Verizon Wireless Expands High-Speed Data Network
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Verizon Wireless plans to expand its wireless high-speed data network into 14 additional cities, including New York and Los Angeles.
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The first generation of High Speed Packet Access mobile services increased download speeds to mobile phones. Now carriers are also launching HSPA services, also known as Turbo-3G, with faster upload speeds, making the mobile office even more of a reality.On Thursday, AT&amp;T Wireless unveiled two new LaptopConnected HSUPA (High-Speed Uplink Packet Access) data cards for its wireless broadband customers.Another carrier that has upgraded its network and recently launched a service is 3 Sweden.&quot;We are mainly talking to professional users. It&#39;s a really good service for people that need to send large files,&quot; said Camilla B&#252;low.It charges a flat monthly fee of 299 Swedish kronor ($46) for the service, aptly named Pro.AT&amp;T Wireless and 3 Sweden are not the only operators speeding up their networks. Around 50 carriers currently support HSUPA, according to the latest figures from GSM Association, a group representing network operators.&quot;Moving to HSUPA is a logical progression, and it doesn&#39;t take a substantial investment to upgrade,&quot; said David Pringle, spokesman for the GSM Association.Heavy e-mail users aren&#39;t the only ones who have a lot to gain from faster upload speeds. In a world where consumers create more of their own content and make phone calls from the PC, and where the move to delivering software as a service is gaining momentum, faster upload speeds are becoming increasingly important.&quot;We are doing a lot of work around virtual desktops, and faster network speeds in both directions would improve the mobile user experience,&quot; said Peter S&#246;derholm, field systems engineering manager at Citrix Systems Nordic.The first iteration of HSUPA supports theoretical data rates of up to 1.4Mbps. In the real world that means around 1Mbps -- three to four times faster than existing networks. Next year the speed will increase to up to 5.76Mbps, and carriers are getting ready for that too.&quot;Our network is ready for that speed, but we haven&#39;t said when we are going to upgrade,&quot; said B&#252;low.For the technology to become useful, users must have compatible modems and phones. Modems are becoming more common, but mobile phones are still scarce. HSUPA products launched at last week&#39;s Mobile World Congress included Sony Ericsson&#39;s Xperia X1 and Toshiba&#39;s Port&#233;g&#233; G810.&quot;The phones are a bit behind,&quot; B&#252;low concluded.
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The company said it has benefited from growing demand for handsets that work on the new higher-speed networks being introduced by carriers in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
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erizon Wireless said on Wednesday that it would expand its wireless high-speed data network into 14 additional cities, including New York and Los Angeles, starting on Monday.