Ericsson Promises 1Mbps GSM Upgrade

Written by Adam Gosling

Wednesday, 14 March 2007

By 2009 Ericsson has promised it can deliver mobile broadband speeds of 1Mbps over existing GSM infrastrucutre with little more than a software upgrade. Such an offering could prove to be a watershed change in the delivery of mobile content for the world's 2 billion existing GSM subscribers.  Ericsson is the company behind most of the 196 commercially launched EDGE networks. EDGE substantially increases the data performance and capacity of 2G GSM networks using only a software upgrade of existing equipment. Following the recent 3GPP industry standardization of the next generation of EDGE, EDGE Evolution, Ericsson has restated its commitment to launch EDGE Evolution, as software upgrade of existing infrastructure, by 2009. EDGE Evolution will boost data speeds by up to 300 percent and will significantly improve latency, coverage, and spectrum efficiency. This improved data performance in GSM will serve as an important complement to high-speed WCDMA/HSPA networks, meeting the growing demand of data bandwidth and mobility. Ulf Ewaldsson, Vice President and Head of Product Area Radio at Ericsson, says: "Ericsson EDGE Evolution builds on 3GPP's industry standardization of agreed technology improvements and reflects Ericsson's prediction that the current trend towards EDGE-capable GSM networks and terminals is set to continue. "Ericsson is committed to offering improved data communications such as mobile broadband, and we will leverage our expertise evolving fixed and mobile infrastructure to provide future-proof investment in Ericsson GSM networks." www.ericsson.com Related news items Optus To Offer Mobile Credit Card System -10/10/2007 Tiny Rugged UMPC WIth Vista -10/10/2007 Hybrid Drive Boosts Laptop's Skillset -10/10/2007 Consumers Want FMC: Companies Don't See The Benefit -02/10/2007 Nokia Buys Map Company For US$8 Billion -02/10/2007 Newer news items Next G Coverage Ahead Of Schedule -18/07/2007 Unwired Meets Funding Commitments Ensuring WiMAX Network -30/04/2007 Telstra 3G Gets Express Card -24/04/2007 Asia Mobile Market Growing at 24%: Frost -02/04/2007 Vodafone Subsidises Data Hardware -31/03/2007 Older news items No 3G For Santa Rosa -18/02/2007 Broadcom Could Benefit From Bluetooth Case -04/01/2007 Intel Demo's Mobile WiMAX Chip -07/12/2006 Spin Internet Expands Free Mobile Broadband -07/12/2006 ACMA Hunts For Useful Spectrum -05/12/2006 Tag This Now: