Qualcomm today announced that it has completed the world’s first data call using High-Speed Packet Access Plus (HSPA+) network technology. The call achieved a data transfer rate of more than 20 Mbps in 5MHz channel. HSPA+ deployment will allow network operators to double that data and triple the voice capacity of their current HSPA networks.
“Today’s call represents another milestone for Qualcomm in the evolution of the HSPA road amp,” said Alex Katouzian, vice president of product management, Qualcomm CDMA technologies. “End Users will enjoy quicker connections to the internet with HSPA+ while network operators will appreciate the opportunity to offer more services to their subscribers.”
The HSPA+ Release 7, will offer downlink data transfer rates of up to 28 Mbps and uplink rates of up to 11 Mbps. Future HSPA+ releases are expected to support downlink rates of 42-84 Mbps and uplink rates of 23 Mbps. HSPA+ is backward compatible with present HSPA networks. The operators can leverage their existing network and spectrum resources to offer next generation wireless bandwidth and performance with HSPA+ technology.
[Via PR Newswire]