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3G iPhone 42Mbps HSPA+?

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number9

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Engadget is reporting that an Australian news site has a direct quote of a "senior executive" at Telstra saying the following regarding the 3G iPhone:

"We know what is coming we have seen the new device and it will be available on our network as soon as it is launched in the USA. By Christmas this phone will be capable of 42Mbps which will make it faster than a lot of broadband offerings and the fastest iPhone on any network in the world."
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http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/3g-iphone-to-support-42mbps-evolved-hspa-data/
 
If thats true then its quite a turnaround from iPhone 1 with maximum network speed of EDGE!!

EDIT: Speculation Alert

Been looking into this HSPA+ technology. Interestingly Qualcomm have released a chip that may fit the iPhone bill perfectly. The chip is the QSC7230.

Slated to sample in the fourth quarter, the chips offer advanced cellular modem technologies, a multi-band RF transceiver supporting all frequency bands worldwide, an ARM11 application processor running up to 600 MHz, Bluetooth 2.1 EDR, FM radio and GPS - all in a single 12x12 package. Additionally, the three chipsets feature new power-saving innovations to deliver more than 80 hours of music playback, a full day of talk time, and more than a month of standby time, Qualcomm said.
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Information about it here

The news was from a while back, but it would sort of fit in with being put in the iPhone and testing maybe??

EDIT 2:
The QSC solutions are scheduled to sample in the fourth quarter of 2008.
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Just noticed this, silly silly me.
 
So a HSDPA enabled network could easily (but exspensive I guess) be upgraded to HSPA+? And there is a new cost efficient chip for this?

Can that chip take advantage of plain HSDPA?

Has any other phone companies announced that they will upgrade to HSPA+?
 
If they put the right chip in it, then it's just a matter of the carrier upgrading their network. I think you'll see more of these "leaks" from carrier execs as you get closer and closer to the release, especially in countries where it won't be exclusive to one carrier. Divulging information like this (be it true or not) is just a way to make it seem like they're the best carrier for the iPhone.

Either way, that would be nice. This kind of fits in with AT&T's announcement to increase the speed of its 3G network in 2009.
 
number9 said:
If they put the right chip in it, then it's just a matter of the carrier upgrading their network. I think you'll see more of these "leaks" from carrier execs as you get closer and closer to the release, especially in countries where it won't be exclusive to one carrier. Divulging information like this (be it true or not) is just a way to make it seem like they're the best carrier for the iPhone.

Either way, that would be nice. This kind of fits in with AT&T's announcement to increase the speed of its 3G network in 2009.
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Uhm, didnt AT&T refer to the areas where HSDPA access wasnt available? They wanted a 100% HSDPA coverage on their UMTS map, I think.
 
frosse said:
Uhm, didnt AT&T refer to the areas where HSDPA access wasnt available? They wanted a 100% HSDPA coverage on their UMTS map, I think.
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You're right, but that's in reference to getting 3G in every market, I think I'm talking about a different thing.... from Electronista on May 14, 2008:

AT&T's cellular Internet access will be more than five times faster in 2009 than it is this year, the company's mobility chief Ralph de la Vega said today at Morgan Stanley's annual Communications Conference. The executive says that the company's HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) network will be improved from the theoretical peak downloads of 3.6 megabits per second common across most of the network today to about 20 megabits per second in 2009.

In spite of the increase in speed, the improvement won't require a major reworking of AT&T's existing cell tower infrastructure and will primarily involve a software upgrade for the network, de la Vega explains. He adds that an interim HSPA upgrade to 7.2 megabits per second is already "in the labs" and that the company's Option network cards are already capable of the 7.2Mbps speed.
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It's not quite the 42 Mbps that Telstra Aus is promising, but its much faster than conventional 3G.
 
Is this HSPA+ (eHSPA) rumor still active? I havent heard anything, actually I havent heard anything at all regarding the kind of 3G we'll see in the latest rumors. Maybe everyone presumes HSDPA...I dunno...Its likely...but not 100%...could be 1% chance of HSPA+ right? :cool:
 
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