List of HSDPA networks

A list of High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) networks worldwide.

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Argentina:

* Movistar has upgraded to HSDPA in July 2007.

Aruba:

* Setar launched a UMTS and HSDPA network in December 2007. [http://www.3gamericas.com/English/News_room/DisplayPressRelease.cfm?id=3138&s=ENG&s=ENG]

Australia:

* Telstra has replaced their CDMA-EVDO network with a HSDPA network, known as Next G, which commenced operation on 6 October 2006. It reaches 98.8% of the Australian population and operates at 14.4 Mbit/s peak. It is geographically the world's largest 3G 850 MHz network, most of it was built in 10 months by bolting onto Telstra's existing Mobile Network. [http://www.telstra.com.au/abouttelstra/media/mediareleases_article.cfm?ObjectID=39138]

* 3 has rolled out HSDPA across its entire 3G-2100 footprint in Australia completing the rollout in March 2007. The network currently runs at up to 3.6 Mbit/s peak. Upgrades are currently underway to increase speeds to 7.2 Mbit/s peak.

* Optus is deploying a nationwide HSDPA network to compete directly with Telstra's Next G network. It will reach 98% of the Australian population by 2010, covering over 1 million square kilometres. The rollout began in late 2007 with large regional centres being upgraded, delivering services in the 2100 MHz band. Optus plan to utilise the 900 MHz band for fringe coverage and rural areas. The Optus HSDPA network currently offers speeds of up to 3.6 Mbit/s, with the network being upgraded to support 7.2 Mbit/s in 2008. [http://www.optus.com.au/dafiles/OCA/AboutOptus/MediaCentre/SharedStaticFiles/SharedDocuments/07.01.30%20Slides.pdf] [http://www.optus.com.au/portal/site/aboutoptus/menuitem.813c6f701cee5a14f0419f108c8ac7a0/?vgnextoid=b31a88baa20c9110VgnVCMServer29867c0aRCRD&vgnextchannel=b54ce67d77677110VgnVCM10000029867c0aRCRD]

* Vodafone Australia first activated HSDPA coverage in selected areas of Sydney and Melbourne on 20 October 2006, with speeds peaking at 1.8 Mbit. Vodafone is currently expanding their HSDPA network to match their existing GSM coverage, using spectrum in the 2100 MHz and 900 MHz bands. The network now reaches most mainland capitals and some regional centres, delivering downstream speeds of up to 3.6 Mbit/s.

Austria:

* T-Mobile started HSDPA deployments in fall of 2005, opened the network upgrade for public use in March 2006 and finished upgrading the entire network by April 2006.

* Mobilkom Austria launched HSDPA on January 23 2006.

* One launched HSDPA on June 19 2006.

* 3 launched HSDPA for phones and computers in 2006, offering maximum download speeds of 3.6 Mbit/s.

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Bahrain

* MTC-Vodafone introduced 3.5G in Bahrain in May 2006 as a trial service in a small area only (in Seef District) and announced that they are planning to make Bahrain the first country with 100% 3.5G coverage in the world. This is because Bahrain is a small country and doesn't need many upgrades since it already has 100% 3G coverage.

Bangladesh:

* Ericsson Bangladesh Limited introduce 3G technology for the first time in Bangladesh on a trial basis on 10 August, The 3G spectrum will be available for commercial use in Bangladesh very soon. It is also expected to start in 2009.

Belgium

* Proximus launched HSDPA in 8 cities on 15 June 2006. More than 80% of the Belgian population are able to benefit from 3G Broadband coverage and a maximum download speed that will exceed 3.6 Mbit/s (15 May 2007).

Brazil

* Claro (mobile phone network) introduced HSDPA on November, 2007 in some selected cities from states: Federal District, Ceará and Pernambuco. In December, 2007 the system was available in several other important cities like São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Porto Alegre. Claro's current HSDPA deployments use the 850 MHz band, but coverage will be expanded to other (non-850 MHz) areas using recently acquired 2100 MHz spectrum (Dec. 2007). Current data plans include 500k and 1Mb rates, and 2Mb is planned for the near future.

* Telemig Celular introduced HSDPA on November, 2007 in Belo Horizonte, state capital of Minas Gerais. This 3G deployment replaces Telemig's older AMPS and IS-136 networks on the 850 MHz band. There are plans to expand coverage beyond the state capital using recently acquired 2100 MHz spectrum.

* TIM launched its 3.5G network on May 1st, 2008 using 2100 MHz and 850 MHz (in different cities), with no plans to launch a full 2100 MHz network available across the country.

Brunei

B-Mobile Communications Sdn Bhd and DST Communications are the only two mobile service providers in Brunei Darussalam .

* B-Mobile Communications Sdn Bhd launched the first 3G network in December 2005 in Brunei Darussalam and on April 2008 Bmobile launched its 3.5G network under the name Bmobile Zoom!.

* DST Communications launched its first 3G/3.5G network on 1st May 2008 under the name DST Go! Broadband.

Bulgaria

* M-tel introduced HSDPA on March 6, 2006 with full coverage in the capital city Sofia. After April 2007 M-tel offers HSDPA access everywhere in the country.

* Globul launched HSDPA on September 25, 2006 with full coverage in the capital city Sofia and 3 of the other major cities.

* Vivatel launched HSDPA in May 2007 with full coverage in the whole country.

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Canada:

* Rogers Wireless launched their HSDPA 1900 network on November 2 2006 covering the Greater Toronto Area/Golden Horseshoe in Ontario [http://downloads.rogers.com/wireless/forms/HSDPA_En.pdf] , with expansion planned for mid-2007. Rogers currently offers a PC Card wireless card, the Samsung A706 handset, the LG TU500 handset, the LG TU515 handset, the LG TU720 Shine handset, the Palm Treo 750, the Motorola RAZR2 V9, the Motorola Q9h, and the HTC TyTN, more UMTS/HSDPA phones are planned for Q3 and Q4 2007. Download rates currently range from 2-3 Mbit/s.Fact|date=March 2008 As of November 2007, Rogers Wireless expanded their HSDPA network to cover the 25 largest metropolitan areas in Canada. With this expansion, Rogers now offers Video OnDemand, XM satellite radio, Mobile TV, and many other features on their HSDPA mobile devices. Fido, a subsidiary brand of Rogers Wireless, offers similar services with largely similar pricing.
* TELUS has signed an agreement with Nokia Siemens Networks to upgrade their CDMA network to the HSPA standard. The upgrade should take about a year and will likely be ready September 2009. [http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=755973]

Chile:

* Entel PCS [http://www.fayerwayer.com/2006/12/entel-pcs-lanza-primera-red-35g-de-latinoamerica/] introduced HSDPA in Santiago on December 13 2006, with the commercial name "3.5G", which rapidly expanded to other cities.

* Claro Chile [http://www.fayerwayer.com/2006/12/entel-pcs-lanza-primera-red-35g-de-latinoamerica/] introduced HSDPA in Santiago and several other cities on November 2007.

* Movistar [http://www.fayerwayer.com/2007/12/movistar-empieza-a-ofrecer-servicios-35g-en-chile/] introduced HSDPA in all major Chilean cities on December 2007.

Croatia:

* VIPnet launched HSDPA network on the WinDays on April 26 2006 @ 1.5 Mbit/s ( available in Zagreb, Rijeka, Split, Koprivnica, Opatija, Osijek, Zadar, Slavonski Brod, Pula, Karlovac, Sesvete, Varaždin, Velika Gorica, Bjelovar, Zaprešić, Samobor, Solin, Čakovec, Trogir, Poreč, Podstrana, Višnjevac, Tenja, Duga Resa, Kaštel Sućurac, Nova Mokošica, Kaštel Lukšić, Kaštel Kambelovac, Nedelišće, Kaštel Gomilica, Hvar, Matulji and Dubrovnik] ). Current speed is 7.2 Mbit/s with coverage same as UMTS networks provided by VIPnet.
* [http://www.t-mobile.hr T-mobile] launched HSDPA network on November 30, 2006 at speed of 1.8 Mbit/s with coverage same as UMTS network provided by T-mobile (most cities in Croatia including some towns)

Czech Republic:

* T-Mobile UMTS TDD with HSDPA from IPWireless as "4G Internet" from 1 October 2005.

* Eurotel UMTS FDD (classic UMTS) with HSDPA from 1 May 2006.

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Denmark:

* 3 deployed HSDPA 3.6/1.8Mbit services in all of Denmark in 2007, and covers around 80% of the population.

* TDC deployed HSDPA 1.8Mbit in January 2008.

* Telia deployed HSDPA 3.6Mbit in December 2007 and delivers outdoor coverage in the 4 biggest cities.

* Sonofon deployed HSDPA 3.6Mbit in January 2008.

Dominican Republic:

* Claro (mobile phone network) is the first in the country to launch the 3G UMTS/HSDPA on August 7, 2007 and offers 3.5 Mbit/s downlink.

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Estonia:

* EMT launched their HSDPA network on (24 April, 2006). It is second in the Nordic Countries and first in Estonia. The solution is provided by Ericsson, service is provided soon in whole EMT 3G network.

Egypt:
* Etisalat Egypt’s first 3.5G Mobile operator, has launched 3G services (1 May, 2007)
* Vodafone has launched 3G services (13 May, 2007)

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Finland:

* Elisa Oyj launched (6 April, 2006) the first commercial HSDPA network in the Nordic Countries. The solution, provided by Nokia, is implemented in the whole of Elisa's 3G network in Finland and Estonia. In January, 2007 its HSDPA infrastructure was upgraded to 3.6 Mbit/s.

* Sonera launched (1 April, 2007) its HSDPA service with speeds of up to 3,6 Mbit/s.

* DNA Finland launched (1 February, 2007 its HSDPA service with speeds of up to 3.6 Mbit/s and plans to upgrade this to 10 Mbit/s in 2008. The network is to cover 70% of Finland's population by the end of 2007.

France:

* Orange introduces its HSDPA service in 2006.

* SFR operator introduced its HSDPA service by July 1, 2006. Aim is 38% population covered by September 1, 2006.

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Germany:

* T-Mobile officially introduced its HSDPA service at the "CeBIT 2006" (9 March - 15 March 2006).

* Vodafone also launched the service at CeBit 2006

* O2 launched HSDPA on December 1, 2006

* E-Plus plans to launch HSDPA in 2008

Greece:

* Cosmote officially announced HSDPA network support on June 6, 2006. HSDPA services are available as of June 27, 2006. In October, 2006 its HSDPA infrastructure was upgraded to 3.6 Mbit/s. Cosmote claims service availability to 75% of the population and this figure (without official data) is coming to almost complete overlap of Cosmote's GSM footprint which covers 99.9% of the population. Cosmote announced it will soon be upgrading its network with HSUPA and HSDPA access up to 7.2 Mbit/s beginning from major areas.

* Vodafone is providing HSDPA network support on all of its network whilst most of the cities covered are upgraded up to 3.6 Mbit/s

* Wind GR has upgraded all of its 3GSM network with HSDPA up to 3.6 Mbit/s.

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Hong Kong:

* SmarTone-Vodafone officially launches Hong Kong's first commercial HSDPA service on June 6, 2006. SmarTone-Vodafone’s HSDPA network provides a data speed of 3.6 Mbit/s and flat-rate internet access services about 63 US Dollars. Overall quality is low, especially during daytime.
* SmarTone-Vodafone on Mar 8, 2007 made available the world’s first Mobile Broadband in taxis, offering trial experience of Mobile Broadband. Passengers can plug their laptops into the USB modem and they can browse & email.
* CSL officially launched HSDPA service on September 19, 2006, together with Dopod 838pro, the first HSDPA compatible PDA based on Windows Mobile 5.0.
* 3 provided HSDPA service up to 7.2 Mbit/s
* PCCW also provided HSDPA

Hungary:

* T-Mobile originally introduced its commercial HSDPA service on 17 May 2006, for the inner districts of Budapest, but as of December 2007 it offers 3.6 Mbit/s downlink in much of the country's main areas, also offering 7.2 Mbit/s in Budapest and in 40 other towns and cities.
* Pannon, a Telenor company, offers Cat5 HSDPA USB and cardmodems and by March 2008 [http://www.pannon.hu/egyeni/ugyfelszolgalat/lefedettseg/ it has covered Budapest and 155 other towns and cities with 3.6 Mbit/s connection.]
* Vodafone launched its commercial HSDPA service on 1 June 2007 and it is available in 111 towns and cities (including Budapest). Vodafone Hungary's network has a theoretical maximum download speed of 7.2 Mbit/s.

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Iceland:

* Novator started deploying HSDPA in Iceland late 2006.

India:

* The 3G spectrum policy has been announced and will be auctioned by the end of 2008 and commercial services are expected to start in 2009.

Indonesia:

* Excelcom, or XL, introduced HSDPA deployment on 21 September 2006, with more than 100 HSDPA spots across the country.

* Indosat, the first HSDPA network in Indonesia which is supported by Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks and Huawei mostly in major cities.

* Telkomsel has HSDPA technology around the country, mostly in major cities.

Ireland:

* Vodafone launched an HSDPA service on 14 November 2006 which currently covers 59% of the country's population [http://www.telegeography.com/cu/article.php?article_id=15981&email=html] .

* O2 offers HSDPA nationwide since July 2007.

* 3 will deploy their HSDPA network from January 2007, aiming to cover 85% of the population by February 2007 [http://www.three.ie/ihandsets/datacards.html] . A HSDPA datacard was introduced on December 15, 2006.

* Meteor, the mobile communications arm of eircom is in the final stages of testing its 3G and HSPDA services. Their networks are currently on-air in Dublin and Cork and a public pilot trial for mobile broadband is underway with a group of prepay GSM customers. They are expected to have a full commercial launch by Q3 2008 for both contract and prepay customers.

Isle of Man:

* Manx Telecom

* Cloud9

Israel:

* Cellcom has by now completed deployment of HSDPA in more than 80% of the populated areas of Israel.

* Partner, the second largest Israeli GSM provider, has announced (March 8, 2006) deployment of HSDPA and will offer phones and computers with built-in HSDPA capability. According to [http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3320944,00.html Ynet] from October 2006 Partner completed deployment of HSDPA in 70% of the populated areas.

* Pelephone plans to convert their current CDMA network to HSDPA in September 2008. [http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/net_ile3.shtml]

Italy:

* 3 launched nationwide HSDPA service (25 main cities) in March 2006

* Vodafone (all the UMTS network, about 70% of population, converted to HSDPA) in June 2006

* TIM in July 2006

* WIND

* [http://www.italiamobile.mobi Italia Mobile] in 2008

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Japan:

* SoftBank Mobile (formerly Vodafone Japan) introduced HSDPA services in October 2006.

* DoCoMo introduced HSDPA at 3.6 Mbit on August 31, 2006. 70% of the population will be covered by March 2007. [http://k-tai.impress.co.jp/cda/article/event/30186.html] .

* EMOBILE Launched HSDPA service on April 28, 2007.

Jersey:

* Jersey Airtel launched an HSDPA network in June 2007.

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Kuwait:

* Wataniya introduced HSDPA on December 4, 2006. The service was implemented in most of Kuwait, however areas like Yarmouk and Qurtoba should be covered by January 2007.

* Zain Launched the service Commercially in september 2006. nowadays all Kuwait even desert is covered by 3.5G HSDPA 7.2 Mbit/s

Kenya:

* Safaricom Now supports HSDPA since early March 2007 and has launched several services that offer internet services available in all 3G enabled areas of the country.

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Liechtenstein:

* Telecom FL launched HSDPA service in June 2007.

Lithuania:

* Omnitel launched its HSDPA service in May 2006.

* Bite has been commercially deploying 3.5G services based on a nationwide network since June 2006.

Luxembourg:

* The three mobile network operators currently active in Luxembourg (VOX, Tango and Luxgsm) have progressively deployed HSDPA in major agglomerations since late 2006/early 2007.

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Malaysia:

* Maxis Communications ( [http://www.maxis.com.my/personal/hsdpa/index.asp Maxis Broadband] ) announced in April 2006 that it has fully integrated HSDPA into its 3G network and anticipates HSDPA services by September 2006. Maxis officially launches its HSDPA services on 26 September 2006, delivering broadband Internet access to residential customers in Kuala Lumpur. The service is delivered through a specially designed low-cost [http://www.maxis.com.my/personal/pic/broadband/Modem_setup.pdf HSDPA modem] , a world's first.

* Celcom (www.celcom.com.my) has integrated 3.5G into its current 3G network, and plans to fully cover peninsular Malaysia with 3.5 G by the end of year 2007. Major towns and many high-traffic sites (e.g. Shopping malls) in Peninsular Malaysia are already HSDPA-enabled. The current deployment of HSDPA provides download speeds of up to 1.8 Mbit/s.

* iZZi (http://www.izzi.com.my/) has introduce and provide a new alternative mobile wireless broadband service to the Malaysia public. employing the "iBurst" technology which has been proven successful in other countries, among them are, Australia, South Africa, USA, Canada, Norway and Lebanon since early 2004.

* U Mobile (http://www.u.com.my/) has introduce "Suft with U" mobile wireless broadband service to the Malaysia public on 2008.It's Malaysia’s newest 3G service provider and was founded in 1998 as MiTV Networks Sdn Bhd. U Mobile is a wholly owned subsidiary of U Television Sdn Bhd which was formerly known as U Telecom Media Holdings Sdn Bhd and MiTV Corporation Sdn Bhd.

Malta:

* GO Mobile (www.go.com.mt) launched 3G and 3.5G (HSDPA) services on 26th April 2007 with nationwide coverage in both Malta and Gozo. GO Mobile was the first mobile operator in Malta to launch a nationwide mobile broadband network, with download speeds up to 1.8 and 3.6 Mbit/s depending on the client device, both outdoor and indoor (in most parts of the country) thus enabling customers to experience true broadband speeds while on the move.

Moldova:

* Moldcell (www.moldcell.md) launched 3G and 3.5G (HSDPA) services on 1 October 2008 with both download and upload speeds up to 7.2 Mbit/s.

* Orange (www.orange.md) launched 3G and 3.5G (HSDPA) services on 1 November 2008 with download speed 14.4 Mbit/s and upload 7.2 Mbit/s.

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Netherlands:

* T-Mobile has launched the HSDPA service half April 2006, which covers 50% of the Dutch population. In April 2008 OPTA (Dutch Telecom Regulator) tested the network with 98% coverage and 93,1% at a satisfactory service level.

* Vodafone launched its HSDPA service October 2006, which then reached about half of the population. In April 2008 OPTA (Dutch Telecom Regulator) tested the network with 100% coverage and 99,33% at a satisfactory service level.

* KPN also launched its HSDPA service in October 2006, starting in The Hague, Amsterdam and Rotterdam. It was upgraded two months later, a move that extended coverage to about 70%. In May 2007, that percentage is scheduled to rise to 85%. In April 2008 OPTA (Dutch Telecom Regulator) tested the network with 100% coverage and 99,67% at a satisfactory service level.

New Zealand:
* Vodafone launched a national 3G/W-CDMA network in mid-2005. This was followed by a network upgrade to HSDPA which was launched on 12 September 2006. The HSDPA network however currently covers less than 40% of the population. Coverage of the original GSM/GPRS network covers some 97% of NZ's population.

Norway:

* TeliaSonera launched HSDPA in April 2007.

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Oman:

* Nawras launched HSDPA in November 2007.

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Pakistan:

* The 3G spectrum will be available for commercial use in Pakistan very soon. It is also expected to see the deployment of 3G in near future.

Paraguay:

* CTI Móvil introduced HSDPA in november 2007. Rebranded as Claro in March 2008.
* Personal

Peru:

* Claro has upgraded to HSDPA.

Philippines:

* Globe Telecom was the first in the Philippines to use its 3G and HSDPA facilities during the 23rd SEA Games in 2005 with public demonstrations to international media. It is also the first telecom company in Asia-Pacific to "commercially deploy" HSDPA service and is among the first 20 worldwide on March 30, 2006 through its "Visibility" product. Visibility is the ultimate in mobile internet providing 3G/HSDPA, EDGE/GPRS through an HSDPA capable datacard for unlimited laptop internet connectivity, as well as unlimited Wi-Fi and Dial-Up access. Recently, it demonstrated its next generation HSDPA network breaking the 2 Mbit/s. barrier as well as the country's handset-based HSDPA service with the Samsung Z560, another milestone possibly in the South East Asian region.

* Smart Communications has the first HSDPA ready network. It launched its commercial HSDPA-enabled 3G network on May 1, 2006.

* PLDT offers HSDPA wireless internet through their PLDT WeRoam Plus service. The WeRoam Plus service uses the Smart Communications infrastructure. Users connect to the WeRoam Plus service through the Option Globetrotter 3G PCMCIA card.

Poland:

* PTC/Era is the first operator in Poland who launched their network-wide HSDPA service commercially, on October 30th, 2006. Era was also the first operator in Poland to present HSDPA operation in its network during March 2006 Intertelecom trade fair held in Łódź. This operator has the widest HSDPA coverage out of all 3G operators in Poland.

* Polkomtel/Plus GSM has announced commercial availability of HSDPA in Warsaw on October 23, 2006 and currently (June 2007) provides HSDPA in the regions of Warszawa, Katowice, Gliwice, Zabrze, Kraków, Częstochowa, Zakopane, Bielsko-Biała, Białystok, Kielce, Lublin and Rzeszów. [http://was.plusgsm.pl/GSIMZ/ImzControl Polkomtel coverage map]

* Centertel/Orange on November 9th, 2006 has announced availability of HSDPA on their Node B base stations in Warsaw and Katowice. On November 14th the operator has updated the announcement, stating he will make HSDPA available network-wide on December 1st, 2006. The deadline was not met, though - a further announcement delayed network-wide availability to "beginning of 2007" and claimed that "by end of 2007, 30% of country population will have access to HSDPA". However, as of December 1st, 2006, HSDPA was commercially available in Warsaw and Katowice only.

Portugal:

* TMN since 5 April 2006

* Vodafone since 5 April 2006

* Optimus since 5 April 2006

* The coverage is sometimes on main cities at speeds up to 7.2 Mbit/s, generally 3.6 Mbit/s in most cities. Most of the Portuguese territory has only UMTS coverage, HSDPA and HSUPA is being used as a marketing strategy than real service upgrade.Puerto Rico:
* AT&T Mobility

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Qatar:

* Qtel launched HSDPA in January 2008 initially covering Doha, Wakrah, Rayyan, Mesaieed, Al Khor and Ras Laffan.

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Romania:

* Vodafone Romania launched 3.5G on 6 October 2006, with initial coverage restricted only to Bucharest. Current coverage includes 23 cities.

* Orange Romania announced the launch of HSDPA in 10 cities by the end of June 2007, starting at speeds of 3.6 Mbit/s.

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Saudi Arabia:

* AlJawal has announced that it will introduce its 3.5 G service by the summer 2006.

* Mobily also announced that it will introduce its 3.5 G service by the summer 2006.

Singapore:

* MobileOne , through its joint agreement with Nokia, offers HSDPA based "portable broadband" connecting laptops via a pager sized modem as well as enabled handsets - to M1's network. The speeds peak at 3.6 Mbit and coverage is available throughout the country. (Dec 2006)

* SingTel launched its HSDPA service in May 2007, supporting a maximum speed of 3.6 Mbit/s.

* StarHub offers HSPA, for mobile subscribers using exclusive data packages, supporting maximum download speed of 7.2Mbit/s. This service was launched by StarHub in August 2007.

Slovakia:

* Orange has launched HSDPA @ 3,6 Mbit/s from UMTS at August 23, 2006. HSDPA Roaming is too allowed, but is expensive to use.

* T-Mobile launched HSDPA @ 3,6 Mbit/s on August 22, 2006. Covers now capital city Bratislava and highly populated area around Bratislava. Coverage of UMTS will expand to other cities in Slovakia in 2008.

Slovenia:

* Mobitel has commercially launched HSDPA in October 2006 with speeds up to 3,6 Mbit/s.
* Si.mobil (Vodafone)(Slovenia) has commercially launched HSDPA in September 2007 with speed up to 3,6 Mbit/s.

South Africa:

* Both MTN and Vodacom, two of South Africa's leading GSM operators have already announced their deployment of the fast HSDPA service delivering theoretical downlink speeds of 1.8 Mbit/s after introducing UMTS 3G services more than 14 months ago. MTN launched their HSDPA service on the 22 March 2006, hot on the heels of Vodacom's announcement that their service would go live on 2 April 2006. The move is disputed however, as MTN had no data cards available even after Vodacom's launch who had data cards available on the day of their launch. Technically MTN was first to launch the service commercially, but without the means for users to connect to it. You could however use it if you could get your hands on a compatible data card, brought one as a foreigner, or ironically, bought one from its competitor Vodacom. Regardless of this and how it is considered MTN won the race on a technical level and so became the 14th network world-wide to deploy HSDPA, possibly also becoming one of the instigators for some users no longer regarding Vodacom's widely known slogan "South Africa's leading cellular network" to be valid. Both offer 7.2 Mbit connections and 2 Mbit upload as of 2008.

South Korea:

* SK Telecom launched commercial HSDPA service for phone on May 15, 2006 in 25 cities of South Korea, which expecting to be up to all 84 cities by the end of 2006, and it's the world first HSDPA service that using USIM card for mobile phone device, Samsung's SCH-W200 which support DBDM (Dual Band Dual Mode) that covers 2G,3G and 3.5G service.

* KTF launched commercial HSDPA service for phone by June 30, 2006 in 40 cities of South Korea, which expecting to be up to all 84 cities by end of year 2006.

Spain:

* Orange became the first Spanish operator to offer HSDPA service in Spain. Starting in Madrid, Barcelona, Zaragoza, Burgos and Pamplona on 19 June 2006 (29% population). They started offering 1,8 Mbit/s download speeds.
** Tests started at Barcelona's 3GSM World Congress in February 2006.
** By the end of 2007 they covered more than 73.6% of Spain's population with 3G.
** By February 2008 they offer as maximum speeds 3.6 Mbit/s donwload and 1.4 Mbit/s upload.

* Movistar started to test HSDPA services in April 2006.
** Movistar offers 7,2 Mbit/s download and 2 Mbit/s upload speeds in several mayor cities. 3,6 Mbit/s download speeds are available in towns with 100.000 or more inhabitants plus 180 relevant villages.

* Vodafone started tests in the city of Salamanca in March 2006.
** By the end of 2006 they covered more than 68% of Spain's population with 3,6 Mbit/s download speeds.

* Vodafone and Movistar are upgrading to 7,2 Mbit/s download and 2 Mbit/s upload speeds to replace the current 3,6 Mbit/s download and 384 kbit/s upload speeds in several mayor cities. Speeds of up to 14,4 Mbit/s will be available later this year.

* It's still unknown when Yoigo will deploy their HSDPA network. For now UMTS (3G) is their fastest offer.

Sri Lanka:

* Dialog Telekom launched HSDPA in August 2006. Currently HSPA service is being rolled out and launched, but not yet in commercial operation.

* Mobitel Lanka introduced HSPA service (HSDPA+HSUPA) in December 2007. The service, branded M3, offers upto 14.4 Mbit/s downlink and has 60% of landmass covered as of March 2008. As of 2008 March, Sri Lanka is the only country in South Asia region to deploy commercial HSPA networks.

Sweden:

* 3 launched HSDPA service on 8th November 2006. The network is provided by Ericsson and initially it has downlink speed of 3.6 Mbit/s. In the second quarter of 2007 it was upgraded to 7.2 Mbit/s, and now also has 1,4 Mbit HSUPA support.

* Tele 2 launched HSDPA service in 2006. The network now has downlink speed of 7.2 Mbit/s and has HSUPA 1,4 Mbit support.

* Telenor launched HSDPA service in May 2007. The network has downlink speed of 3.6 Mbit/s.

Switzerland:

* Orange

* Swisscom

Syria:

* SyriaTel launched 3.5G/HSDPA service in August 2008. With a maximum dwonlink spped of 7.2 Mbit/s. Covered areas include Damascus, Aleppo, Lattakia, and Palmera.

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Taiwan:
* Chungwa Telecom
* FarEastone
* Taiwan Mobile Com
* VIBO TelecomThailand:
* AIS have rolled out HSPA in Chiang Mai, May 2008.

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Ukraine:
* Utel from November, 1 2007

United Kingdom:

* 3 UK currently has the highest level of 3G coverage in the UK and went live with HSDPA in September 2007 [http://www.three.co.uk/news/h3gnews/searchresultsnewsview.omp?cid=1189778352203] . 3 currently has HSDPA coverage in most of the 3G areas they cover.

* O2 launched their HSDPA services across the UK in the third/fourth quarters of 2007 following an extended trial period, during which compatible devices were introduced. Coverage extends to most of O2's 3G footprint. Initial download speeds are 1.8 Mbit/s (peak), increasing to 3.6 Mbit/s (along with HSUPA) in June 2008.

* Orange UK announced the initial launch of HSDPA services to the 5 top UK cities in February 2007. Orange UK has now expanded this to over 30 cities and is continually rolling-out the service over 2008. Initially launched at 1.8 Mbit/s Orange UK has now increased this to 3.6 Mbit/s and plans an evolutionary process regarding the speeds of HSDPA services. When not in an HSDPA-enabled area Orange UK will transfer devices seamlessly to 3G, EDGE or 2G services, albeit at a slower speed and are one of the only UK network to offer such flexibility along with O2. [http://www.business.orange.co.uk/servlet/Satellite?pagename=Business&c=OUKPage&cid=1044133173948/ Orange UK- "What is 3G+/HSDPA?"] . Orange has announced that this speed will be increased to 7.2Mbit/s in the top 30 UK cities and 14.4 Mbit/s in the top 5 cities, this will be rolled out over 18 monthscite news
url=http://www.fiercewireless.com/europe/story/orange-the-future-is-now-the-agenda-/2008-06-05
title=Orange: The Future is now 'The Agenda'
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date=2008-06-05
accessdate=2008-08-09] .

* T-Mobile UK launched their HSDPA network across the UK on 1 August 2006. Download speeds are 3.6 Mbit/s in 2007, 7.2 Mbit/s in 2008, 10 Mbit/s in 2009 and 20 Mbit/s by 2011.Fact|date=July 2008
** T-Mobile UK released (on 9 May 2006) a quad band HSDPA [http://www.centurycomputing.co.uk/News/Archive/Broadband_wireless/news.aspx?id=213 data card for notebook computers] to wirelessly access the internet through T-Mobile's HSDPA network. However, T-Mobile has come under intense criticism from potential customers due to their policy to ban the use of VoIP applications such as skype with the data card (a policy many believe is made to protect the revenues from their mobile phone business, although T-Mobile says it is because VoIP is not quality assured and might impact other network users). Due to consumer pressure, in October 2006, T-Mobile UK unveiled new "Web 'n' Walk " data tariffs for their HSDPA service, eliminating VoIP use restrictions on their "Max" tariff and easing restrictions on their other data tariffs [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/29/tmobile_voip_tariff/] .

* Vodafone launched HSDPA services during the summer of 2006. Vodafone released their HSDPA laptop data card on 22 June 2006 and have speeds of up to 7.2 Mbit/s in central London and some airports [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/28/vodafone_hsupa/]

United States:

* AT&T is operating a 3G/HSDPA network, called "BroadbandConnect", currently in most metropolitan markets. It provides average download speeds of around 1.7 megabits per second (Mbit/s), with bursts up to 3.6 megabits per second (Mbit/s).

* T-Mobile USA is currently rolling out a 3g network in the 1.7/2.1 GHz band.

References

See also

* List of Deployed UMTS networks
* List of Deployed HSUPA networks