Faster HSDPA and HSUPA 3G speeds will be rolled out in the UK’s big cities in 2010, network operator
'3' has promised.
The company will initially give customers in London and other major metropolitan areas access to HSDPA speeds of up to 14.4Mb/s by Q3 2010.
It’s also promised that big cities will get 5.7Mb/s HSUPA speeds at the same time.
However,
senior 3 executive Hugh Davies couldn’t confirm how long it will be before customers living in more rural areas of the country get the same HSDPA and HSUPA speeds.
'3' has already completed a rollout to give more than 95 per cent of the UK's population access to 3.6Mb/s HSDPA. It hopes to raise that speed to 7.2Mb/s by 2010 – the same time that the big cities get 14.4Mb/s HSDPA and 5.7Mb/s HSUPA.
Likely coverage maps may be viewed on the original article
here.
