As WCDMA mobile operators look to upgrade their networks to offer greater speeds, HSDPA Status Report examines the current status and global potential of the technology. The report looks at infrastructure vendor strategies, operator roll-out plans, and handset manufacturer strategies in the run-up to the first HSDPA commercial launches, expected in H2 2005.

Written by the analysts responsible for Informa Telecoms & Media?s World Cellular Information Service, HSDPA Status Report also includes an overview of HSDPA infrastructure contracts awarded thus far, and a survey of worldwide operators to have announced their timetables for an HSDPA launch.

The report answers key questions including:

• Which operators around the world are looking to deploy HSDPA and why?
• What are the capabilities of HSDPA?
• Which vendors have so far been successful in winning HSDPA contracts?
• How will operators position HSDPA in their markets?
• When are HSDPA-enabled datacards and devices due to arrive?

Includes three comprehensive case studies Understand the capabilities of HSDPA technology and gain an overview of operator roll-out strategies via three detailed operator case studies covering Cingular Wireless (USA), O2 (Europe) and NTT DoCoMo (Japan). Also included: contract updates for eight infrastructure vendors and progress reports for 10 handset/device manufacturers

Order this report and discover: The business case for HSDPA: what benefit is there for operators in upgrading their W-CDMA networks to offer HSDPA? The challenges facing operators upgrading from W-CDMA to HSDPA. Is HSDPA a mere software upgrade from W-CDMA, as vendors once claimed, or are further network upgrades required? Operator HSDPA roll-out strategies. How will operators deploy HSDPA, and which market segments will be targeted first? The timetable for the launch of devices and handsets. Which manufacturers will produce HSDPA enabled devices and handsets first?

HSDPA Status Report is essential reading for prospective HSDPA operators, for vendors looking to benchmark their performance against that of their competitors and anyone with an interest in HSDPA and the future of mobile data services.