Cingular HSDPA to Support Dell Notebooks
March 29th, 2006
Dell Computer is now offering Cingular’s BroadbandConnect service on the new Latitude D620 and D820 notebooks. The new Dell Latitude D620 and D820 notebooks can be configured with Cingular’s UMTS/HSPDA-based 3G technology onboard, giving customers global wireless data capabilities from day one. In the U.S., Latitude users now have mobile broadband access in all BroadbandConnect markets launched by Cingular in 2005 — and in most major markets by the end of this year — with seamless high-speed EDGE network coverage outside those areas in 13,000 cities and towns. Overseas, they can use their Latitude notebooks wirelessly in conjunction with EDGE or GPRS data service in more than 100 countries worldwide.
The new Dell Latitude notebooks configured with Cingular’s BroadbandConnect service represent a complete, self-contained package — a fantastic new computing device with unparalleled global wireless capabilities built-in. This simplifies the wireless experience for business users by making it seamless. There’s no longer any need to purchase and bring along a separate wireless card or search for a WiFi hot-spot when traveling domestically or abroad.
Cingular’s BroadbandConnect service uses UMTS/HSDPA technology; it provides average download speeds between 400-700 kilobits per second (kbps), with bursts to more than one megabit per second (mbps). Cingular’s EDGE network, the largest national high-speed wireless data network in the U.S., provides average download speeds of up to 135kbps.
BroadbandConnect is available today in 16 U.S. markets covering 52 cities. Markets include Austin (TX), Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Portland (OR.), Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose (CA.), Seattle, Tacoma and Washington, D.C. It is expected to be online in most major markets in the U.S. by the end of this year.
