Austria gets HSPA+ thanks to mobilkom and Ericsson

The Aussies are laughing all the way to 21Mbps, sure, but where's a denizen of the Old World supposed to get their fix? Austria's mobilkom has officially become the first European carrier to launch HSPA+ service, using Ericsson-sourced equipment to offer peak data rates up to the same 21Mbps offered by Telstra. What's more, Ericsson says they'll hit 28Mbps "in the course of the year," so the only challenge left on the table is getting a whole bunch of devices that can take advantage -- USB sticks and ExpressCards are a forgone conclusion, sure, but where are our blazing handsets with five-minute battery lives?

[Via SlashPhone]

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 26th 2009 9:15AM]

Aussies are from Australia not Austria retards hahahahaha

[Chris Posted Mar 26th 2009 10:42AM]

Oopsie, someone forgot to understand the post before commenting!

[(Unverified) Posted May 3rd 2010 4:51PM]

lol, owned

lern 2 read gud :)

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 26th 2009 11:39AM]

@james

Just a tip... make sure you click the links within the article to get the whole picture...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 27th 2009 1:15PM]

Wait I'm confused. I don't see Australia mentioned anywhere so how do the Aussies fit in? And I can't click the link to read more, i'm stuck at work and can only access this site.