The Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) has confirmed that 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 GSA, the number of HSPA products announced has increased more than 80% 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, says the GSA.
The GSA states that there is also an evolution in uplink speeds and performance. 344 HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access) devices have been launched, which is an increase of 175% year on year. 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.
Key findings:
329 HSPA network commitments in 135 countries/territories
283 commercial HSPA operators in 119 countries/territories
More than 150 million HSPA customers/subscriptions
144 commercial HSPA networks (almost 51%) support 7.2 Mbps or higher peak downlink speed
92 HSUPA operators commercially launched in 46 countries
26 HSPA Evolution (HSPA+) networks in commercial service in 19 countries, supporting peak downlink speeds up to 28 Mbps