HSPA evolution with CAPEX considerations

Present years showed increasingly active competition on the mobile market. Considering rapid technology development and its business implications, operators need to steer the market trend and take faster response than competitors in order to survive and to keep growing. Rich spectrum of alternative 3G network upgrade directions opens a debate on the applicable and convenient evolution strategy providing resources for growing data-traffic and at the same time keeping the investments under control. This paper overviews and assesses HSPA evolution strategies. In this context, HSPA+ features are presented in line with their deployment costs in the short and long term.