Cell C 42Mbps HSPA+ arrives in April 2011
Cell C announced in 2010 that they are planning to bump up their broadband speeds to 42Mbps, and the company has now revealed that the first 42Mbps HSPA+ rollouts will start in early April 2011.
Cell C CTO Ron Reddick said that they will roll out the new 42Mbps speeds in Port Elizabeth first, and then follow a staged rollout approach – similar to what the company is doing with their 21Mbps HSPA+ network.
42Mbps HSPA+ ZTE modems will be available in Port Elizabeth in April, and will be made available in other areas as the higher speeds are activated on the Cell C network.
Good news for existing Cell C subscribers is that their modems will work on Cell C’s 42Mbps HSPA+ network, and despite the fact that they will be limited to their maximum modem speed, they should benefit from the higher network capacity.
Cell C CEO Lars Reichelt pointed out that the main aim of the 42Mbps network upgrade is to create more capacity and boost the average performance on their network rather than merely creating higher peak speeds.
LTE trialled
Reddick said that while the company is looking at 84Mbps HSPA+, their focus for future network upgrades will be on LTE.
Reddick said that they are currently testing LTE on both their existing 900MHz spectrum and in 850MHz with test spectrum. Speeds in excess of 100Mbps are seen in testing using Samsung LTE dongles.
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