Telstra Pushes HSPA Limits

plans to launch an evolved high-speed packet access (HSPA) network in Australia by the end of this year, which would boost its 3G network speed to 21 Mbit/s on the downlink. The Australian carrier already has one of the most advanced 3G networks in the world. In fact, the operator's achievements in mobile broadband has earned Telstra's CEO Sol Trujillo a finalist nomination for the By the end of this year, Telstra aims to ramp up the data speeds even higher with the commercial launch of evolved HSPA -- a.k.a HSPA+. And the operator will actually have devices available for the commercial launch. Unstrung has learned that Telstra will launch the HSPA+ network with USB sticks from The operator just completed an interoperability test with network equipment from )'s MDM8200 chipset that supports HSPA+ data cards, USB sticks, and... [read full story]