Vodafone partnering with Siemens for HSDPA in Germany

by Thomas Ricker, posted Apr 4th 2006 at 11:01AM

Looks like ~~Mannesmann~~ Vodafone is stepping into the ring for a smackdown with T-Mobile in the race to bring that HSDPA goodness to the entirety of Germany. Rather than taking the time to build-out their beleaguered four-city service themselves, Vodafone decided to axe (according to German media) 500 local jobs, and partner with Siemens AG for HSDPA coverage -- who, by the way, are the main supplier to T-Mobile Germany for HSDPA as well. They’ll have to be quick though to compete with T-Mobile’s all-city, all-HSDPA, all-the-time service coming by end of May -- which already allows T-Mo to showcase such subscriber-sweetness as their MDA Vario II (AKA, the HTC Hermes). Let’s just hope these initial offerings are a bit more robust than say, Cingular’s fledgling offering here at home.

[Via The Wireless Report]

Filed under: T-Mobile, Vodafone, HSDPA

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Jamar @ Apr 4th 2006 11:53AM

What people need is efforts being spent to make 3G bigger in the States. Preferably start setting up *2100MHz* networks in places with a high Japanese population where people would be more accepting of 3G, or already have 3G phones, and maybe to open up 3G roaming from Japan or other countries, or also premium content, as a revenue stream to fund the network expansion into the rest of the country. It's painful to see 3G networks practically nonexistant in the US and China while the rest of the world builds up 3G and puts these places to shame...

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