SK Telecom readies HSUPA service

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South Korean carrier readies HSUPA service

SK Telecom Co. is preparing to launch a high-speed uplink packet access (HSUPA) service, according to a report from The Korea Herald. This mobile technology has enhanced data upload capabilities, theoretically allowing up to 5.76Mbps in upload and 14.4Mbps in download speeds. Its predecessor can only carry an upload rate of up to 2Mbps.

Later on in the story they state that:

Nearly 237,065 subscribers have signed up for the 3G+ service out of the carrier's 20.66 million cellphone users as of May 13 this year.

This sounds impressive the way EET Asia presents until you do the math and realize that WCDMA has only captured a scant 1.15% of SKT's subscriber base.

I'm sure that Jones will figure out some way to spin this, but it is hard to argue with facts.