3.5G
3.5G to hit same old handset shortages
News Just like GSM, just like the widely-adopted flavours of 3G, handset shortages are likely to dog the rollout of the even faster, so-called 3.5G mobile services. The term 3.5G - sometimes referred to as... [18 Jul 2006]
3.5G gizmos mushrooming forth
News The number of 3.5G devices on the market is mushrooming with 150 per cent annual growth in HSDPA gizmos, according to stats from GSM/3G supplier association the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA). [07 Apr 2008]
3.5G network growth ramping up
News 3.5G is driving mobile broadband growth around the globe, with a rapid increase in the number of commercial HSDPA networks being rolled out. The number of commercial HSDPA networks launched worldwide grew by 69 per cent... [09 Jan 2008]
T-Mobile reveals UK 3.5G phone first
News T-Mobile is claiming to be the first operator to get an HSDPA - that's 3.5G - phone out the door and into business users' hands. The MDA Vario II runs on Windows Mobile 5.0 and comes with Redmond's push email. [17 Aug 2006]
Photos: HP unwraps 3.5G iPaq twosome
Photo HP has added two new smart phones to its iPaq range - a full fat offering for hardcore mobile professionals and a smaller handset for lighter mobile email users. Pictured here is the iPaq Data Messenger smart phone - which runs Windows... [24 Oct 2008]
3.5G laptops to overwhelm mobile networks?
News Laptops packing 3.5G+ for mobile broadband access could be the answer to European mobile phone operators' ARPU (average revenue per user) prayers. But they could just as well prove a network nightmare, warns industry... [20 Jun 2008]
What's beyond 3G? 3.5G, stupid
News With 2004 looking like the year of widespread launches of 3G cellular networks based on the W-CDMA standard, experts have identified what's mostly likely to come next. HSDPA - or (take a breath now) High Speed Downlink Packet Access - is... [29 Mar 2004]
Cingular dishes up 3.5G delights
News Cingular Wireless on Tuesday launched its third-generation network, which it says will give mobile customers high-speed internet access while on the road. The new service, called BroadbandConnect, will be available in 16 markets to... [07 Dec 2005]
Mobile industry will bet on 3.5G
News Mobile industry association the GSMA has confirmed today that HSDPA - a high speed broadband technology some call 3.5G - is the only upcoming access technology to get its official seal of approval. HSDPA (high speed... [28 Sep 2005]
Set 3.5G free, says analyst
News Mobile operators should look at offering single-fee, unlimited data access plans to their HSDPA services if they want to see the technology take off as broadband has, according to an analyst. Devine Kofiloto, principal analyst at Informa... [08 Mar 2006]
Analysts predict non-3G mobile advances
News Uncertainties about the future development of 3G mobile means a number of alternatives are on operators' agendas, some below and some above promised 3G speeds. A range of research out this week suggests some operators will offer... [21 Nov 2003]
Orange beefs up 3G network for Northerners
News Orange is ramping up its 3G network 'oop North. The mobile operator has announced it is moving to a new network infrastructure in the North East of England, Northern Ireland and Scotland, boosting the speed and reliability of 3G voice... [04 Aug 2008]
3GSM: Mobile expectations - the lessons of DoCoMo
News The president and CEO of NTT DoCoMo, Masao Nakamura, has been sharing some of his company's plans for advanced mobile technology - and talking about how users in his home market can nowadays be a tough crowd to please. [16 Feb 2005]
First HSDPA rollout from UK operator
News O2 has become the first UK network operator to officially adopt the high-speed mobile broadband technology HSDPA, the operator said today. The rollout will start on a small scale on its network on the Isle of Man, which has a population... [20 Oct 2005]
Kent gets commercial WiMax network
News Following the completion of a six-month pilot, Kent will now have its own permanent WiMax network. Telabria, which set up a WiMax network in the Swale area of Kent earlier this year, has announced the pilot has become a permanent... [02 Sep 2005]