Ericsson reaches 42Mbps with commercial equipment earning “world’s first” badge.
You know, it’s funny that here in the U.S. of A. we get all hot and bothered about the talk ot 5-10Mbps speeds that will come along with a 4G upgrade in the coming years. Sounds fast and in reality is much faster than what we currently have. But our puny networks are nothing compared to those in Stockholm, Sweden. It is here where a network run by TeliaSonera and tested with Ericsson hardware has pushed the current HSPA boundary from 28Mbps up to 42Mbps. Simply put: It’s faster folks — much faster.
The two best things to highlight are (1) that these new speeds are being achieved on commercial hardware and (2) current 28Mbps networks looking to upgrade need only install a software upgrade. Awesome! When current/older hardware can benefit from new technology via a simply hardware upgrade at that point in time, the world is at peace. Any Swedish readers care to chime in?
