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VIRTUALISATION Huawei claims lead in 21Mbps HSPA devices
VIRTUALISATION Huawei claims lead in 21Mbps HSPA devices | Huawei claims lead in 21Mbps HSPA devices |
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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Wednesday, 10 December 2008 | |
  
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On the day Telstra demonstrated Sierra Wireless' 21Mbps device on its network, at its investor day briefing on 6 November, Sierra Wireless CEO, Jason Cohenour, told iTWire that much work remained to be done before the device was ready to go on sale, and he said Telstra was pushing its suppliers hard to enable it to deliver the higher speeds. "This was a very early demonstration. This is a very cutting edge development effort we are undergoing with Telstra, Ericsson and Qualcomm in preparation for launch of services next year...I wouldn't describe it as even being at alpha yet...Telstra is the kind of operator that likes to push the envelope and be first to market with services." He added" "Telstra will be doing customer trials in December...We have lots more field testing to do, and more firmware development." Beyond HSPA at 21Mbps Telstra is planning to upgrade its network to deliver broadband at a, theoretical, maximum speed of 42Mbps and is looking to Long Term Evolution (LTE) beyond that. Supplier Ericsson demonstrated LTE network equipment in Sydney in September but its terminal was a two metre high box of electronics. Now, LG Electronics says it has independently developed the first LTE handset modem chip. It claims to have demonstrated the chip at its Mobile Communication Technology Research Lab in Anyang, Korea, achieving wireless download speeds of 60Mbps and upload speeds of 20Mbps. |
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