HSDPA enables much faster data download speeds on 3G networks than is possible now. What takes minutes to download now will take only seconds with HSDPA, said Celcom.
DiGi’s chief technology officer, Jon Eddy says: “Our network expansion and upgrade contains two important elements - significantly enhance our EDGE network quality and performance and, extend EDGE coverage to more than 60 per cent of the country’s population.”
He said Time dotCom intended to offer a new concept of 3G broadband based on the fixed-mobile convergence platform, utilising the latest High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSPDA) or 3.5G technology.
Wan Muhamad said the company was testing the performance of the HSPDA network to assess how it reacted on different demand patterns.
He said HSPDA would provide speed as high as 14 megabits per second, which was much higher than the current speed offered by Maxis or Celcom.
Malaysia’s telecoms industry is dominated by lethargic government-linked companies. There is precious little competition and no one seems to be prepared to take responsibility for the problem.
“Each network should be able to talk to each other (in terms of 3G); it is more of commercial (issues) rather than technical,” he said in a recent email reply to FinancialDaily .
Jarring intends using WiFi for nationwide wireless broadband coverage. This envisaged WiFi deployment emulates cellular and makes WiMax redundant before inception.




