A list of High-Speed Downlink Packet Access

High-Speed Downlink Packet Access

High-Speed Downlink Packet Access is an enhanced 3G mobile telephony communications protocol in the High-Speed Packet Access family, also dubbed 3.5G, 3G+ or turbo 3G, which allows networks based on Universal Mobile Telecommunications System to have higher data transfer speeds and capacity...

 (HSDPA) networks worldwide.

Aruba

Aruba

Aruba is a 33 km-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, located 27 km north of the coast of Venezuela and 130 km east of Guajira Peninsula...

 

• Setar
  Setar
  SETAR N.V., is the privatised full telecommunications service provider for the island of Aruba. The services provided by SETAR include: telephone, internet and GSM-related wireless services. SETAR also owns Tele Aruba....
  
   launched a UMTS and HSDPA network in December 2007.http://www.3gamericas.com/EnTelstraglish/News_room/DisplayPressRelease.cfm?id=3138&s=ENG&s=ENG

Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 

• Telstra
  Telstra
  Telstra Corporation Limited is an Australian telecommunications and media company, building and operating telecommunications networks and marketing voice, mobile, internet access and pay television products and services....
  
   has replaced their CDMA
  IS-95
  Interim Standard 95 is the first CDMA-based digital cellular standard by Qualcomm. The brand name for IS-95 is cdmaOne. IS-95 is also known as TIA-EIA-95....
  
  -EVDO
  Evolution-Data Optimized
   Evolution-Data Optimized or Evolution-Data only is a telecommunications standard for the wireless transmission of data through radio signals, typically for broadband Internet access...
  
   network with a HSDPA network, known as Next G
  Next G
  Next G is a third generation mobile telecommunication network operated by Telstra in Australia.-Background:After a review, Telstra announced a plan to upgrade its ageing networks and systems; which includes a new 3G network to replace the then current CDMA mobile network.-Construction:The network...
  
  , which commenced operation on 6 October 2006. It reaches more than 99% of the Australian population and operates at 21 Mbit/s peak. It is geographically the world's largest 3G 850 MHz network, covering over 2 million square kilometres (2000000 square kilometre) of landmass. The network was built in 10 months by utilising and upgrading both the existing CDMA infrastructure, and rolling out many new cellular sites and associated transmission. In March 2009, Telstra announced the availability of their 21 Mbit/s HSDPA service with a new Sierra Wireless
  Sierra Wireless
  Sierra Wireless is a wireless communications equipment designer and manufacturer, founded in 1993 and currently headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada....
  
   modem - alongside the return of their "world's fastest national mobile network" advertising campaign.
• 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 under way to increase speeds to 7.2 Mbit/s peak.
• Optus
  Optus
  SingTel Optus Pty Limited is the second largest telecommunications company in Australia, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Telecommunications...
  
   is deploying a nationwide HSDPA network, to compete directly with Telstra's NextG mobile service. The network currently covers over 97% of the Australian population with plans to reach 98% of the Australian population by 2010 to cover a total of over 1 million square kilometres of geographic area. The roll-out began in 2007, delivering services in the 2100 MHz - and later, 900 MHz - bands. The Optus HSDPA network currently offers speeds of up to 7.2 Mbit/s, after the network was upgraded in 2008. http://www.optus.com.au/dafiles/OCA/AboutOptus/MediaCentre/SharedStaticFiles/SharedDocuments/07.01.30%20Slides.pdfhttp://www.optus.com.au/portal/site/aboutoptus/menuitem.813c6f701cee5a14f0419f108c8ac7a0/?vgnextoid=b31a88baa20c9110VgnVCMServer29867c0aRCRD&vgnextchannel=b54ce67d77677110VgnVCM10000029867c0aRCRD
• Vodafone Australia
  Vodafone Australia
  Vodafone Australia is a mobile telephone company, a subsidiary of Vodafone Hutchison Australia. Vodafone Australia was formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of Vodafone Plc ....
  
   first activated HSDPA coverage in selected areas of Sydney
  Sydney
  Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
  
   and Melbourne
  Melbourne
  Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
  
   on 20 October 2006, with speeds peaking at 1.8 Mbit/s. Vodafone has recently upgraded all rural towers and now has nationwide 3.6 Mbit/s in all GPRS areas on the 900 MHz band. All existing 2100 MHz towers now also support 7.2 Mbit/s, and in 2011 upgraded to the 850 MHz HSPA+ network which supports speeds of up to 21 Mbit/s.

Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

 

• T-Mobile
  T-Mobile
  T-Mobile International AG is a German-based holding company for Deutsche Telekom AG's various mobile communications subsidiaries outside Germany. Based in Bonn, Germany, its subsidiaries operate GSM and UMTS-based cellular networks in Europe, the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
  
   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
  Mobilkom Austria
  Mobilkom Austria is a major Austrian mobile network operator. It has been operating commercially since 1994 and in testing since 1992.One of the most well-known commercial brand is A1 in Austria.The Mobilkom Austria group also owns:...
  
   launched HSDPA on January 23, 2006.
• One
  Orange Austria
  Orange Austria is an Austrian mobile network operator. It started its business in 1998 as owner of the third GSM license of the country, and the first provider operating in the GSM 1800 band. Since 2004, Orange successfully applied for a UMTS-License and offers since 2005 also UMTS Services. ONE's...
  
   launched HSDPA on June 19, 2006.
• 3 launched HSDPA for phones and computers in 2006, offering maximum download speeds of 7.2 Mbit with HSDPA Usb-Key and up to 42 Mbit/s with HSPA+.

Bahrain

Bahrain

' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is...

 

• Zain BH 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
  3G
  3G or 3rd generation mobile telecommunications is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunication services fulfilling the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 specifications by the International Telecommunication Union...
  
   coverage.
• Batelco
  Batelco
  Bahrain Telecommunications Company - - is the principal telecommunications company of Bahrain. The company is headquartered in Bahrain and is listed on the Bahrain Stock Exchange.-Ownership:...
  
    launched the 3G services Commercially nowadays all Bahrain even desert is covered by 3.5G HSDPA 7.2 Mbit/s
• Viva BH  has also launched its 3G services HSDPA/HSPA+

Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

 

• Ericsson Bangladesh Limited introduce 3G technology for the first time in Bangladesh on a trial basis on 10 August, The 3G
  3G
  3G or 3rd generation mobile telecommunications is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunication services fulfilling the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 specifications by the International Telecommunication Union...
  
   spectrum will be available for commercial use in Bangladesh
  Bangladesh
  Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
  
   very soon. It is also expected to start in 2009.

Belgium

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 

• Proximus
  Proximus
  Proximus, also known as Belgacom Mobile, is the largest of Belgium's three mobile telecommunications operators. It competes with Mobistar, owned by France Télécom, and Base, a subsidiary of Dutch KPN.-History:...
  
   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

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

 

• Claro
  Claro (mobile phone network)
  Claro is the largest mobile phone network in the Americas. It is part of the Mexican telecom group América Móvil which is one of the four largest mobile phone network operators in the world, with more than 200 million customers...
  
   introduced HSDPA on November, 2007 in some selected cities from states: Federal District
  Brasília
  Brasília is the capital city of Brazil. The name is commonly spelled Brasilia in English. The city and its District are located in the Central-West region of the country, along a plateau known as Planalto Central. It has a population of about 2,557,000 as of the 2008 IBGE estimate, making it the...
  
  , Ceará
  Ceará
  Ceará is one of the 27 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is currently the 8th largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the main touristic destinations in Brazil. The state capital is the city of...
  
   and Pernambuco
  Pernambuco
  Pernambuco is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. To the north are the states of Paraíba and Ceará, to the west is Piauí, to the south are Alagoas and Bahia, and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean. There are about of beaches, some of the most beautiful in the...
  
  . In December, 2007 the system was available in several other important cities like São Paulo
  São Paulo
  São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
  
  , Rio de Janeiro
  Rio de Janeiro
  Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
  
   and Porto Alegre
  Porto Alegre
  Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian...
  
  . 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
  Spectrum
  A spectrum is a condition that is not limited to a specific set of values but can vary infinitely within a continuum. The word saw its first scientific use within the field of optics to describe the rainbow of colors in visible light when separated using a prism; it has since been applied by...
  
   (Dec. 2007). Current data plans include 500kbit/s and 1 Mbit/s rates, and 2 Mbit/s is planned for the near future.
• Vivo introduced HSPA
  High Speed Packet Access
  High Speed Packet Access is an amalgamation of two mobile telephony protocols, High Speed Downlink Packet Access and High Speed Uplink Packet Access , that extends and improves the performance of existing WCDMA protocols...
  
   on November, 2007 in Belo Horizonte
  Belo Horizonte
  Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country...
  
  , state capital of Minas Gerais
  Minas Gerais
  Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...
  
  . This 3.5G deployment replaces Telemig's older AMPS
  Advanced Mobile Phone System
  Advanced Mobile Phone System was an analog mobile phone system standard developed by Bell Labs, and officially introduced in the Americas in 1983, Israel in 1986, and Australia in 1987. It was the primary analog mobile phone system in North America through the 1980s and into the 2000s...
  
   and TDMA networks on the 850 MHz band. There are plans to expand coverage beyond the country using recently acquired 2100 MHz spectrum
  Spectrum
  A spectrum is a condition that is not limited to a specific set of values but can vary infinitely within a continuum. The word saw its first scientific use within the field of optics to describe the rainbow of colors in visible light when separated using a prism; it has since been applied by...
  
  .
• TIM
  TIM
  Tim may refer to:Names*Timothy or Tim, for short*Tim , the Australian moviePeople*Tim, the Oldenburg Baby, abortion survivor*Tim , popular K-pop solo singer*Tiny Tim , American singer, ukulele player, and musical archivist...
  
   launched its 3.5G network on May 1, 2008 using 2100 and 850 MHz (in different cities), with no plans to launch a full 2100 MHz network available across the country.

Brunei

Brunei

Brunei , officially the State of Brunei Darussalam or the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace , is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia...

 

B-Mobile

B-Mobile

B-Mobile Communications Sdn. Bhd. is a joint venture company between Telekom Brunei Berhad and QAF Comserve. Granted a 3G license in February 2005, b.mobile is Brunei’s first 3G mobile service provider, utilising the established W-CDMA technology.-External links:*...

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

• B-Mobile
  B-Mobile
  B-Mobile Communications Sdn. Bhd. is a joint venture company between Telekom Brunei Berhad and QAF Comserve. Granted a 3G license in February 2005, b.mobile is Brunei’s first 3G mobile service provider, utilising the established W-CDMA technology.-External links:*...
  
   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 1 May 2008 under the name DST Go! Broadband.

Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

 

• 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
  GloBul
  GLOBUL is the second-largest Bulgarian GSM/UMTS operator. The company was founded in 2001 and is 100% owned by Greek telecommunications corporation Cosmote, which is active in four Balkan countries: Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, and Albania...
  
   launched HSDPA on September 25, 2006 with full coverage in the capital city Sofia and 3 of the other major cities.
• Vivatel
  Vivatel
  vivatel was a mobile operator in Bulgaria. It started operating in November 2005, receiving a GSM operator license in June 2004 and an UMTS license in May 2005. The 3G network was launched in April 2007...
  
   launched HSDPA in May 2007 with full coverage in the whole country.

Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 

• Rogers Wireless
  Rogers Wireless
  Rogers Wireless is a wireless telecommunications provider offering mobile phone and data services throughout Canada using Global System for Mobile Communications and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System technology. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rogers Communications...
  
   launched their HSDPA 1900 network on November 2, 2006 covering the Greater Toronto Area
  Greater Toronto Area
  The Greater Toronto Area is the largest metropolitan area in Canada, with a 2006 census population of 5.5 million. The Greater Toronto Area is usually defined as the central city of Toronto, along with four regional municipalities surrounding it: Durham, Halton, Peel, and York...
  
  /Golden Horseshoe
  Golden Horseshoe
  The Golden Horseshoe is a densely populated and industrialized region centred around the Greater Toronto Area at the western end of Lake Ontario in Southern Ontario, Canada, with outer boundaries stretching south to Lake Erie and north to Georgian Bay. Most of it is also part of the Quebec City...
  
   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. 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.
• In October 2009, Telus
  TELUS
  Telus is a national telecommunications company in Canada that provides a wide range of telecommunications products and services including internet access, voice, entertainment, video, and satellite television. The company is based in Burnaby, British Columbia, part of Greater Vancouver...
  
   and Bell Canada
  Bell Canada
  Bell Canada is a major Canadian telecommunications company. Including its subsidiaries such as Bell Aliant, Northwestel, Télébec, and NorthernTel, it is the incumbent local exchange carrier for telephone and DSL Internet services in most of Canada east of Manitoba and in the northern territories,...
  
   upgraded their shared CDMA network to the HSPA
  High Speed Packet Access
  High Speed Packet Access is an amalgamation of two mobile telephony protocols, High Speed Downlink Packet Access and High Speed Uplink Packet Access , that extends and improves the performance of existing WCDMA protocols...
  
   standard.http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/10/sorry-cdma-telus-bell-finally-fess-up-to-gsm-aspirations/ The planned network would cover 1.2 million square km and serve 93 percent of Canada's population. Bell Canada launched its service November 4, 2009, while Telus launched November 5, 2009.
• December 2009 Telus
  TELUS
  Telus is a national telecommunications company in Canada that provides a wide range of telecommunications products and services including internet access, voice, entertainment, video, and satellite television. The company is based in Burnaby, British Columbia, part of Greater Vancouver...
  
   and Bell Canada
  Bell Canada
  Bell Canada is a major Canadian telecommunications company. Including its subsidiaries such as Bell Aliant, Northwestel, Télébec, and NorthernTel, it is the incumbent local exchange carrier for telephone and DSL Internet services in most of Canada east of Manitoba and in the northern territories,...
  
   launched several HSDPA devices including the iPhone 3GS, Novatel Mifi personal hotspot (7.2mbps), and several speed sticks that take full advantage of the 21 Mbit/s HSPA+ network.
• August 2010 Sasktel
  SaskTel
  Saskatchewan Telecommunications is a provincial Crown Corporation operating under the authority of the Saskatchewan Telecommunications Act. It is the only remaining Crown Corporation in the Canadian telecommunications industry....
  
   launched the their HSDPA network, to be phased in in parallel with their existing CDMA network. Its initial coverage area was the same as Roger's 3G network in Saskatchewan (covering major cities and highways), with projections for 98% of the province's population covered by the end of 2011.

Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

 

• Entel PCS
  Entel PCS
  Entel PCS is a Chilean mobile phone operator, Entel Chile Group subsidiary. Currently, is the second largest cellular phone provider in Chile with 6 million subscribers, behind Chile Movistar with 6.2 million customers, which transforms back into the largest operator with annual growth of the...
  
   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
  Movistar
  Movistar is a major Spanish mobile phone operator owned by Telefónica Móviles. It operates in Spain and in many Latin American countries. It is the largest carrier in Spain with 22 million customers and 41.58% of market share. Its principal competitor in Latin America is America Movil...
  
   http://www.fayerwayer.com/2007/12/movistar-empieza-a-ofrecer-servicios-35g-en-chile/ introduced HSDPA in all major Chilean cities on December 2007.

All of the above providers only offer services in the 1900 MHz band. Phones will only use the 2100 MHz band when the new VTR Móvil operator begins its business, expected in mid-2012.

Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

 

Comcel Colombia 02008-01-01January 2008 850/1900
Movistar Colombia 02008-11-01November 2008 850/1900
Tigo Colombia 02008-11-01November 2008 1900

Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....

 

• The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad
  Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad
  Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad is the Costa Rican government-run electricity and telecommunications services provider.-External links:...
  
   launched the 3.5G/UMTS service on December 2009. HSDPA service is capped at 1 Mbit/s for $24 a month for users that purchased the service. The bands used are 850/1800.
• Other Cellphone service providers are waiting government approval to operate providing services on the 900/2100 bands. These providers include, Claro and Telefónica
  Telefónica
  Telefónica, S.A. is a Spanish broadband and telecommunications provider in Europe and Latin America. Operating globally, it is the third largest provider in the world...
  
  

Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

 

• VIPnet
  VIPnet
  Vipnet is the first private mobile network operator in Croatia. It has been operating a GSM network since July 1999.Since its arrival, Vipnet has broken the monopoly of CRONET and introduced many new services unknown before - SMS, prepaid and others...
  
   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.
• 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

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

 

• Telefónica O2 Czech Republic (former Eurotel
  Eurotel
  Eurotel is the name of a former mobile network, acquired and transformed into a branch of T-Mobile in Slovakia and O2 in the Czech republic....
  
   Czech Republic) UMTS
  Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
  Universal Mobile Telecommunications System is a third generation mobile cellular technology for networks based on the GSM standard. Developed by the 3GPP , UMTS is a component of the International Telecommunications Union IMT-2000 standard set and compares with the CDMA2000 standard set for...
  
   FDD (classic UMTS
  Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
  Universal Mobile Telecommunications System is a third generation mobile cellular technology for networks based on the GSM standard. Developed by the 3GPP , UMTS is a component of the International Telecommunications Union IMT-2000 standard set and compares with the CDMA2000 standard set for...
  
  ) (aka W-CDMA
  W-CDMA
  W-CDMA , UMTS-FDD, UTRA-FDD, or IMT-2000 CDMA Direct Spread is an air interface standard found in 3G mobile telecommunications networks. It is the basis of Japan's NTT DoCoMo's FOMA service and the most-commonly used member of the UMTS family and sometimes used as a synonym for UMTS...
  
  ) with HSDPA @ 3.1 Mbit/s at 2100 MHz from 1 May 2006. Technology of UTRAN
  UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network
  UTRAN, short for Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network, is a collective term for the Node B's and Radio Network Controllers which make up the UMTS radio access network...
  
   is from NSN (Prague and Brno) and Huawei
  Huawei
  Huawei is a Chinese multinational networking and telecommunications equipment and services company headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China...
  
   (all newly built sites excluding Prague and Brno). Speed upgrade, HSUPA
  High-Speed Uplink Packet Access
  High-Speed Uplink Packet Access is a 3G mobile telephony protocol in the HSPA family with up-link speeds up to 5.76 Mbit/s. The name HSUPA was created by Nokia...
  
  , HSPA
  High Speed Packet Access
  High Speed Packet Access is an amalgamation of two mobile telephony protocols, High Speed Downlink Packet Access and High Speed Uplink Packet Access , that extends and improves the performance of existing WCDMA protocols...
  
   is planned. All biggest cities are covered. LTE
  3GPP Long Term Evolution
  3GPP Long Term Evolution, usually referred to as LTE, is a standard for wireless communication of high-speed data for mobile phones and data terminals. It is based on the GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA network technologies, increasing the capacity and speed using new modulation techniques...
  
   alpha testing in near future plan.
• Vodafone
  Vodafone
  Vodafone Group Plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers , with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of...
  
   UMTS FDD (classic UMTS
  Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
  Universal Mobile Telecommunications System is a third generation mobile cellular technology for networks based on the GSM standard. Developed by the 3GPP , UMTS is a component of the International Telecommunications Union IMT-2000 standard set and compares with the CDMA2000 standard set for...
  
  ) (aka W-CDMA
  W-CDMA
  W-CDMA , UMTS-FDD, UTRA-FDD, or IMT-2000 CDMA Direct Spread is an air interface standard found in 3G mobile telecommunications networks. It is the basis of Japan's NTT DoCoMo's FOMA service and the most-commonly used member of the UMTS family and sometimes used as a synonym for UMTS...
  
  ) with HSDPA @ 3.1 Mbit/s at 2100 MHz from 9 March 2009. Technology of UTRAN
  UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network
  UTRAN, short for Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network, is a collective term for the Node B's and Radio Network Controllers which make up the UMTS radio access network...
  
   is from Huawei
  Huawei
  Huawei is a Chinese multinational networking and telecommunications equipment and services company headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China...
  
  . Ten biggest cities covered.
• T-Mobile
  T-Mobile
  T-Mobile International AG is a German-based holding company for Deutsche Telekom AG's various mobile communications subsidiaries outside Germany. Based in Bonn, Germany, its subsidiaries operate GSM and UMTS-based cellular networks in Europe, the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
  
   UMTS
  Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
  Universal Mobile Telecommunications System is a third generation mobile cellular technology for networks based on the GSM standard. Developed by the 3GPP , UMTS is a component of the International Telecommunications Union IMT-2000 standard set and compares with the CDMA2000 standard set for...
  
   TDD with HSDPA from IPWireless as "4G Internet" from 1 October 2005. "Classic" UMTS
  Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
  Universal Mobile Telecommunications System is a third generation mobile cellular technology for networks based on the GSM standard. Developed by the 3GPP , UMTS is a component of the International Telecommunications Union IMT-2000 standard set and compares with the CDMA2000 standard set for...
  
   FDD is announced to be started. Coverage is really poor with a lot of "holes", usable in big cities mostly.

Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 

• 3 deployed HSDPA 3.6/1.8 Mbit services in all of Denmark in 2007, and covers around 80% of the population.
• TDC
  TDC A/S
  TDC A/S is the former telecom monopoly in Denmark. It is now privatized. Thus, it is the biggest company in all aspects of telecommunications in Denmark with landline, mobile, Internet, VHF maritime borderline-radio etc.By the end of 2004, the TDC Group had more than 13.4 mil. customers in Europe:...
  
   deployed HSDPA 1.8 Mbit in January 2008.
• Telia
  Telia
  Telia may refer to:*Telia - part of the reproductive cycle of Rusts*Telia Digital-tv - a Swedish TV platform*Telia, Nepal - a village in Nepal*TeliaSonera - a Swedish/Finnish telecom operator*Telia Challenge Waxholm - Golf tournament...
  
   deployed HSDPA 3.6 Mbit in December 2007 and delivers outdoor coverage in the 4 biggest cities.
• Sonofon
  Sonofon
  Telenor Denmark is a Danish mobile telephone operator with a customer base in excess of 1.4 million customers. Since 12 February 2004, it has been a subsidiary of the Norwegian mobile telephone company Telenor. Before 15 June 2009 was known as Sonofon....
  
   deployed HSDPA 3.6 Mbit in January 2008.

Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

 

• Claro (mobile phone network)
  Claro (mobile phone network)
  Claro is the largest mobile phone network in the Americas. It is part of the Mexican telecom group América Móvil which is one of the four largest mobile phone network operators in the world, with more than 200 million customers...
  
   is the first in the country to launch the 3G UMTS/HSDPA on August 7, 2007 and offers 3.5 Mbit/s downlink.

Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

 

• EMT launched their HSDPA network on (24 April 2006). It is second in the Nordic Countries
  Nordic countries
  The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland...
  
   and first in Estonia. The solution is provided by Ericsson
  Ericsson
  Ericsson , one of Sweden's largest companies, is a provider of telecommunication and data communication systems, and related services, covering a range of technologies, including especially mobile networks...
  
  , service is provided soon in whole EMT 3G network. EMT homepage
• Tele2 Eesti, part of the Tele2 AB
  Tele2
  Tele2 AB is a major European telecommunications operator, with about 34 million customers in 11 countries. It serves as a fixed-line telephone operator, cable television provider, mobile phone operator and Internet service provider.- Overview :...
  
  , has HSDPA in all major cities. Tele2 Eesti homepage.
• Elisa Eesti, part of Elisa Oyj
  Elisa Oyj
  Elisa Oyj is a Finnish telecommunications company founded in 1882 that was known until July 2000 as HPY. Elisa Oyj employs about 3000 people and in 2007 had revenue of about €1.57 billion...
  
  , has HSDPA in all major cities. As of (29 September 2008) Elisa Eesti, has announced their plan to cover 100% of Estonia
  Estonia
  Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
  
   with HSDPA in 3 years. Elisa Eesti homepage.

Egypt

Egypt

Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

 

• Etisalat
  Etisalat
  Emirates Telecommunications Corporation, branded trade name Etisalat is a UAE based telecommunications services provider, currently operating in 18 countries across Asia, the Middle East and Africa...
  
   Egypt’s first 3.5G Mobile operator, has launched 3G services (1 May 2007)
• Vodafone
  Vodafone
  Vodafone Group Plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers , with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of...
  
   has launched 3G services (13 May 2007)
• Mobinil
  Mobinil
  Mobinil is one of Egypt's three mobile phone operators. Founded in 1998. The company is majority-owned and fully consolidated by France Télécom , which holds 71.25% of the shares in "Mobinil Telecom," the rest of the shares being held by Orascom Telecom...
  
   has launched 3G services (October 2007)

Ecuador

Ecuador

Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

 

• movistar
  Movistar
  Movistar is a major Spanish mobile phone operator owned by Telefónica Móviles. It operates in Spain and in many Latin American countries. It is the largest carrier in Spain with 22 million customers and 41.58% of market share. Its principal competitor in Latin America is America Movil...
  
   Ecuador launched their HSDPA network and service on July 2009. They marketed it as "Internet Móvil 3.5G de movistar" (movistar's 3.5G mobile internet).

Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 

• Elisa Oyj
  Elisa Oyj
  Elisa Oyj is a Finnish telecommunications company founded in 1882 that was known until July 2000 as HPY. Elisa Oyj employs about 3000 people and in 2007 had revenue of about €1.57 billion...
  
   launched (6 April 2006) the first commercial HSDPA network in the Nordic Countries
  Nordic countries
  The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland...
  
  . The solution, provided by Nokia
  Nokia
  Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...
  
  , 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 planned to upgrade this to 10 Mbit/s in 2008. The network was supposed to cover 70% of Finland's population by the end of 2007.

Fiji

Fiji

Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...

 

• Vodafone FJ launched (1st Oct, 2008) the first commercial HSDPA network in the Oceania Region. The solution, provided by Ericsson
  Ericsson
  Ericsson , one of Sweden's largest companies, is a provider of telecommunication and data communication systems, and related services, covering a range of technologies, including especially mobile networks...
  
  , is implemented in the whole of Vodafone Fiji's 3G network in Fiji, supporting speeds up to 14.4 Mbit/s, with a full end-to-end IP network Infrastructure covering 80% of the population.

France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 

• Orange introduces its HSDPA service in 2006.
• SFR
  SFR
  SFR is a French mobile phone company. It has over 20 million customers, and provides over 4.6 million households with high-speed internet access...
  
   operator introduced its HSDPA service by July 1, 2006. Aim is 38% population covered by September 1, 2006.

Georgia

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

 

• Magti
  MagtiCom
  The mobile communications company MagtiCom Ltd. or more commonly MagtiCom was founded in 1996 and represents the largest Telecommunication company of Georgia. For today MagtiCom operates under four main brands Magti, Bali, Magti Fix, Bani and delivers various telecom services to more than 2 million...
  
   introduced HSDPA in 2009 with speeds up to 21 Mbit/s
• Geocell
  Geocell
  Geocell is the largest mobile communication provider in Georgia. It was created in 1996 and became fully operational on 900 MHz on March, 1997. Geocell was founded with shared Georgian and Turkish investment...
  
   introduced HSDPA in 2009 with speeds up to 3.6 Mbit/s

Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 

• T-Mobile
  T-Mobile
  T-Mobile International AG is a German-based holding company for Deutsche Telekom AG's various mobile communications subsidiaries outside Germany. Based in Bonn, Germany, its subsidiaries operate GSM and UMTS-based cellular networks in Europe, the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
  
   officially introduced its HSDPA service at the CeBIT
  CeBIT
  CeBIT is the world's largest and most international computer expo. CeBIT is held each year on the world's largest fairground in Hanover, Germany, and is a barometer of the state of the art in information technology...
  
   2006 (9–15 March 2006).
• Vodafone
  Vodafone
  Vodafone Group Plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers , with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of...
  
   also launched the service at CeBit 2006
• O2
  O2 plc
  Telefónica Europe plc is a European broadband and telecommunications company that trades as O2 . The company originated as a collection of worldwide telecommunications companies, known in the later half of the 1990s as BT Wireless, and a global mobile data business known then as Genie Internet,...
  
   launched HSDPA on December 1, 2006
• E-Plus
  E-Plus
  E-Plus is a mobile telecommunications operator in Germany. With 19.0 million subscribers, E-Plus is the third largest mobile operator in Germany, after T-Mobile and Vodafone ....
  
   launched HSDPA in 2009

Ghana

Ghana

Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...

 

• MTN officially introduced its HSDPA service in May 2007 in the cities of Accra, Tema and Kumasi
• Airtel Ghana
  Zain
  -People:*as a given name in general , orwith a first name of Zain*Zain Abbas , a Pakistan-born cricketer*Zain Amat , a Singaporean trapshooter*Zain Awan , an India-born Arab TV journalist...
  
   also has launched its 3G network (Formally ZAIN GHANA)

Gibraltar

Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. A peninsula with an area of , it has a northern border with Andalusia, Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region...

 

• Gibtel Is the mobile network operated by Gibtelecom, Gibraltar's leading and longest established communications service provider. The network was the first GSM service in Gibraltar in 1994, with full HSDPA service rolled out in 2007
• CTS (Gibraltar) Ltd launched its network with HSDPA service in early 2009 serving the British Overseas Territory

Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 

• Cosmote
  Cosmote
  COSMOTE is the largest mobile network operator in Greece, with 7.9 million subscribers. The company is headquartered in Athens and it is a fully owned subsidiary of the Hellenic Telecommunications Organization , the incumbent telecommunications provider in Greece...
  
   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
  Cosmote
  COSMOTE is the largest mobile network operator in Greece, with 7.9 million subscribers. The company is headquartered in Athens and it is a fully owned subsidiary of the Hellenic Telecommunications Organization , the incumbent telecommunications provider in Greece...
  
   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
  Vodafone
  Vodafone Group Plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers , with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of...
  
   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.

Guatemala

Guatemala

Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...

 

• Claro introduced HSDPA in Guatemala City and Antigua Guatemala on April 16, 2008, with the commercial name "3.5G", which expanded to other cities reaching at least 40 cities, originally available with 1.8 Mbit/s.
• TIGO introduced HSDPA in Guatemala City and 64 other cities on September 2008. Originally available with 3.8 Mbit/s, was upgraded to 7.2 Mbit/s in Guatemala City and other 2 cities.
• Movistar
  Movistar
  Movistar is a major Spanish mobile phone operator owned by Telefónica Móviles. It operates in Spain and in many Latin American countries. It is the largest carrier in Spain with 22 million customers and 41.58% of market share. Its principal competitor in Latin America is America Movil...
  
   introduced HSPDA in Guatemala City and other cities on August 2009, is deploying HSDPA in other major cities, the network is based on 1900 MHz and originally was available with 3.6 Mbit/s.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 

• SmarTone-Vodafone
  SmarTone-Vodafone
  SmarTone Mobile Communications Limited is a mobile phone operator in Hong Kong. It provides mobile phone service on GSM-900, GSM-1800 and W-CDMA with the brand SmarTone...
  
   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 24 US Dollars.
• SmarTone-Vodafone
  SmarTone-Vodafone
  SmarTone Mobile Communications Limited is a mobile phone operator in Hong Kong. It provides mobile phone service on GSM-900, GSM-1800 and W-CDMA with the brand SmarTone...
  
   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
  CSL (mobile phone)
  CSL Limited is Hong Kong's first and largest mobile communications operator established in 1983. It is now parented by CSL New World Mobility Group, a joint venture company of Telstra Corporation Limited and New World Development...
  
   officially launched HSDPA service on September 19, 2006, together with Dopod
  Dopod
  Dopod is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of Windows Mobile smartphones, operating in the South East Asia and Australasia. Dopod International was founded in 2004 and it is now directly owned by the Taiwanese Windows Mobile device manufacturer HTC with over 50% of shares...
  
   838pro, the first HSDPA compatible PDA
  Personal digital assistant
  A personal digital assistant , also known as a palmtop computer, or personal data assistant, is a mobile device that functions as a personal information manager. Current PDAs often have the ability to connect to the Internet...
  
   based on Windows Mobile 5.0
  Windows Mobile
  Windows Mobile is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft that was used in smartphones and Pocket PCs, but by 2011 was rarely supplied on new phones. The last version is "Windows Mobile 6.5.5"; it is superseded by Windows Phone, which does not run Windows Mobile software.Windows Mobile is...
  
  .
• 3 provided HSDPA service up to 7.2 Mbit/s
• PCCW
  PCCW
  PCCW Limited is the holding company of HKT Group Holdings Limited, Hong Kong's premier telecommunications provider in the Information and Communications Technologies industry. PCCW also holds a majority interest in Pacific Century Premium Developments Limited...
  
   also provided HSDPA

Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 

• T-Mobile
  T-Mobile
  T-Mobile International AG is a German-based holding company for Deutsche Telekom AG's various mobile communications subsidiaries outside Germany. Based in Bonn, Germany, its subsidiaries operate GSM and UMTS-based cellular networks in Europe, the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
  
   originally introduced its commercial HSDPA service on 17 May 2006, for the inner districts of Budapest
  Budapest
  Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
  
  , 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
  Telenor
  Telenor Group is the incumbent telecommunications company in Norway, with headquarters located at Fornebu, close to Oslo. Today, Telenor Group is mostly an international wireless carrier with operations in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Asia, working predominantly under the Telenor brand...
  
   company, offers Cat5 HSDPA USB and cardmodems and by March 2008 http://www.pannon.hu/egyeni/ugyfelszolgalat/lefedettseg/it has covered Budapest
  Budapest
  Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
  
   and 155 other towns and cities with 3.6 Mbit/s connection.]
• Vodafone
  Vodafone
  Vodafone Group Plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers , with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of...
  
   launched its commercial HSDPA service on 1 June 2007 and it is available in 111 towns and cities (including Budapest
  Budapest
  Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
  
  ). Vodafone Hungary's network has a theoretical maximum download speed of 7.2 Mbit/s.

India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 

• BSNL has launched HSDPA services at 11 Indian Cities on 27.02.2009. It has expanded its 3G network to almost all the circles available with exception to Mumbai
  Mumbai
  Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
  
   and Delhi
  Delhi
  Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
  
   where MTNL provides 3g services with theoretical speed up to 3.6 Mbps.
• MTNL DOLPHIN has started HSDPA Services under the brand name of 3G Jadoo where Jadoo
  Jadoo
  Jadoo is the debut album of the Pakistani pop band The Milestones, released in the year 1993. It was released by the record label Visible Changes and was produced by bassist Ali Tim and lead guitarist Ziyyad Gulzar...
  
   means Magic in Hindi
  Hindi
  Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
  
  .
• AirTel, India has launched HSDPA based services from Mar-2011. Airtel is providing HSDPA 3.6 mbps and HSPA+ 21 mbps.
• Vodafone
  Vodafone
  Vodafone Group Plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers , with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of...
  
  , India has also started providing HSDPA based services from Mar-2011. Vodafone is providing HSDPA 3.6 mbps and HSPA+ 21 mbps.
• Reliance
  Reliance
  -Companies:* Reliance Industries, an Indian conglomerate of companies headed by Mukesh Ambani** Reliance Petroleum** Reliance Life Sciences** Reliance Solar** Reliance Logistics** Reliance Industrial Infrastructure** Reliance Institute of Life Sciences...
  
   has launched HSDPA based services in Dec-2010.
• Tata DOCOMO
  Tata DoCoMo
  TATA DoCoMo, referred to as DoCoMo , is a Tata Teleservices Limited owned cellular service provider on the GSM and CDMA platform-arising out of the Tata Group's strategic joint venture with Japanese telecom giant NTT Docomo in November 2008...
  
   launched its 3G services in India on November 5th. Tata DOCOMO is providing HSPA+ 3.5G upto 21.1 MBPS.
• Idea
  Idea
  In the most narrow sense, an idea is just whatever is before the mind when one thinks. Very often, ideas are construed as representational images; i.e. images of some object. In other contexts, ideas are taken to be concepts, although abstract concepts do not necessarily appear as images...
  
   launched its 3G services in India.Idea is providing HSDPA 3.6 mbps and HSPA+ 21 mbps.
• Aircel
  Aircel
  Aircel group is a mobile phone service provider in India. It offers both prepaid and postpaid GSM cellular phone coverage throughout India. The Aircel group is a joint venture between Maxis Communications Berhad of Malaysia and Sindya Securities & Investments Private Limited, whose current...
  
   launched its 3G services in India.Aircel is providing HSDPA 3.6 mbps and HSPA+ 21.1 mbps.

Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

 

• Excelcom, or XL, introduced HSDPA deployment on 21 September 2006, with more than 100 HSDPA spots across the country.
• Indosat
  Indosat
  PT Indosat Tbk., formerly known as PT Indonesian Satellite Corporation Tbk. is a provider of telecommunication services in Indonesia. It is the third largest telecommunication company for mobile services in Indonesia after defeat by XL Axiata...
  
  , the first HSDPA network in Indonesia which is supported by Ericsson
  Ericsson
  Ericsson , one of Sweden's largest companies, is a provider of telecommunication and data communication systems, and related services, covering a range of technologies, including especially mobile networks...
  
  , Nokia Siemens Networks
  Nokia Siemens Networks
  Nokia Siemens Networks is a global data networking and telecommunications equipment company headquartered in Espoo, Finland. It is a joint venture between Nokia of Finland and Siemens of Germany...
  
   and Huawei
  Huawei
  Huawei is a Chinese multinational networking and telecommunications equipment and services company headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China...
  
   mostly in major cities.
• Telkomsel
  Telkomsel
  Telkomsel is a brand name of a GSM and UMTS Mobile phone network operator which is operating in Indonesia. It was found in 1995, and is a subsidiary of Telkom Indonesia....
  
   has HSDPA technology around the country, mostly in major cities.

Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 

• Vodafone
  Vodafone Ireland
  Vodafone Ireland Limited, part of the Vodafone Group, is the largest mobile phone company in Ireland in terms of active subscribers, and was previously called Eircell. The mobile phone system in use is a digital GSM 900 system, and also a third-generation UMTS system...
  
   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
  O2 Ireland
  Telefónica Ireland is a broadband and telecommunications provider in Ireland. The company is marketed and trades as 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
  Eircom
  Eircom Group LTD is a telecommunications company in the Republic of Ireland, and a former state-owned incumbent. It is currently the largest telecommunications operator in the Republic of Ireland and operates primarily on the island of Ireland, with a point of presence in Great Britain.As Bord...
  
   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 were expected to have a full commercial launch by Q3 2008 for both contract and prepay customers. But it still has not come in February 2009

Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

 

• Cellcom
  Cellcom (Israel)
  Cellcom is a major Israeli telecommunications company. Founded in 1994, most of the company's business is centered around wireless service...
  
   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 Ynet from October 2006 Partner completed deployment of HSDPA in 70% of the populated areas.
• Pelephone
  Pelephone
  Pelephone is an Israeli-based telecommunications company, founded in 1986 as a joint venture between Motorola and Tadiran, today owned by Bezeq. It was the first company to offer mobile phone services in Israel. Due to this, the brand-name "Pelephone" became the genericized trademark for mobile...
  
   has completed deployment of HSDPA network in 2009. http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/net_ile3.shtml

Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 

• 3 launched nationwide HSDPA service (25 main cities) in March 2006
• Vodafone
  Vodafone
  Vodafone Group Plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers , with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of...
  
   (all the UMTS network, about 70% of population, converted to HSDPA) in June 2006
• TIM
  Telecom Italia Mobile
  TIM is Telecom Italia's mobile phone brand, and runs a GSM, EDGE, UMTS and HSDPA network in Italy and Brazil.In Europe, TIM is part of the FreeMove alliance.TIM Peru was sold to América Móvil and rebranded Claro...
  
   in July 2006
• WIND
  WIND (Italy)
  Wind Telecomunicazioni SpA is an Italian telecom operator which offers integrated mobile, fixed and IPTV and Internet services and has also a sister network in Greece: WIND Hellas...
  
   part of its 3G network is upgraded to HSDPA since 2007

Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 

• SoftBank Mobile (formerly Vodafone Japan) introduced HSDPA services in October 2006.
• NTT DOCOMO
  NTT DoCoMo
  is the predominant mobile phone operator in Japan. The name is officially an abbreviation of the phrase, "do communications over the mobile network", and is also from a compound word dokomo, meaning "everywhere" in Japanese. Docomo provides phone, video phone , i-mode , and mail services...
  
   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. up to 7.2 Mbit on April 2008. 100% of the population covered by December 2008.
• EMOBILE
  EMOBILE Limited
  E Mobile is a cell phone operator in Japan offering 3G/HSPA data services. As they used to offer only data service, they were not widely known, but now after teaming up with NTT docomo to offer voice service, they are becoming more popular. Between March 2007 and March 2008 they expanded their...
  
   Launched HSDPA service on April 28, 2007.

Kuwait

Kuwait

The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...

 

• 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
  Zain
  -People:*as a given name in general , orwith a first name of Zain*Zain Abbas , a Pakistan-born cricketer*Zain Amat , a Singaporean trapshooter*Zain Awan , an India-born Arab TV journalist...
  
    Launched the service Commercially in September 2006. nowadays all Kuwait even desert is covered by 3.5G HSDPA 7.2 Mbit/s
• Viva KW also announced that it will introduce its 3.5 G service in the Kuwait

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Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

 

• Safaricom
  Safaricom
  Safaricom, Ltd is a leading mobile network operator in Kenya. It was formed in 1997 as a fully owned subsidiary of Telkom Kenya. In May 2000, Vodafone group Plc of the United Kingdom, the world's largest telecommunication company, acquired a 40% stake and management responsibility for the...
  
   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.
• Telkom Kenya
  Telkom Kenya
  Telkom Kenya is the sole provider of landline phone services in Kenya. It was previously a part of the Kenya Posts and Telecommunications Corporation which was the sole provider of both postal and telecommunication services...
  
   supports HSDPA from August 2011in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu & Malindi.

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...

 

• Beeline
  Beeline
  Beelining is an ancient art used to locate feral bee colonies by capturing and marking foraging worker bees, then releasing them from various points to establish the direction and distance of the colony's home...
  
   Now supports HSDPA and since January 2011 and has launched several services that offer internet services available in all 3G enabled areas of the country.

Laos

Laos

Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...

 

• Unitel
  Unitel
  Unitel may refer to:*Unitel Communications Incorporated, a Canadian telecommunications company later known as AT&T Canada.*Unitel Bolivia, a Bolivian television network*Unitel , a Mongolian mobile phone network*Unitel...
  
   launched HSDPA 14.4 Mbit/s service in October 2009. At June 2010, HSDPA was deployed in 15/17 city and provinces.

Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

 

• Omnitel
  Omnitel
  Omnitel is one of the largest telecommunication companies in the Baltics, member of TeliaSonera group. It provides services of carrying and packaging of voice, images, data, information, transactions and entertainment....
  
   launched its HSDPA service in May 2006.
• Bitė
  Bite
  A bite is a wound received from the mouth of an animal, including humans.Animals may bite in self-defense, in an attempt to predate food, as well as part of normal interactions. Other bite attacks may be apparently unprovoked. Self inflicted bites occur in some genetic illnesses such as...
  
   has been commercially deploying 3.5G services based on a nationwide network since June 2006.

Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...

 

• 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.
• LUXGSM has HSPA+ active in the whole network since Q1 2010

Malaysia 

• Maxis Communications
  Maxis Communications
  Maxis Communications Berhad is a Malaysian cellular operator company headquartered at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was started in the year 1993. It uses the dialing pref ix identifier of "012" , "017" and “0142”. Their mobile services are provided over the 900 & 1800 MHz GSM band and as July 2005,...
  
   (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 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.
• DiGi
  DiGi
  DiGi Telecommunications Sdn. Bhd., DBA DiGi, is a mobile service provider in Malaysia. It is owned in majority by Telenor ASA of Norway with 49%. On 24 May 1995 DiGi became the first telco in Malaysia to launch and operate a fully digital cellular network.They were also the first to offer GPRS and...
  
   (http://www.digi.com.my/) launched its HSDPA broadband (non-voice) service in March 2009 in the metro areas of Klang Valley, Penang and Kota Kinabalu. At launch DiGi offered subscription packages with up to 7.2 Mbps (2.0 Mbit/s typical) download speeds. On 29 September 2009, some DiGi voice subscribers in the above-mentioned metro areas began reporting being able to access the 3G network on their phones for the first time.
• U Mobile
  U Mobile
  U Mobile Sdn Bhd is 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....
  
   (http://www.u.com.my/) has introduce "Surf with U" mobile wireless broadband service to the Malaysia public on 2008. It is 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

Malta

Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...

 

• GO Mobile (www.go.com.mt) launched 3G and 3.5G (HSDPA) services on 26 April 2007 with nationwide coverage in both Malta and Gozo. GO Mobile was the second 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.
• Vodafone
  Vodafone
  Vodafone Group Plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers , with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of...
  
   (www.vodafone.com.mt) was the first mobile operator to launch 3G in Malta in 2006. In 2010 Vodafone Malta launched HSDPA speeds of up to 14.4 Mbit/s and HSUPA speeds of up to 2 Mbit/s, making it the fastest mobile broadband operator in Malta.

Mauritius

Mauritius

Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...

 

• Emtel
  Emtel
  Emtel Ltd. is an international joint venture between Currimjee Jeewanjee & Co. Ltd. and Millicom International Cellular SA, a leading operator in mobile and other telephone services and systems worldwide. Emtel Ltd...
  
   (www.emtel-ltd.com) introduced both HSDPA (at 1.8 Mbit/s) and WiMAX in 2007. Emtel
  Emtel
  Emtel Ltd. is an international joint venture between Currimjee Jeewanjee & Co. Ltd. and Millicom International Cellular SA, a leading operator in mobile and other telephone services and systems worldwide. Emtel Ltd...
  
   was also the first to launch a 3G network in Africa in 2004.

Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 

• Movistar
  Movistar
  Movistar is a major Spanish mobile phone operator owned by Telefónica Móviles. It operates in Spain and in many Latin American countries. It is the largest carrier in Spain with 22 million customers and 41.58% of market share. Its principal competitor in Latin America is America Movil...
  
   (http://www.movistar.com.mx) Movistar provides 3G service.
• Telcel
  Telcel
  Telcel is Mexico's largest mobile phone carrier, owned by América Móvil. Founded in 1989 and based in Mexico City, Telcel is the leading provider of wireless communications services in Mexico. As of December 31, 2006, Telcel's cellular network covered more than 63% of the geographical area of...
  
   (www.telcel.com) Is the official carrier of the iPhone 3G
  IPhone 3G
  The iPhone 3G is the second generation of iPhone designed and marketed by Apple Inc.. It was the successor to the original iPhone, and is succeeded by the iPhone 3GS. Introduced on June 9, 2008 at the WWDC 2008 at the Moscone Center, San Francisco...
  
  .
• Iusacell
  Iusacell
  Grupo Iusacell is Mexico's #3 mobile operator.-Services:The company provides cellular services reaching about 90% of Mexico's population, including Mexico City and received more licenses to cover the remaining regions in early 2005. It has more than 3.5 million subscribers...
  
   (http://www.iusacell.com.mx/) Iusacell was the first to provide 3G service in Mexico.

Moldova

Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...

 

• Moldcell
  Moldcell
  Moldcell is a mobile network operator in Moldova. It works in GSM and UMTS standards.- General information :Communication standard: Moldcell has a license to work in GSM standard on frequencies from 900 to 1800 MHz as well as in UMTS standard on frequency of 2100 MHz.Moldcell started its...
  
   (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
  Orange Moldova
  The Orange company operates in Moldova since April 1998, a 94.45% share of Orange Moldova belongs to France Télécom. The company is also an internet service provider and fixed voice services provider for business....
  
   (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.

Morocco

Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

 

• Maroc Telecom
  Maroc Telecom
  Maroc Telecom is the main telecommunication company in Morocco.IAM employs around 11,178 employees. It has 8 regional delegations with 220 offices present on all the territory of Morocco.IAM is controlled by Vivendi which has a 53% share of its capital...
  
   has commercially launched a 3G/HSDPA/HSPA+ service in the country's main cities. The company was originally awarded a 3G license in May 2006, along with competitors, Medi Telecom and Maroc Connect.
• Inwi
  Wana (Telecommunications)
  Wana is the third main telecommunication company in Morocco. It was one of the early Internet service providers in Morocco. It started marketing its internet services representing the brand Wanadoo, thus the name Wana...
  
   The third GSM operator in Morocco is the first to launch 3G products. "HDM Internet" is the first 3G CDMA 2000/EV-DO Rev A service in North Africa.
• Meditel
  Méditel
  Méditel is one of three licensed telecommunications operators in Morocco. Its headquarters is based in Casablanca.Méditel obtained the second license of mobile telephony in Morocco in 1999...
  
   The first 3G UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA services arrive at Meditel in 2007. Meditel has a good support service.

Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 

• T-Mobile
  T-Mobile
  T-Mobile International AG is a German-based holding company for Deutsche Telekom AG's various mobile communications subsidiaries outside Germany. Based in Bonn, Germany, its subsidiaries operate GSM and UMTS-based cellular networks in Europe, the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
  
   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
  Vodafone
  Vodafone Group Plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers , with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of...
  
   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
  KPN
  KPN is a Dutch landline and mobile telecommunications company, including both 2G and 3G mobile operations...
  
   also launched its HSDPA service in October 2006, starting in The Hague
  The Hague
  The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
  
  , Amsterdam
  Amsterdam
  Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
  
   and Rotterdam
  Rotterdam
  Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
  
  . 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

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 

• Vodafone
  Vodafone
  Vodafone Group Plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers , with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of...
  
   launched a national UMTS network in mid-2005. This was followed by a network upgrade to HSDPA which was launched on 12 September 2006. The original GSM/GPRS network covers some 97% of NZ's population. A 900 MHz UMTS upgrade was completed in June 2009 with the intention to provide the same coverage area as the existing GSM network.
• Telecom New Zealand
  Telecom New Zealand
  Telecom New Zealand is a New Zealand-wide communications service provider , providing fixed line telephone services, a mobile network, an internet service provider , a major ICT provider to NZ businesses , and a wholesale network infrastructure provider to other NZ CSPs...
  
   launched a network available to the public in June 2009, with 850 MHz coverage nationwide. Supplementary 2100 MHz coverage in cities, with HSPA+. Promoted as the XT Mobile Network
  XT Mobile Network
  Mobile Network Code: 503 05NZ non-geographic prefix: 027The XT Mobile Network is a UMTS mobile network run by Telecom New Zealand. It operates nationwide in the 850 MHz frequency, with 2100 MHz infill in major urban areas....
  
  .
• 2degrees
  2degrees
  2degrees is a U.S. and British owned mobile phone provider operating in New Zealand with 580,112 customers . They launched on 5 August 2009 after 9 years of planning. 2degrees currently offers prepaid and pay monthly mobile services...
  
   has a network operating with HSPA+ on their own cell sites in Auckland
  Auckland
  The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
  
  , Christchurch
  Christchurch
  Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...
  
  , Wellington
  Wellington
  Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
  
   and Queenstown
  Queenstown, New Zealand
  Queenstown is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island. It is built around an inlet called Queenstown Bay on Lake Wakatipu, a long thin Z-shaped lake formed by glacial processes, and has spectacular views of nearby mountains....
  
  . With a roaming agreement with Vodafone NZ for use of their GSM/GPRS network in areas not covered by these sites.

Nepal

Nepal

Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...

 

• Nepal Telecom
  Nepal Telecom
  Nepal Telecom or Nepal Telecommunications Corporation is the leading and the largest government owned telecommunication company of Nepal. It is also known as Nepal Doorsanchar Company Limited . A former government monopoly, it was converted into a Public Limited Company on April 14, 2004...
  
  
• Ncell has launced HSDPA in 15 different places across Nepal
  Nepal
  Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
  
  . Ncell has also launched 3G service in Everest Base Camp.

Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

 

HSDPA technology came to Pakistan in early 2007s. It is still using in urban areas but not succeeded as such in its attempt.

Panamá

Panama

Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...

 

• Movistar
  Movistar
  Movistar is a major Spanish mobile phone operator owned by Telefónica Móviles. It operates in Spain and in many Latin American countries. It is the largest carrier in Spain with 22 million customers and 41.58% of market share. Its principal competitor in Latin America is America Movil...
  
   deployed a UMTS network by November 2008. This was the very first 3G network in the country. It offered broadband data services from the start by means of HSDPA technology. Claro
  Claro (mobile phone network)
  Claro is the largest mobile phone network in the Americas. It is part of the Mexican telecom group América Móvil which is one of the four largest mobile phone network operators in the world, with more than 200 million customers...
  
   also offers HSDPA.

Paraguay

Paraguay

Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...

 

• CTI Móvil
  CTI Móvil
  Claro is a mobile network operator with headquarters in Córdoba, Argentina that operates in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay , owned by América Móvil. Beginning March 25, 2008 it is known as Claro. Also provides service in Antarctica.-External links:* * *...
  
   introduced HSDPA in November 2007. Rebranded as Claro
  Claro (mobile phone network)
  Claro is the largest mobile phone network in the Americas. It is part of the Mexican telecom group América Móvil which is one of the four largest mobile phone network operators in the world, with more than 200 million customers...
  
   in March 2008.
• Personal

Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

 

• Globe Telecom
  Globe Telecom
  Globe Telecom , commonly known as Globe, is a telecommunications company in the Philippines. Globe provides mobile, fixed line, and broadband Internet services.- History :In 1928, Congress passed Act No...
  
   was the first in the Philippines to use its 3G
  3G
  3G or 3rd generation mobile telecommunications is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunication services fulfilling the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 specifications by the International Telecommunication Union...
  
   and HSDPA facilities during the 23rd SEA Games
  2005 Southeast Asian Games
  The 23rd Southeast Asian Games were held in the Philippines from November 27 to December 5 in 2005. The games were participated by the eleven nations of Southeast Asia. This was the first time that the opening and closing ceremonies were held in a large open field, despite the fact that Manila...
  
   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. They offer speeds of up to 12 Mbps.
• Smart Communications
  Smart Communications
  Smart Communications is a wholly owned mobile phone and Internet service subsidiary of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company .On June 30, 2010 the company reported that it had over 45 million cellular subscribers.-Brands:...
  
   has the first HSDPA ready network. It launched its commercial HSDPA-enabled 3G network on May 1, 2006. They offer speeds of up to 12 Mbps.
• 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.
• Sun Cellular
  Sun Cellular
  Digitel Mobile Philippines, Inc., is a mobile telecommunication service provider in the Philippines doing business as Sun Cellular. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Digital Telecommunications Philippines, or Digitel. Digitel is in turn owned by the JG Summit Group with a minority stake...
  
   offered 3G Data plans in mid-late 2007 with HSDPA being deployed in key cities of Metro Manila with speeds of 2 or 3 Mbit/s. Their offer is the most competitively priced to date at $17/month unlimited.

Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 

• PTC/T-Mobile (former Era) is the first operator in Poland
  Poland
  Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
  
   who launched their network-wide HSDPA service commercially, on October 30, 2006. Era was also the first operator in Poland
  Poland
  Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
  
   to present HSDPA operation in its network during March 2006 Intertelecom trade fair held in Łódź. T-Mobile has the widest HSDPA coverage out of all 3G operators in Poland.
• Polkomtel/Plus 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. Plus coverage map
• Centertel/Orange
  Orange Polska
  Orange is the brand name of Polish mobile phone network operator, PTK Centertel.The company was founded in December 1991 to operate an analog network under the Centertel brand. It launched Idea, Poland's third GSM network, in 1998, operating on both the 900 and 1800-MHz bands from the beginning...
  
   on November 9, 2006 has announced availability of HSDPA on their Node B base stations in Warsaw and Katowice
  Katowice
  Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...
  
  . On November 14 the operator has updated the announcement, stating he will make HSDPA available network-wide on December 1, 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 1, 2006, HSDPA was commercially available in Warsaw and Katowice
  Katowice
  Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...
  
   only.

Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 

• TMN since 5 April 2006 , current maximum speed up to 21.6 / 5.7 Mbit/s.
• Vodafone
  Vodafone
  Vodafone Group Plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers , with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of...
  
   since 5 April 2006 , from 10 October 2010 maximum speeds up to 43.2 / 5.7 Mbit/s.
• Optimus
  Optimus Telecomunicações, S.A.
  Optimus Telecomunicações, S.A. is a Portuguese GSM/UMTS mobile operator. The company was incorporated at the end of 1997 after winning the bid for Portugal's third GSM license...
  
   since 5 April 2006 at maximum speed up to 21.6 / 5.7 Mbit/s.

Since 5 April 2006 that the three operators offer this service, coverage includes the main cities and most important towns at speeds up to 43.2 Mbps (Vodafone

Vodafone

Vodafone Group Plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers , with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of...

 , 21.6Optimus

Optimus Telecomunicações, S.A.

Optimus Telecomunicações, S.A. is a Portuguese GSM/UMTS mobile operator. The company was incorporated at the end of 1997 after winning the bid for Portugal's third GSM license...

) and (TMN), generally 3.6/7.2 Mbit/s in most cities. At main cities the three operators have also HSUPA 5.7 Mbits upload enabled.

Qatar

Qatar

Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...

 

• Qtel
  Qtel
  Qtel used to be the exclusive telecommunications provider in Qatar and is one of the largest public companies in Qatar with about 2000 employees. It was successfully launched on the Doha Securities Market in 1998 and listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1999, the Bahrain Stock Exchange in 2001...
  
   launched HSDPA in January 2008 initially covering Doha
  Doha
  Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar...
  
  , Wakrah, Rayyan, Mesaieed
  Mesaieed
  Mesaieed is a municipality in the State of Qatar, approximately south of Doha. Its capital is also called Mesaieed.-Location:Mesaieed is located approximately south of Doha. To the east and south, Mesaieed borders the Persian Gulf. On land, to the north and west, Mesaieed borders Al Wakrah...
  
  , Al Khor
  Al Khor
  Al Khor is a coastal city in northern Qatar, located 50 kilometers north of the capital, Doha. The name of the city means creek in Arabic as the town is located on a creek...
  
   and Ras Laffan.
• Vodafone
  Vodafone
  Vodafone Group Plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers , with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of...
  
    Launched the 3G services nowadays all Qatar even desert is covered by 3.5G HSDPA 7.2 Mbit/s

Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

 

• Vodafone Romania
  Vodafone Romania
  Vodafone is a Romanian mobile phone network operator. It launched in April 1997 as the first GSM network in Romania...
  
   launched 3.5G on 6 October 2006, with initial coverage restricted only to Bucharest
  Bucharest
  Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
  
  . Current coverage includes 23 cities.
• Orange Romania
  Orange România
  Orange România is Romania's largest GSM network operator, the subsidiary of Orange SA. It is now fully owned by the France Télécom Group , the biggest initial investor, who gradually increased its ownership....
  
   announced the launch of HSDPA in 10 cities by the end of June 2007, starting at speeds of 3.6 Mbit/s.
• Cosmote Romania
  Cosmote România
  Cosmote România is a Romanian mobile phone operator. It is the third largest mobile phone operator in the country, following Orange Romania and Vodafone Romania after surpassing Zapp Mobile...
  
   (formerly Zapp Mobile
  Zapp Mobile
  Zapp Mobile is the first CDMA 450 MHz mobile phone operator in Romania, now part of Cosmote. Zapp has around 200,000 subscribers left, giving the CDMA network around 1% market share, and the number is declining because of migration of the customers to other GSM or UMTS networks...
  
  ) launched services on its Romanian 2100 MHz network at the end of June 2008. The platform is based on UMTS/HSDPA solutions provided by ZTE and is mainly be used for offering high-speed wireless data services across Romania. At launch, the network was already operational in 19 major towns and cities, including Bucharest, Timisoara, Iasi, Cluj, Brasov, Craiova and Constanta.
• DIGI.Mobil
  RCS&RDS
  RCS&RDS is the largest Romanian cable and internet provider, offering nationwide satellite television, cable television, cable internet, VOIP, and 3G services...
  
   was from his birth in October 2007 a 3G+ service using HSDPA. They started deploying modems on the market in late 2009 - early 2010. Their offer is the cheapest because of its manner: if you have their landline broadband connection you can get the modem without a monthly fee.

Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

 

• MegaFon
  MegaFon
  MegaFon ,previously known as North-West GSM, is the second largest mobile phone operator in Russia. It works in the GSM and UMTS standard. Its main competitors are Bee Line GSM and Mobile TeleSystems ....
  
   supports HSDPA with speeds up to 7.2 Mbit/s.
• MTS
  Mobile TeleSystems
  MTS is the largest mobile operator in Russia and CIS with over 102,4 million subscribers as of 31 December 2009.Having started in the Moscow license zone in 1994, МТS in 1997 received licenses for further areas and began expansion, later entering other countries of the CIS...
  
   supports HSDPA with speeds up to 14.4 Mbit/s.

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...

 

• AlJawal has announced that it will introduce its 3.5 G service by the summer 2006.
• Mobily
  Mobily
  Mobily is the trade name of Saudi Arabia's second Telecommunications company, Etihad-Etisalat consortium . The company, as the winning bidder for Saudi Arabia's second GSM licence, provides mobile telecom services nationwide, breaking Saudi Telecom's monopoly in the wireless business...
  
   also announced that it will introduce its 3.5 G service by the summer 2006.
• Zain
  Zain
  -People:*as a given name in general , orwith a first name of Zain*Zain Abbas , a Pakistan-born cricketer*Zain Amat , a Singaporean trapshooter*Zain Awan , an India-born Arab TV journalist...
  
   also announced that it will introduce its 3.5 G service by the summar 2008.

Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 

• M1, 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. 7.2 Mbit/s is available in select locations since Oct 2008.
• StarHub
  StarHub
  StarHub Limited is a full-fledged telecommunications company providing a full range of services over mobile, internet and fixed platforms in Singapore...
  
   offers HSPA, for mobile subscribers using exclusive data packages, supporting maximum download speed of 7.2 Mbit/s. This service was launched by StarHub in August 2007.

Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 

• Orange
  Orange Slovensko
  Orange Slovensko is a member of the global communications group Orange. The Orange Group operates in 19 countries of the world and currently serves almost 172 million customers....
  
   has launched HSDPA @ 3.6 Mbit/s from UMTS at August 23, 2006. September 1, 2008 upgrade to HSDPA @ 7.2 Mbit/s. October 2, 2008 upgrade to HSUPA @ 1.46 Mbit/s. 2009 upgrade to HSDPA 14.4 @ Mbit/s. coverage map: http://www.orange.sk/private/coverage/index.jsp?locale=sk
• T-Mobile
  T-Mobile
  T-Mobile International AG is a German-based holding company for Deutsche Telekom AG's various mobile communications subsidiaries outside Germany. Based in Bonn, Germany, its subsidiaries operate GSM and UMTS-based cellular networks in Europe, the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
  
   launched HSDPA @ 3.6 Mbit/s on August 22, 2006. On June 2, 2009 upgraded download speed to 7.2 Mbit/s and launched HSUPA @ 1.46 Mbit/s. Covers now all regional capitals and several district towns. In 2010 improvements can be expected with launching new town coverage every week. coverage map: http://www.t-mobile.sk/sk/!pages.get?id=1285
• Telefónica O2 launched HSDPA @ 14.4 Mbit/s on April, 2011. Coverage map: http://www.o2.sk/pre-vas/internet/mapa-pokrytia

Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

 

• Mobitel has commercially launched HSDPA in October 2006 with speeds up to 7.2 Mbit/s.
• Si.mobil has commercially launched HSDPA in September 2007 with speed up to 3.6 Mbit/s.
• Tušmobil
  Tušmobil
  Tušmobil is the third largest mobile operator in Slovenia with over 200,000 customers .-History:The company was established in 2006. Tušmobil gained its mobile license when US-based Western Wireless International shut down its network at the end of May 2006...
  
   has commercially launched HSDPA in September 2008 with speed up to 3.6 Mbit/s.
• T-2 has commercially launched HSDPA in June 2008 with speed up to 7.2 Mbit/s.

South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

 

• Both MTN and Vodacom
  Vodacom
  Vodacom is a pan-African mobile telecommunications company, and was the 1st cellular network in South Africa. It provides GSM service to more than 35 million customers in South Africa, Tanzania, Lesotho, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Revenue for the year ended 31 March 2008...
  
  , two of South Africa's leading GSM operators have fast HSDPA service delivering theoretical downlink speeds of 7.2 Mbit/s. Both offer 7.2 Mbit connection speeds, However Vodacom as of March 2010 has officially rolled out 14.4 Mbit speeds over the majority of the country and have confirmed that HSPA+ with 21.1 Mbit speeds is already live in certain areas. As further towers get upgraded this speed will become available in more locations during 2010. The networks Cell C and MTN are soon to follow.

South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

 

• SK Telecom
  SK Telecom
  SK Telecom Co., Ltd. or Sunkyoung Telecom is a South Korean wireless telecommunications operator, controlled by the SK Group, one of the country's largest chaebol. As a part of SK Group, SK stands for Sun Kyung.SK Telecom is a provider of mobile service in Korea, with 50.5% of the market share as...
  
   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 is the world's 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
  KTF
  KTF was a South Korean telecommunications firm, now merged into Korea Telecom, specializing in cellular, or mobile, phones. Since 1999, it has also developed extensive overseas operations. The company is credited with developing customised ring back tones...
  
   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

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

 

• Orange
  Orange SA
  Orange is the brand used by France Télécom for its mobile network operator and Internet service provider subsidiaries. It is the fifth largest telecom operator in the world, with 210 million customers . The brand was created in 1994 for Hutchison Telecom's UK mobile phone network, which was...
  
   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 download and 1.4 Mbit/s upload.
• Movistar
  Movistar
  Movistar is a major Spanish mobile phone operator owned by Telefónica Móviles. It operates in Spain and in many Latin American countries. It is the largest carrier in Spain with 22 million customers and 41.58% of market share. Its principal competitor in Latin America is America Movil...
  
   started to test HSDPA services in April 2006.
  • Movistar offers 7.2 Mbit/s download and 2 Mbit/s upload speeds in several major cities. 3.6 Mbit/s download speeds are available in towns with 100.000 or more inhabitants plus 180 relevant villages.
• Vodafone
  Vodafone
  Vodafone Group Plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers , with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of...
  
   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 is still unknown when Yoigo will deploy their HSDPA network. For now UMTS (3G
  3G
  3G or 3rd generation mobile telecommunications is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunication services fulfilling the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 specifications by the International Telecommunication Union...
  
  ) is their fastest offer.

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

 

• Airtel Sri-Lanka launched the HSPA service in January 2009 and it is being used now.
• Dialog Telekom
  Dialog Telekom
  Dialog Axiata PLC is Sri Lanka's largest telecommunications service provider, which operates Dialog Mobile, the country's largest mobile phone network with over 6 million subscribers...
  
   launched HSDPA in August 2006. As of 2008 the HSPA service has been put to operation and it is being used. They are boasting about widest HSDPA coverage and 7.2 Mbit/s downlink speed. Dialog also launched 4G LTE in March 2011, it has an average downlink speed of 100 Mbit/s indoors and about 30 Mbit/s outdoor; it is the first telecommunication network to introduce 3G LTE in South Asia and 3rd to introduce it to the world.
• Mobitel Lanka introduced HSPA service (HSDPA) in December 2007. The service, branded M3, offers up to 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.
• Etisalat
  Etisalat
  Emirates Telecommunications Corporation, branded trade name Etisalat is a UAE based telecommunications services provider, currently operating in 18 countries across Asia, the Middle East and Africa...
  
   introduced HSPA service (HSDPA and HSUPA) in March 2011. The service offers up to 21 Mbit/s downlink As of 2011 March, Sri Lanka is the only country in South Asia region to deploy commercial HSUPA (3.75G) networks.

Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 

• 3 launched HSDPA service on 8 November 2006. The network is provided by Ericsson
  Ericsson
  Ericsson , one of Sweden's largest companies, is a provider of telecommunication and data communication systems, and related services, covering a range of technologies, including especially mobile networks...
  
   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
  Telenor
  Telenor Group is the incumbent telecommunications company in Norway, with headquarters located at Fornebu, close to Oslo. Today, Telenor Group is mostly an international wireless carrier with operations in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Asia, working predominantly under the Telenor brand...
  
   launched HSDPA service in May 2007. The network has downlink speed of 3.6 Mbit/s.

Syria

Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....

 

• SyriaTel
  Syriatel
  Syriatel Mobile Telecom PLCfounded in Nov 2001Capital: SYP 3.350 billionCommon shares: 134 millionStock Par value: SYP25 Syriatel leads the Syrian mobile telecommunication market since 2000, Syriatel believes that the first responsibility is to offer the customers a wide array of high quality...
  
   launched 3.5G/HSDPA service in August 2008. With a maximum downlink speed of 7.2 Mbit/s. Covered areas include Damascus, Aleppo, Lattakia, and Palmera.
• MTN Syria
  MTN Syria
  MTN SYRIA is one of the two mobile operators in Syria. MTN SYRIA was also known as "Areeba". It offers GSM and 3.5g broadband services. However, 3G services like Video Calls or streaming are not yet available on mobile phones. The services MTN SYRIA provides are far fewer that those mobile...
  
   has commercially launched a 3G mobile network service in mid-August 2008, with speeds reaching a maximum of 7.2 Mbit/s. MTN Syria's 3G network covers Damascus, Homs, Latakia and Aleppo in addition to Palmyra.

Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

 

• AIS
  AIS
  -As a word:* Ais people, a Native American tribe living on the Treasure coast of Florida, United States which had completely disappeared by the mid-18th Century.*Plural of:** ai ** AI -Medicine:...
  
   have rolled out HSPA in Bangkok, Chiang Mai May 2008. 3.5G Network 900 MHz with a maximum speed 21.6 Mbps.
• TOT
  TOT
  TOT may refer to:* TOT , a telecommunications company* Tater Tots, a fried potato dish* Terms of trade, a concept in economics* Theatre of Tragedy, a musical group* Theology on Tap, a program of Christian talks and fellowship...
  
  3G launched HSPA in Bangkok, December 3.2009. 3.5G Network 2100 MHz with a maximum speed 42 Mbps.
• true move lauched HSPA in Bangkok, Pattaya, Chiang Mai, Hua Hin and Phuket for their trial phase. 3.5G Network 850 MHz with a maximum speed 42 Mbps.
• dtac
  DTAC
  Total Access Communication Public Company Limited is the second largest GSM mobile phone provider in Thailand . Dtac is owned by Telenor both directly and indirectly...
  
  3G launched HSPA in Bangkok, Pattaya, Nakhom Pathom, Chacheongsao, Hua Hin and Phuket 3.5G Network 850 MHz with a maximum speed 42 Mbps.

Tunisia

Tunisia

Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...

 

• Orange Tunisie also announced that it will introduce its 3.5 G service UMTS/HSDPA on 2010
• Tunisie Telecom also announced that it will introduce its 3G Services UMTS/HSDPA from 2011

Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 

• Turkcell
  Turkcell
  Turkcell is the leading mobile phone operator of Turkey, based in Istanbul. The company has 34.1 million subscribers as of June 30th, 2011.- Company background :...
  
  
• Vodafone
  Vodafone
  Vodafone Group Plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers , with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of...
  
  
• Avea
  Avea
  AveA , the sole GSM 1800 mobile operator of Turkey, was founded in 2004 and has reached a nationwide customer base of 12.4 million by the end of June 2009.TT&TİM İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş...
  
  

The services were launched at the end of July 2009.

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 

• 3
  Hutchison 3G
  3 is a brand name under which several UMTS-based mobile phone networks and Broadband Internet Providers are operated in Australia, Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong, Macau, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, and the United Kingdom...
  
   currently has HSDPA coverage in most of the 3G areas they cover.
• O2
  O2 plc
  Telefónica Europe plc is a European broadband and telecommunications company that trades as O2 . The company originated as a collection of worldwide telecommunications companies, known in the later half of the 1990s as BT Wireless, and a global mobile data business known then as Genie Internet,...
  
   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
  Orange UK
  Orange is a mobile network operator and internet service provider in the United Kingdom, which launched in 1994. It was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but was purchased by France Télécom in 2000, which then adopted the Orange brand for all its other mobile communications activities...
  
   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. 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
  3G
  3G or 3rd generation mobile telecommunications is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunication services fulfilling the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 specifications by the International Telecommunication Union...
  
  , EDGE
  Edge
  - Aviation :* Leading edge, a line connecting the forward-most points of a wing's profile* Trailing edge, the rear edge of the wing* Zivko Edge 540, an aerobatic aircraft- Mathematics, science and technology :...
  
   or 2G
  2G
  2G is short for second-generation wireless telephone technology. Second generation 2G cellular telecom networks were commercially launched on the GSM standard in Finland by Radiolinja in 1991...
  
   services, albeit at a slower speed and are one of the only UK network to offer such flexibility along with O2. Orange has announced that this speed will be increased to 7.2 Mbit/s in the top 30 UK cities and 14.4 Mbit/s in the top 5 cities, this will be rolled out over 18 months from June 2008.

• T-Mobile UK
  T-Mobile
  T-Mobile International AG is a German-based holding company for Deutsche Telekom AG's various mobile communications subsidiaries outside Germany. Based in Bonn, Germany, its subsidiaries operate GSM and UMTS-based cellular networks in Europe, the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
  
   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.
  • T-Mobile UK released (on 9 May 2006) a quad band HSDPA 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
    Skype
    Skype is a software application that allows users to make voice and video calls and chat over the Internet. Calls to other users within the Skype service are free, while calls to both traditional landline telephones and mobile phones can be made for a fee using a debit-based user account system...
    
     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
  Vodafone
  Vodafone Group Plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers , with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of...
  
   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

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 

• AT&T is operating a 3G/HSDPA network, called BroadbandConnect, currently in most metropolitan markets. Speeds up to 7.2 Mbit/s are available in most markets. Areas that use UMTS instead of HSDPA as the uplink protocol are limited to 1.8 Mbit/s speeds.
• T-Mobile USA
  T-Mobile USA
  T-Mobile USA, Inc. is an American mobile-network operator, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, that provides wireless voice, messaging and data services in the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The company is the fourth-largest wireless carrier in the U.S. market with 33.73...
  
   is currently rolling out a 3G network in the 1700 and 2100 MHz bands. Currently T-Mobile USA has rolled out in most of their 29 top markets and over 120 cities by the end of November 2008 with their 3.5G 7.2 Mbit/s network.

Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

 

• Movistar
  Movistar
  Movistar is a major Spanish mobile phone operator owned by Telefónica Móviles. It operates in Spain and in many Latin American countries. It is the largest carrier in Spain with 22 million customers and 41.58% of market share. Its principal competitor in Latin America is America Movil...
  
   is currently adopting a 3.5G/HSPDA network for cellphones and wireless modems.
• Digitel
  Digitel
  -Business:*Corporación Digitel, C.A. d/b/a Digitel GSM, a wireless services operator in Venezuela*Digital Telecommunications Phils., Inc., a landline services operator in the Philippines...
  
   is a HSDPA network in the 900 MHz band, only for wireless modems.

See also

• List of UMTS networks
• List of HSUPA networks
• List of HSPA+ networks
• List of CDMA2000 networks