Toshiba-Ericsson partner for HSDPA laptops

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Ericsson is to partner with Toshiba for the integration of High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) mobile broadband modules into Toshiba’s business laptop range in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

HSPA is said to be the world’s most widely deployed mobile broadband technology, with 198 commercially deployed networks available in 86 countries worldwide.

As the use of wireless LAN (WLAN) technology becomes increasingly widespread, the demand for real mobile broadband access to the Internet and company networks any time/anywhere has significantly increased. Market analysts predict that laptops will remain the key mobile productivity tool for business, and that HSPA technology will play a key role in this.

Thomas Teckentrup, GM: Toshiba Computer Systems Division Europe, comments: "Toshiba and Ericsson complement each other very well. While Toshiba has a strong position in the business laptop market, Ericsson has a lot of experience in the mobile broadband business."

Users of Toshiba business laptops will soon benefit from Ericsson’s latest wireless broadband technologies (HSPA) with modules allowing data rates of up to 7,2Mbps in the downlink and up to 2Mbps in the uplink.

The module also has a GPS receiver, to be used together with positioning applications. Toshiba plans to release laptops equipped with Ericsson’s mobile broadband modules later this year.

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