Nortel claimed on Friday to have reached a new milestone for Super 3G by demonstrating a data connection at a speed of 3.6Mbps. Super 3G, or high-speed data packet access (HSDPA), is an enhancement to today’s 3G networks that offers the promise of much faster connectivity. Nortel claims that this is the first time that a live HSDPA datacard call with a transmission rate of 3.6Mbps has been demonstrated in test conditions.

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