More and more mobile operators are betting on upgrades to their third-generation (3G) networks, hoping to ride a booming market for services such as music downloads and fend off threats from new technologies.

Wireless broadband was a key theme at the mobile industry’s biggest annual trade show in Barcelona this week, as one operator after another unveiled plans to roll out HSDPA, a technology that can offer Internet speeds at least four faster than the present WCDMA 3G standard.

Via: Reuters