Turkcell completes HSPA+ 3G tests

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: A series of HSPA+ enabled 3G network tests have been completed by Turkcell in collaboration with Ericsson, attaining a peak transmission speed of 42Mbps. Ericsson provided its dual carrier and multi carrier frequency solutions in a network upgrade programme.

According to Turgut Erkul, business area radio manager at Ericsson, Turkcell and Ericsson conducted an HSPA multi carrier 42.2Mbps test on 5 March 2010 in Istanbul. Turkcell is among the first operators in the world to reach 42.2Mbps speed with Ericsson’s HSPA multi carrier solution.

Turkcell chief network operations officer, Ylter Terzioolu, on the other hand added that Turkcell will provide these speed levels to its customers in 2010 and aims to eventually reach 84Mbps in 3G.

Investment in cutting-edge infrastructure will be continued by Turkcell to ensure that its network can utilize the most up-to-date technologies.