1.8Mb wireless data offered by Vodaphone
Posted in Tech by Dan at 10:23 am
This post was published 3 years 4 months 10 days ago and its content may not be valid anymore.Wow, it is hard to hate GSM when you read news like this. Vodaphone, a leading foreign GSM provider, just launched their HSDPA wireless network at burst speeds of 1.8Mbps. Although the data card launched is a standard PC card, they also plan to offer a USB HSDPA modem as well as an ExpressCard version.
The cost of the USB and Card version is estimated at $399, but in turn the device will have scalability to be flashed to take advantage of the future 3.6Mbps network upgrade.
1.8 and 3.6Mb wireless networks, that really shows that the US is in the stone age when it come to wireless data.
I expect this to be UTMS, and the coverage of UTMS isn’t great!
Vodafone already air major UK TV channels over a UTMS IPTV connection, which is pretty nifty.
It’s Vodafone people . . .
Here in Australia, most Capital Cities and populous towns are covered by Vodafone’s G3 network and these products will soon make a timely appearance. It’s good to see that the ‘ass end of the world’ finally gets a spot on the world’s technical map.