[opendtv] OT: HSPA clocks up 245 networks and 122m users
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:29:26 -0400
This is why I don't get the fuss and hype about LTE.
Bert
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http://www.rethink-wireless.com/?article_id=1680
HSPA clocks up 245 networks and 122m users
By CAROLINE GABRIEL
Published: 15 July, 2009
Despite the excitement about LTE, HSPA remains the workhorse for the 3G
cellcos' expansion, as highlighted by the latest research from Wireless
Intelligence. This found that there were 245 HSPA networks in commercial
service worldwide in May 2009, while a further 113 were being deployed,
trialled or planned.
Most active networks (over 70%) are still delivering only the 3.6Mbps
peak download rate, the lowest end of the HSPA performance range, and
most of the rest use 7.2Mbps, while a few carriers are introducing the
14.4Mbps peak iteration this year, and a handful, such as Vodafone
Greece and Telstra, are starting to roll out 21Mbps HSPA+ (3GPP Release
7, which uses higher modulation schemes, mainly 64QAM). Further
improvements in performance will require hardware upgrades, as HSPA+ of
28Mbps and beyond relies on MIMO and/or multiple carriers.
"Later this summer we will see the first commercial networks using MIMO
supporting 28Mbps, and that will be followed quickly by the first
networks supporting 42Mbps, using multicarrier as described in Release 8
of 3GPP," Ericsson's product manager Hans Beijner told telecoms.com.
"Next year we will see further enhancements to HSPA, utilizing
multicarrier with MIMO and 64QAM modulation, which enables bit rates of
84Mbps. This is part of Release 9 but further enhancements will come in
Release 10 where it will be possible to use MIMO and 64QAM on four
carriers, which will enable [peak] downlink bit rates of 168Mbps."
According to Wireless Intelligence, there were over 122m active HSPA
connections worldwide in May and it predicts that this figure will rise
to 149m by the end of this year, up from 59m at the end of 2008. It adds
that there are now over 1,350 HSPA enabled devices on the market from
130 suppliers.
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