Option, Nortel Achieve Speeds of 3.6 megabits with HSDPA
December 23rd, 2005
Option and Nortel have completed the industry’s first successful demonstration of live HSDPA data card calls reaching a wireless transmission rate of 3.6Mbps – faster than the majority of current broadband connections. The test calls were carried out on commercial HSDPA network equipment at Nortel’s research campus in Châteaufort, France. Currently Cingular Wireless is the only provider in the U.S. to support HSDPA technology, with a maximum speed of 1.8 Mbps. Higher speeds can be expected with devices and firmware upgrades which are still in there developmental stages.
