Bell Mobility Speeds Up HSPA Network to 42-Mbps

8:38 pm on November 18, 2010 | Category: Cellular, Telecom Services, Wireless, Wireless Technology

business/bell.jpg

Canadian cell phone operator, Bell Mobility, has doubled the theoretical maximum download speed of its HSPA wireless network to 42Mbps.

The accelerated ’3G+’ network will be available to users of the Novatel Ovation MC547 device, which will be marketed as the ‘U547 Turbo Stick’ by Bell. This device, which acts as a wireless modem for laptop and notebook computers, will be available to Bell Mobility users in Toronto beginning next Tuesday (November 23).

“This just pushes the frontier forward a little bit,” commented Bell Mobility president, Wade Oosterman. “It’s great for Canada.”

Users will need to pay an extra $10 per month (on top of their normal mobile data bill) to access the 3G+ network.

Related Articles:

    None Found

    3 Comments »

    RSS feed for comments on this post.

    1. How about less “speed increases” and more “reducing costs”?

      Yeah, the speed increase is great and all, but considering that Canada is still the most expensive country in the world when it comes to mobile data costs, I’d rather see them reduce prices than try to “innovate” something that’ll end up costing us more.

      Comment by M — November 19, 2010 #

    2. consumers want to tell bell to eat s— and die. we are fed up with getting jerked around by these money gouging pigs. since wwe do NOT have a real government, we have to fend for ourselves. bell, rogers and telus are the three greediest parasites in the universe. that is a 100% fact ! and we want nothing from these effing pigs.

      Comment by Herry69 — November 19, 2010 #

    3. AND ANYONE WHO HAS TRIED TO DEAL WITH BELL SERVICE, COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT KNOWS HOW OBSTINATE, STONE WALLING, UNHELPFUL THEY MOSTLY CAN BE TOO.. Which reminds me my Bell internet services is still disastrous, unreliable, I have connectivity problems even as of lately periodically when I have no downloads even, I have email sending problems as well.. and what Bell does not know how to fix this still and it wants more money? dream on..

      It is absolutely pathetic, disgusting that I have to fight with Bell, be threatened with a lawsuit, all to get my rightful matters settled in the end.. and next bad history with Bell likley repeats itself still too.. Do all consumers have to go through this process now as well?

      People often ask me where is the Consumer affairs ministers in all of this still? sleeping too, who with?

      They Bell do fix one problem and they seem to create another. Here is the reality Bell’s existing Internet system in still not totally adequate, it has defects, shortcomings, something they never seem to admit or tell others. Plus in the process of upgrading, modernization, creativity Bell continuously makes changes to it’s internet supply services, which next cause significant connectivity problems with some of their existing, non compatible equipment, as well as major problems for their related clients, major ISP problems. Major Problems that Bell dishonestly covers up, lies about and tends never to admit to, for fear of any negative repercussions, and for fear of being likley held financial responsible of any damages of course. This approach of Bell is all inexcusable still..

      Bell’s Consumer complaints , abuses and their increase was so predictable because Canada’s too often major telecommunications companies, the 3 Stooges, for they too have not changed nor their abusive behaviors Bell included now. Bell (TSX:BCE), Telus (TSX:T) and Rogers (TSX:RCI.B) “lead the ladder in terms of complaints”. In total 3,747 complaints were received in the 2009-2010 monitoring period, up from those in 2008-2009.

      Comment by thenonconformer — November 19, 2010 #

    Leave a comment

    XHTML: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>


    Published by TeleClick Enterprises
    Edited by Jeremy Maddock