Speedier connections ahead for M1 HSDPA users

Juniper Foo | Jun 19, 2007

This just out. Singapore telco MobileOne (M1) is putting the speed into its HSPA (high speed packet access) wireless broadband service, thanks to an upgrade of its network by Nokia Siemens Networks.

With the accelerator needle now jumping up to 10.8Mbps, from 3.6Mbps, this means a three-fold increase in downlink capacity. More importantly to the end user, this means no faltering connections even in high load conditions and an increasing pool of consumers.

HSPA enhances mobile broadband with two key technologies: HSDPA (high speed downlink packet access) and HSUPA (high speed uplink packet access). This enables data speeds of up to 42Mbps in the downlink, and up to 11Mbps in the uplink in the future.

The upgrade is part of an agreement drawn up by both parties last year, after M1 awarded Nokia with a US$30 million contract to supply it with an HSPA network. This called for Nokia to expand M1's WCDMA 3G radio network coverage and upgrade its core network as well as provide a software upgrade. Nokia Siemens Networks later came into effect on April 1, 2007.

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