List of HSDPA networks

A list of High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) networks worldwide.

Countries

A

Australia

Telstra has replaced their CDMA-EVDO network with a HSDPA network, known as Next G, which commenced operation on 6 October 2006. It reaches more than 99% of the Australian population and operates at 21 Mbit/s peak. It is geographically the world's largest 3G 850 MHz network, covering over 2 million square kilometres (770,000 sq mi) of landmass. The network was built in 10 months by utilising and upgrading both the existing CDMA infrastructure, and rolling out many new cellular sites and associated transmission. In March 2009, Telstra announced the availability of their 21 Mbit/s HSDPA service with a new Sierra Wireless modem - alongside the return of their "world's fastest national mobile network" advertising campaign. Telstra began to offer DC-HSPA+ services shortly after offering peak speeds of 42 Mbit/s and this was recently upgraded in some areas to 84 Mbit/s.
Optus has deployed a nationwide HSDPA network, to compete directly with Telstra's NextG mobile service. The network covers over 97% of the Australian population^[1] with plans to reach 98% of the Australian population by 2010 to cover a total of over 1 million square kilometres of geographic area. The roll-out began in 2007, delivering services in the 2100 MHz - and later, 900 MHz - bands. The Optus HSDPA network offered speeds of up to 7.2 Mbit/s, after the network was upgraded in 2008.^[2]^[3] 21 Mbit/s peak speeds are now available after the carriers upgrade to HSPA+ as well as the enabling of 900 MHz HSDPA/HSPA+ in metro areas to improve coverage.

C

Chile

Entel PCS introduced HSDPA in Santiago on December 13, 2006, with the commercial name "3.5G", which rapidly expanded to other cities.
Claro Chile introduced HSDPA in Santiago and several other cities on November 2007.
Movistar introduced HSDPA in all major Chilean cities on December 2007.

All of the above providers only offer services in the 850 MHz and 1900 MHz band. Phones will only use the 1700/2100(AWS) MHz band when the new Nextel and VTR Móvil operators begin their business, expected in mid-2012.

H

Hungary

Telenor Hungary launched its HSDPA service in the first half of 2007 and started to upgrade their HSDPA network in 2010 with the help of ZTE. As of December 2011 their modernised HSDPA+ network offers 21 Mbit/s on 630 settlements, with the availability of 42 Mbit/s DC-HSPA+ network in selected areas.^[4]
Vodafone Hungary launched its commercial HSDPA service on 1 June 2007 and as of October 2011 it is available for 46.6% of the country's population. There are plans to extend their coverage up to 99% of the population by the end of 2012.^[5] Vodafone Hungary's network has a theoretical maximum download speed of 21 Mbit/s, thanks to the recent upgrade.

I

Israel

Partner, the second largest Israeli GSM provider, has announced (March 8, 2006) deployment of HSDPA and will offer phones and computers with built-in HSDPA capability. According to Ynet from October 2006 Partner completed deployment of HSDPA in 70% of the populated areas.

J

Japan

NTT DOCOMO introduced HSDPA at 3.6 Mbit on August 31, 2006. 70% of the population will be covered by March 2007. . up to 7.2 Mbit on April 2008. 100% of the population covered by December 2008. Foma "High Speed" 14Mbit/s download and 5.7Mbit/s upload speeds are available in some urban areas. NTT DoCoMo is continuing to expand this Foma "High Speed" network alongside its LTE deployment.

R

Russia

MTS supports HSDPA with speeds up to 14.4 Mbit/s.^[6]

U

United Kingdom

Orange announced the initial launch of HSDPA services to the 5 top UK cities in February 2007. Orange UK has now expanded this to over 30 cities. Initially launched at 1.8 Mbit/s Orange UK has now increased this to 3.6 Mbit/s and plans an evolutionary process regarding the speeds of HSDPA services. When not in an HSDPA-enabled area Orange UK will transfer devices seamlessly to 3G, EDGE or 2G services, albeit at a slower speed and are one of the only UK network to offer such flexibility along with O2. Orange has announced that this speed will be increased to 7.2 Mbit/s in the top 30 UK cities and 14.4 Mbit/s in the top 5 cities, this will be rolled out over 18 months from June 2008.^[7]
T-Mobile UK released (on 9 May 2006) a quad band HSDPA data card for notebook computers to wirelessly access the internet through T-Mobile's HSDPA network. However, T-Mobile has come under intense criticism from potential customers due to their policy to ban the use of VoIP applications such as Skype with the data card (a policy many believe is made to protect the revenues from their mobile phone business, although T-Mobile says it is because VoIP is not quality assured and might impact other network users). Due to consumer pressure, in October 2006, T-Mobile UK unveiled new Web 'n' Walk data tariffs for their HSDPA service, eliminating VoIP use restrictions on their "Max" tariff and easing restrictions on their other data tariffs .
Vodafone launched HSDPA services during the summer of 2006. Vodafone released their HSDPA laptop data card on 22 June 2006 and have speeds of up to 7.2 Mbit/s in central London and some airports

References

↑ Singtel Optus. "Optus Mobile Network Coverage". optus.com.au. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
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↑ "Vodafone hints at multi-million euro mobile network expansion". telegeography.com. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
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↑ "Orange: The Future is now 'The Agenda'". Fierce Wireless. 2008-06-05. Retrieved 2008-08-09.