Nokia and M1 successfully demo HSUPA in Singapore

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Singaporean mobile operator MobileOne (M1) have carried out the first High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) data call in Southeast Asia. The call was conducted in a test environment using a Nokia Flexi WCDMA Base Station and Nokia’s HSUPA-capable device.

The successful trial demonstrated Nokia’s end-to-end capability to support new data rates and services to be built on HSUPA. It also proved that the connection from device to the 3G network can now reach a data rate of 1.45 Mbps which is up to 4 times over existing 3G speeds. For instance, a typical 10 MB video file transfer over HSUPA network takes less than a minute to upload, as compared to a minimum of 3 minutes using today’s 3G speeds. HSUPA is thus ideal for sending large data files, such as photos and videos.

"M1 has always been keen to adopt new technologies to bring the best quality of mobile experience to our customers. Today’s trial proves our strong commitment to continuously develop our service offerings.  This has been made possible through collaboration with our supplier, Nokia," says Neil Montefiore, Chief Executive Officer of M1. "This trial has convinced us that the performance of wireless broadband based on WCDMA 3G technology is improving, and this will make it competitive against fixed broadband."

"This was Nokia’s first HSUPA data call made with the Nokia Flexi WCDMA Base Station and a Nokia device in collaboration with an operator, and the quality of the call was excellent," says Ricky Corker, Vice President, Asia Pacific, Networks, Nokia. "This trial has shown that the Nokia Flexi WCDMA Base Station is well poised to support HSUPA which will be commercially available in 2007, in line with overall evolution of the wireless broadband business based on UMTS technology."

Source: Nokia PR

This is good, this is very good. Once people start sending each other video … yea enough said. I really hope that there will be a day when I look at my current 768 kbps upload and laugh about it because right now I have the fury of a thousand gods, not to mention a small ratio

And for those who are tired of PR talk: High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) is a 3G mobile telephony protocol in the HSPA family with up-link speeds up to 5.76 Mbit/s. (Wikipedia)