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Poland, a country that has been battling with Russia for years now over who invented the delicious beverage known as Vodka, achieved a world first today. Sferia, a local operator, in conjunction with Chinese infrastructure equipment supplier Huawei launched the first HSPA+ network to operate on the 900 MHz band. While Europe has been known for deploying 3G and 3.5G networks on the 2100 MHz band, the 900 MHz band holds two key advantages: fewer cell towers are required to cover a given area, therefore reducing an operator’s operating expenses, and 900 MHz waves penetrate buildings better, which give customers better signal. Each user connected to the new HSPA+ network will be capable of downloading at a theoretical rate of 21.6 Megabits per second, and each tower should be able to supply around 60 Megabits per second thanks to Huawei’s nifty pure IP based backhaul.
[Via: Cellular News]
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
