NTT DoCoMo Announces HSDPA Handset Prototypes.Tokyo, Japan, Feb 1, 2006 - (JCN) - NTT DoCoMo announced on February 1 three prototype high-speed downlink packet access High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) is a 3G (third generation) mobile telephony communications protocol in the High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) family, which allows networks based on Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) to have higher data (HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) See HSPA. ) handsets developed by Fujitsu, Motorola and NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. . The prototype models achieve a data download speed of up to 3.6Mbps, about 10 times faster than conventional 3G FOMA See i-Mode. handsets. HSDPA is expected to facilitate powerful new services by enabling high-volume downloads and the viewing of rich content. The prototypes will be demonstrated at the DoCoMo booth at the 3GSM World Congress 2006 to be held in Barcelona, Spain, from February 13 to 16. The company aims to start HSDPA services sometime between July and September 2006. Copyright [c] 2006 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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