HSPA device market keeps growing — MobileMonday Global: Industry News

^{Mobile broadband becomes reality} HSPA device market keeps growing

6 Oct 2009 at 23:48 GMT Timo Poropudas

There are now 1,739 HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) user devices launched in the market by 190 manufacturers. According to the latest HSPA Devices survey just published by The Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA), the number of HSPA products announced has increased more than 80 percent in the past 12 months. The number of suppliers has grown from 139 companies to 190 in the same period.

The survey also confirms that more than 1,000 new HSPA devices were introduced onto the market since July 2008.

Today the majority of HSPA devices (51%) support a peak downlink data speed of 7.2 Mbps or higher.

There is also an evolution in uplink speeds and performance. 344 HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access) devices have been launched. 125 HSUPA devices (over 36%) support, or are upgradeable for, 5.76 Mbps peak operation (compared to 33 devices in October 2008).

Twelve HSPA+ devices have been launched by 6 suppliers, supporting peak data speeds up to 21 and 28 Mbps.

GSA numbers further show that mobile operators now have more than 150 million HSPA subscriptions. The total number of the world’s mobile subscriptions exceeds four billion.