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Sure, having an HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) 3G network is nice and all, but only being able to pull down super-fast data just feels a little lop-sided. A real complete 3G network needs to serve up data on HSDPA as well as HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access) protocols. It seems the Brits got it right on this one. According to SMS Text News, UK GSM carriers Vodafone, 3, and T-mobile have confirmed plans to complement their HSDPA 3G networks with HSUPA, by year end. Orange also has plans to roll out their own HSUPA network in 2008. O2 is the only UK carrier with no HSPA aspirations.
We gotta hand it to those Brits, they may drive on the wrong side of the road, but they make up for it with high-speed data on both sides of the stream. All while Americans are hurting for a reliable, widespread HSDPA network. We need 4G!
[Via: All About Symbian]
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
