T-Mobile Introduces HSPA+ Network In San Fran, San Jose, And Other Locations

By Matthew Chung on 10/04/2010 02:14 PDT

T-Mobile has been placing a lot of focus on its expanding HSPA+ network recently, and after releasing the HSPA+ G2 and myTouch phones, the carrier has also announced that it has expanded its network to offer 4G speeds in several new areas, which includes:

Biloxi and Gulfport, Miss.;
Denver, Colo.;
Huntsville, Ala.;
Knoxville, Tenn.;
Myrtle Beach, S.C.;
Norfolk, Va.;
Omaha, Neb.;
Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.;
Salt Lake City, Utah;
San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland and Sacramento, Calif.;
West Palm Beach, Fla.

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HSPA+ is also known as Evolved High-Speed Packet Access. It is a mobile broadband protocol that was defined by the 3GPP standard, release 7. In Theory, the HSPA+ data rate can go up to 84 Mbps (Megabits per second) downstream (to the mobile), and 22Mbps upstream (back to the tower). These numbers are achieved by using multiple streams, so they should be considered theoretical and peak performance numbers. The HSPA+ specifications support up to 168Mbps of theoretical peak rate. Although many HSPA+ carriers call it 4G, it is very different from 4G LTE.

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