broadband Router
5:06AM Adrian Covert | The 3G Mobile Broadband Router is Netgear’s first foray into the land of 3G sharing, and shares the connection of any compatible 3G USB dongle. More »
Networks
1:30PM Nick Broughall | Telstra’s been talking up their NextG network for some time as the world’s fastest, and for good reason. At 14.4Mbps, it currently is the world’s fastest, although there aren’t a lot of devices on the market that take advantage of that speed (most HSDPA phones and modems run at 7.2Mbps).
But, at the company’s annual Investor Day briefing today, they unveiled a new modem produced in conjunction with Qualcomm, Ericsson and Sierra Wireless, to blow the current network’s 14.4Mbps speeds out of the water. The new modem will be capable of 21Mbps, which is the speed Telstra will be taking its NextG network to early next year, with trials starting next month.
The technology, called enhanced HSPA (or eHSPA), will not only offer much faster speeds than are currently available, but will also improve network efficiency and offer increased capacity for all the consumers that will flock trickle over to NextG.
Of course, knowing Telstra, when they do launch this super-fast modem, they’ll also price it beyond the reach of us mere mortals. But still, for wireless internet that covers most of Australia and offers near ADSL2+ speeds, you’d expect to pay a premium of some kind, wouldn’t you?
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Telstra Shows Off 21Mbps eHSPA Modem On NextG Network
1:30PM Nick Broughall | Telstra’s been talking up their NextG network for some time as the world’s fastest, and for good reason. At 14.4Mbps, it currently is the world’s fastest, although there aren’t a lot of devices on the market that take advantage of that speed (most HSDPA phones and modems run at 7.2Mbps).
But, at the company’s annual Investor Day briefing today, they unveiled a new modem produced in conjunction with Qualcomm, Ericsson and Sierra Wireless, to blow the current network’s 14.4Mbps speeds out of the water. The new modem will be capable of 21Mbps, which is the speed Telstra will be taking its NextG network to early next year, with trials starting next month.
The technology, called enhanced HSPA (or eHSPA), will not only offer much faster speeds than are currently available, but will also improve network efficiency and offer increased capacity for all the consumers that will flock trickle over to NextG.
Of course, knowing Telstra, when they do launch this super-fast modem, they’ll also price it beyond the reach of us mere mortals. But still, for wireless internet that covers most of Australia and offers near ADSL2+ speeds, you’d expect to pay a premium of some kind, wouldn’t you?
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