According to a new survey by GSA, the Global mobile Suppliers Association, 79 HSDPA network deployments, an increase of 60% in 5 months, are planned or in implementation in 43 countries. It means that three quarters of 105 operators who have commercially launched 3G/WCDMA services have committed to the HSDPA evolution in their networks. HSDPA is market reality today. The survey confirms that 14 networks have commercially launched HSDPA services in Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Isle of Man (UK), Israel, Kuwait, Madeira, Portugal, South Africa, and the USA.GSA earlier confirmed a rapidly expanding range and availability of HSDPA-capable user devices (PC data cards, phones, and embedded laptop modules) with 25 products supporting HSDPA out of a total of 315 WCDMA devices launched in the market.
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