ZTE to launch the HSUPA data cards at 3GSM World Congress

(Product News, 9 Feb 2007)

ZTE Corp. will be launching what it claims to be the world’s fastest HSUPA data card at the 3GSM World Congress 2007 in Barcelona, Spain. Scheduled to enter the market next quarter, the MF362 is an HSDPA/HSUPA compatible data card supporting a wireless uplink transmission rate of 2Mbps and a wireless downlink of 7.2Mbps.

One of the first HSUPA cards to be introduced to the market, the MF362 will be sold in volume to operators around the world for sale to end users as a ZTE or operator branded device.

HSUPA, the next step after HSDPA, enhances the data speed in the uplink up to a theoretical maximum of 5.7Mbps, from the 384kbps currently available with HSDPA. Studies show the demand for a higher uplink speed will grow together with the soaring demand for the downlink speed. Traditional business applications such as email and image/data uploads and consumer applications such as network gaming will greatly benefit from HSUPA's enhanced uplink speeds.

The M362 enables communications using HSDPA, HSUPA and WCDMA at 850MHz and 2.1GHz; and GSM, GPRS and EDGE at 900MHz, 1.8GHz and 1.9GHz. EDGE Multislot Class12 connections deliver the fastest possible data transfer. The M365 card is compatible with Windows 2000 and XP and Mac OS, and is certified Vista ready. A Type II PCMCIA card, it also has a Cardbus 32bit interface.