Qualcomm completed the first data call at 20mbps via HSPA+ (also known as Evolved HSPA) using a 5MHz band spectrum. The company’s Qualcomm’s MDM8200 HSPA+ chipset is already available to manufacturers who will use it on mobile phones and base stations, as it’s compatible to many existing bands such as 900 MHz band and the 2.5 GHz IMT-2000 extension band.

Several HSPA+ trials have already started, and Australia’s Telstra was the first to enable some features of this connectivity technology which can achieve speeds up to 84mbps, although the latest release, HSPA+ Release 7 can support up to 28mbps.

The advantage of HSPA+ besides being compatible to existing bands, is the backwards compatibility with UMTS, HSDPA, and HSUPA devices.

Source: Cellaz, MyBroadband