GSA Survey Confirms HSDPA Deployments Increase by 60% – And GSM achieves near 90% share of global mobile growth in past year

April 6, 2006: GSA reports that High Speed Downlink Packet Access – HSDPA, has achieved significant traction amongst 3G/WCDMA operators worldwide. According to a new survey by GSA, 79 HSDPA network deployments, an increase of 60% in 5 months, are planned or in implementation in 43 countries. It means that three quarters of 105 operators who have commercially launched 3G/WCDMA services have committed to the HSDPA evolution in their networks.