PLDT HSPA850 – High-speed Packet Access
Written on February 15, 2009 by Pinoy NetBooks
Filed Under: Internet
TELECOM giant Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.’s (PLDT) much-awaited launch of a new technology called HSPA850 [high-speed packet access] will finally be realized this month, company president Napoleon Nazareno said.
HSPA is a faster version of the current HSDPA (high-speed data packet access) standard offered through PLDT WeRoam and Smart Bro of Smart Communications Inc.
This will enable PLDT (and Smart) to offer 3G speeds of up to 7.2Mbps. Smart Bro is currently promoting its 2Mbps network. The HSPA850 has starting rolling out this February in Metro Manila and could be spreading across major cities in the country in the next couple of months.
The PLDT Group earmarked an investment of about $50 million (~Php2.35 billion) for the said HSPA technology. If those existing 3G USB dongles can support HSPA850, we should be seeing increased mobile 3G speeds anytime this month.
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