Nokia Siemens Networks announced on Thursday announced their Dual Carrier EDGE solution, while will double data speeds to 592 kbps. This will be a carrier-side software change, and will be available in 3Q 2008.The next step after that in Nokia Siemens Networks' EDGE Evolution program will be EGPRS 2, which will download speeds to up to 1.2 Mbps and upload speeds to up to 473 kbps. The date of that upgrade, however, was unannounced.
EDGE Evolution aims to improve EDGE speeds by reducing latency, increasing bit rates and increasing signal quality.
In a press release, Ari Lehtoranta, Head of Radio Access Business Unit, Nokia Siemens Networks, said:
"By 2015, we expect to live in a broadband-IP world with five billion people 'always on' and therefore Nokia Siemens Networks is committed to protecting customer investments and continue to implement leading EDGE technology. Dual Carrier software upgrade is an easy and extremely cost efficient step to bring broadband user experience to GSM/EDGE networks."Just imagine how much work corporations will be able to wring out of us then.
What's uncertain is what, if any, current phones will be able to handle the new speeds. The assumption is that at least some (perhaps the iPhone) will be able to get a firmware upgrade and see marked improvement, while others will be stuck in the slow lane.
By the time this rolls out we will hopefully be holding a 3G HSDPA iPhone anyway, but for those with old hardware, this would be great.
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