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AT&T HSUPA Soft Launch?

Posted by Jibi on Sep 21, 2007 12:11 pm 7 comments
Filed in AT&T, Exclusives, HSUPA, Rumors

It seems that with the buried hype information surrounding the soon-to-be-released HSUPA data cards, our very own Boy Genius and myself did not realize the implications of AT&T’s launch of these HSUPA-enabled cards. It was reported earlier in the year that AT&T would launch HSUPA, the second-part of the HSPA initiative complimenting the highly touted HSDPA technology, later in the year. It was previously thought that the launch would be mid-year, however we’re a couple months late on that target time frame. Well, this gives us a date, at least, for an apparent soft launch for their HSUPA technology offering. Mark it down, just in case you didn’t catch it the first time, AT&T will launch HSUPA to the public in early October.

Markets: Whereabouts Unknown, although my educated guess would likely relate these opening day markets closely with their HSDPA brethren.

"So, what’s the fuss?", you might ask. Well, this basically means that there will be a shift from UMTS for upstream data flow for data card users. This, in conjunction with a yet-to-be-announced upgrade for HSDPA data rates, will allow AT&T to finally compete against Verizon and Sprint for high speed wireless bandwidth offerings.

7 comment(s) for this post.

  1. On Sep 21, 2007 @ 12:24 pm, victor Said:

    What phones will work with this? HTC Tilt? Maybe even the next gen. iPhone?

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  2. On Sep 21, 2007 @ 12:42 pm, Roberto Said:

    I just got my HTC Tilt and the internet browser it is VERY FAST!!! I love this phone, now all I need is to learn how to do video conference on it….

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  3. On Sep 21, 2007 @ 1:38 pm, Randy Said:

    I’m Doubtful that any phones released this year will use HSUPA. This will likely be data card only for a bit.

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  4. On Sep 21, 2007 @ 5:34 pm, 3waygeek Said:

    The Qualcomm MSM7200 chipset in the Tilt/Tytn II is supposed to support HSUPA. However, as far as I know, the firmware doesn’t — that holds out the hope that a ROM update may add HSUPA support.

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  5. On Sep 21, 2007 @ 6:20 pm, Jeff B. Said:

    Is there anything the Tilt, TyTN II, Kaiser, 8925, Blade, Slide, etc. can’t do.
    (for those of you that don’t follow that’s all the same phone…the HTC Kaiser.)

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  6. On Nov 3, 2007 @ 11:46 am, Gerardo Said:

    motorola q, randy you dont know what you are tlaking about.

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  7. On Nov 3, 2007 @ 3:46 pm, Randy Said:

    @gerado

    Is it? show me.

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