14 DAY TRIAL // Nokia has supported Polish mobile operator Polkomtel in launching its commercial HSDPA network in the Warsaw area. Using Nokia's HSDPA solution, Polkomtel offers its customers mobile data services at speeds of up to five times faster than its current WCDMA speed.
"We at Polkomtel take pride in offering our customers the best quality and the most advanced services, so upgrading our 3G network to HSDPA was a natural step," said Thomas Eberle, Chief Technical Officer, Polkomtel. "Rapid rollout capability and technical expertise are extremely valuable when introducing new services to our customers. We have the Nokia WCDMA 3G network, so upgrade to HSDPA only required new software, which allowed us to launch HSDPA services extremely easily and fast."
Polkomtel and Nokia have been working together since 1996. Nokia supplies the HSDPA under extension of the existing agreement for GSM/EDGE and WCDMA 3G, signed in 2005.
In WCDMA 3G, Nokia has 63 customers to date. Nokia HSPA is a software upgrade to Nokia WCDMA networks, thus enabling a fast and cost-effective rollout. Nokia HSPA is made up of two technologies, HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) and HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access), allowing data transfer speeds of up to 14.4 Mbps in the downlink and up to 5.8 Mbps in the uplink.