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this link. ]
“Japan’s largest mobile operator will power-up a 3.5G network
next week, and launch a Linux-based phone capable of using it. The
N902iX phone, supplied by NEC, offers features most U.S. and
European users can only dream of–such as 3.6Mbit/s peak download
speeds.“HSDPA (high-speed downlink packet access) is based on the same
WCDMA technology used in DoCoMo’s currently available 3G network,
FOMA (‘Freedom of Mobile Access’). However, HSDPA offers peak
download speeds approximately 10 times greater than the 384Kbit/s
rates offered by FOMA…”