Nokia Siemens looking to pump up EDGE
Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:16AM EDT
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Annoyed by your iPhone's pokey Web surfing over EDGE? Well, your browsing might get a lot faster thanks to Nokia Siemens, which is promising to double the speed of EDGE wireless networks with a mere software upgrade.
Naturally, AT&T would need to deploy the Nokia Siemens software upgrade on its network for subscribers to reap the benefits; so far, not a peep from AT&T about Nokia Siemens' announcement.
And the upgrade wouldn't just help iPhone owners; anyone with an EDGE-only phone would get much faster Web browsing and data access. T-Mobile, which has yet to launch its own 3G network, could particularly benefit from a speedier EDGE network.
That said, enhanced EDGE access would still lag well behind 3G networks. As CNET points out, AT&T's HSDPA network boasts download speeds in the 600kbps to 1.4MB range—and that means that any goodies in store for the upcoming 3G iPhone might still be out of reach of the original iPhone, enhanced EDGE or no.
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Nokia Siemens speeds up 2.5G cell networks [CNET News.com]
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1 Posted by shadow7840 on Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:44PM EDT Report Abuse
I believe you meant to say that HSDPA boasts networks speeds from 600Kb/s to 1.4Mb/s. Otherwise, 1.4MB/s (11.2Mb/s) would out pace my FIOS connection at home!