Mobile WiMAX, HSUPA get spotlight at ITU Telecom World

by Chris Ziegler posted Dec 4th 2006 at 2:55PM

LG and Samsung are using Hong Kong's ITU Telecom World 2006 as a platform for highlighting a couple technologies that, frankly, can't get here soon enough. It seems somehow appropriate that the Korean crosstown rivals are fighting for their share of the spotlight, parading HSUPA and Mobile WiMAX equipment -- both of which have the potential to shatter upstream speeds offered by the latest live technologies (HSDPA and EV-DO rev. A), while Mobile WiMAX also offers the tantalizing opportunity to pull upwards of 10Mbps down to you. While this isn't the first time we've seen either of these technologies in the wild, they're obviously becoming more ubiquitous at each and every trade show around the globe -- which means our dream of some day hosting Engadget Mobile on a cellphone grows ever closer.

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Filed under: LG, Samsung

Tags: hong kong, HongKong, hsupa, itu, lg, mobile wimax, MobileWimax, samsung, telecom world, TelecomWorld, wimax

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L3 @ Dec 4th 2006 3:51PM

Hey help? definitions for those of us who missed that day? HSUPA and HSDPA? They seem to infer High Speed Up something-something and High Speed Down something-something? Packet something? Access?

Thanks.

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Josh @ Dec 5th 2006 12:27AM

HSDPA--High Speed Data/Downlink Packet Access
HSUPA--High Speed Uplink Packet Access

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