High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) is the first evolution of WCDMA, which is delivering the full mobile broadband experience for users across the world. A recent related survey by GSA stated that the number of HSDPA networks planned, in deployment or launched has reached 108 in 51 countries, of which 45 are providing commercial services today. GSA forecasts that the number of commercial HSDPA networks will reach 80 by end 2006.

The range of HSDPA-capable devices covered in this survey embraces all form factors: 25 PC datacards (PCMCIA and ExpressCard), three USB modems, three broadband wireless routers, and 19 mobile phones.

Forty of the HSDPA devices (80%) included in this survey also support GSM/EDGE, thus ensuring service continuity and the best user experience of mobile broadband services.

Sixteen of the HSDPA devices included in this survey are capable of operation at 850MHz, in support of major 850MHz HSDPA network deployments in Australia and North America, and potentially in many more markets throughout the Americas, Asia and elsewhere.

The survey total of 50 devices excludes the many models of notebooks/laptops with embedded HSDPA modules and PC datacards enabling wireless wide area networking (WWAN) access, which have been launched by several PC manufacturers, mostly in partnership with mobile network operators.