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WiFi vs. Mobile Broadband (HSPA)
Blog In disgust, I gave up, disconnecdted from the WiFi, and put in my Swisscom (Option) HSPA Express Card. I had never put the HSPA card in since fresh loading 9.04, so it went through the new Mobile Broadband device setup, which took less than a minute.
[July 2, 2009, 10:26]
HSPA set to dominate mobile broadband
News Mobile broadband looks set to be dominated by HSPA over the coming years — if hardware makers play their cards right. HSPA — high-speed packet access — delivers mobile broadband speeds in excess of 500Kbps, and up to several Mbps.
[August 9, 2007, 12:43]
Mobile Broadband (3G, HSPA) with Ubuntu
Blog Comment I'm on O2's 3G network with a Huawei E220 USB modem, and I couldn't get it working on 8.04 LTS at all. Then along came 8.10 with it's tidy little network manager and suddenly the O2 modem was plug & play.
[January 16, 2009, 8:35]
Mobile Broadband (3G, HSPA) with Ubuntu
Blog Basically what appears to have happened is that the Network Manager package has been update so that Mobile Broadband, 3G, HSPA, whatever you want to call it, works correctly with an AT&T "branded" Sierra Wireless card, but it certainly does not...
[February 13, 2009, 11:03]
Sierra Wireless AirCard 880 GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSPA PC Card
Blog It has quad-band GPRS/EDGE and tri-band UMTS/HSPA support. I got mine as an OEM branded product from Swisscom, what they call their "Unlimited PC Card". I have been using these cards from Swisscom for a number of years (since they were first...
[January 22, 2008, 12:37]
WiFi vs. Mobile Broadband (HSPA)
Blog Comment The only reason I switch to WiFi on my G1 is if I'm roaming and can't even contemplate using 3G. I noticed that things weren't really much faster than 3G, I'm on a tariff where there's no real danger of incurring extra costs from.so the extra...
[July 3, 2009, 12:50]
Analyst: Mobile broadband booming in Europe
News Almost 12 percent of all broadband connections in Europe are carried over HSPA mobile networks, according to the analyst firm Berg Insight. In a report issued on Thursday, the Swedish analysts said the number of subscribers using high-speed packet...
[May 28, 2009, 16:19]
Vodafone trials hit 16Mbps
News Vodafone has announced success in its trials of HSPA+, a version of super-3G that provides greater speeds than HSDPA without being described as 4G. Vodafone conducted its HSPA+ trials along with the telecoms infrastructure manufacturer Ericsson and...
[January 16, 2009, 15:30]
Asia Pacific leads world on super-fast 3G
News The Asia Pacific region is leading the world in adopting high-speed packet access (HSPA) — the higher-speed version of 3G. According to a report by Wireless Intelligence, HSPA connections will reach 40 million by 2008 with the initial impetus...
[July 12, 2007, 7:59]
Dell and Ericsson ink mobile-broadband deal
News The deal, announced on Tuesday, will see Ericsson's HSPA (high-speed packet access) modules used in Dell machines, as of this quarter. Gobi is particularly notable because it allows users to roam between HSPA networks and EV-DO (evolution-data...
[May 15, 2008, 12:00]
Qualcomm goes global with Gobi
News The Gobi chipset works on both HSPA (Super 3G) cellular data networks, as found across most of the world, and EV-DO networks, as found in parts of Australasia and North America. Despite being roaming partners, Vodafone runs an HSPA network and...
[October 24, 2007, 17:18]
Majority of UK firms adopting 3G
News Mobilising The Enterprise, which was produced for ZDNet.co.uk and Orange UK by the market intelligence firm Rhetorik, suggests that the use of 3G or HSPA (which is also known as 3.5G) will be the norm within two years' time.
[August 28, 2007, 12:34]
Analyst: 3.5G laptops may choke mobile networks
News Berg predicts laptops with HSPA/LTE (high-speed packet access/long-term evolution) mobile broadband connectivity will grow from 8.4 million in 2007 to 49 million in 2013 — a compound annual growth rate of just over a third.
[June 23, 2008, 9:43]
Mobile-broadband push may be slow to bear fruit
News Sixteen companies, led by the GSM Association (GSMA), this week unveiled an initiative to champion mobile broadband — primarily HSPA (high-speed packet access) technology — support in devices such as laptops.
[October 3, 2008, 8:16]
Netbook and Broadband Wireless
Blog Comment With the HSPA card not inserted, the Network Center (draknetcenter) shows two interfaces, the Broadcom wired and wireless adapters. When I plug in the Option HSPA card, the lights on the card go through the proper startup sequences, and if I stop...
[February 13, 2009, 10:46]
YouTube generation key to mobile WiMax uptake
News That is no small achievement for a new technology, even though it still might be considered small fry when compared to souped-up 3G technology HSPA, which is predicted to dominate the mobile broadband market.
[December 12, 2007, 10:33]
Ericsson: Mobile broadband can help save world
News Svanberg said Ericsson expects to see 3G/HSPA networks rolled out in Africa, India, Latin America, the Middle East and Russia this year. Ericsson has partnered with Telstra to roll out a national high-speed wireless broadband network in Australia...
[February 12, 2008, 8:30]
Sweden tests commercial 4G base station
News That would mean between 60 megabits and 100 megabits per second, given that today's 3G networks with HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) technology can attain 6Mbps to 10Mbps, depending on the version deployed.
[May 27, 2009, 17:10]
A Week Working With Linux
Blog What I have found, in a nutshell, is that I have to run Windows in order to use the Sierra Wireless AirCard for HSPA cellular access, and that's just about it. During my commute, I need HSPA cellular access, so I have to boot up Windows for that...
[August 1, 2008, 13:21]
Tech giants unite to promote mobile broadband
News Touted as the successor to 'super-2G' HSPA (high-speed packet access) technologies, LTE is an all-IP 3G-based standard. Last week, one of the launch vendors, Asus, also announced HSPA capability for its ultraportable Eee PC 901 netbook.
[October 1, 2008, 8:12]
