Vodafone Portugal hits 16Mbps on HSPA+ trial

We've known that HSPA+ had the potential to deliver internet on-the-go at 20Mbps or so, and we've seen rivaling technologies outpace it in the past few months. That said, real world speeds of 16Mbps ain't nothing to scoff at, and that's exactly the mark which Vodafone Portugal has hit in Lisbon. The carrier, in partnership with Ericsson, was said to be using HSPA+ 64QAM technology, which touts a theoretical maximum download speed of 21.6Mbps. We're even told that Voda believes the speeds could be pushed as high as 28.8Mbps with MIMO functionality, though there's no word given on when this stuff would be available to the general populace. Soon, please?

[Via RCRWireless]

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 6th 2009 7:36PM]

Wow that's amazing I'm stuck with dsl in my area. Wish that was available and or affordable for the consumer in areas with low internet speeds.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 6th 2009 7:47PM]

Same here DSL from att. This would be really nice especially since you can be mobile with it.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 6th 2009 8:58PM]

i wish we had a carrier like rogers or vodafone here in the US :(

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 7th 2009 2:18PM]

We in US have been way behind in both speed and coverage, this is no surprise I go to Europe regularly and can tell you it's disappointing to see how much better their phones and service is also.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 23rd 2009 8:42PM]

so what, I have a 7.2 Mbits HSDPA, and can't even dowload any faster than,... 220Kb/s they limit it to that for some reason unknown