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HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) is a two way, up and down, cellular data link for handsets using WCDMA, the 3G standard from 3GPP. HSPA is now used in around 100 countries and almost 300 operators. In short it’s how you get the internet over a cellular signal. The uplink is HSUPA, the downlink HSDPA. It supports data rates up to 14 Mbps from base station to phone and 5.8 Mbps the other way, achieved simply with a software upgrade on 3G. HSPA is a shared 5 MHz data channel, separated from the cellular voice signals, with clever software to optimize performance – it selects which order to serve data in because handsets closer to a base station can get data faster, using a dense modulation, so HSPA prioritizes data requests based how far away each phone is. HSPA can be improved to HSPA+ or Evolved HSPA by adding more antennas in the phone or taking signals from two base stations, and this will eventually get networks up to 84Mbpsafter which HSPA will be replaced by LTE, which treats everything as data, even voice.

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Dish and even Google linked to TMo purchase

Since AT&T's bid to acquire T-Mobile USA collapsed, it has been widely assumed that no other buyers would be forthcoming and parent Deutsche Telekom would have to find ways to make its fading US unit ...

NSN shows feature which can double HSPA+ speeds

21 February, 2012

Multiflow allows device to speak to two base stations at once, improving network efficiency and response times

Mindspeed claims first in multimode small cells

15 February, 2012

Base station SoC maker incorporates technology from its Picochip acquisition to launch 3G/LTE base station on chip

MediaTek moves upmarket with Android/HSPA chip

13 February, 2012

2G mass market player eyes sub-$200 smartphones and signs Lenovo, chasing Spreadtrum's 3G deals with Samsung

Operators race to upgrade HSPA+

7 February, 2012

World now has 62 networks supporting 42Mbps DC-HSPA+, while PCCW is first to trial the 84Mbps iteration

Free Mobile to shake up French market at last

10 January, 2012

Flat rate tariffs start as low as €2, as the new entrant keeps costs low by harnessing Wi-Fi and its fiber network

HSPA to top 300Mbps in next generation

26 October, 2011

4G Americas says 3G+ standard has long life alongside LTE, Samsung looks to multi-gigabit future

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