-- Throughput rates averaging 550-800 Kbps -- Reduced latency to 70-100 milliseconds -- Simultaneous voice and data service using the same spectrum allocation -- Improved multi-media services for rapid downloads of video clips, music tracks, large high-resolution files and games"Operators in Latin America, such as Ola in Colombia, are trialing UMTS while considering the unique market dynamics of their regions that will influence their decisions to commercially launch services," commented Erasmo Rojas, Director of Latin America and the Caribbean for 3G Americas, "Ancel in Uruguay has announced their 2007 plans to commercially deploy UMTS and later in the same year upgrade their network to HSDPA." Analysts predict that globally, there will be 100 million UMTS/HSDPA customers by the end of 2006. It is expected that almost all of the 291 operators committed to deploying UMTS will eventually enhance their offered services with HSDPA. About 3G Americas: Unifying the Americas Through Wireless Technology The mission of 3G Americas is to promote and facilitate the seamless deployment throughout the Americas of GSM and its evolution to 3G and beyond. The organization fully supports the Third Generation technology migration strategy to EDGE and UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA adopted by many operators in the Americas, which is expected to account for up to 85 percent of next-generation customers worldwide. 3G Americas is headquartered in Bellevue, WA, with an office for Latin America and the Caribbean in Dallas, TX. For more information, visit: www.3gamericas.org. About Rogers Wireless Rogers Wireless Inc. is Canada's largest wireless voice and data communications services provider with offices in Canadian cities across the country, more than 6.2 million customers, and two powerful brands: Rogers Wireless and Fido. Rogers Wireless, which operates Canada's largest and clearest integrated wireless voice and data network, providing advanced voice and wireless data solutions to customers from coast to coast, is Canada's only carrier operating on the GSM/GPRS technology platform, the world standard for wireless communications technology and the only technology that enables roaming around the world in over 180 countries. The company is a subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc. a diversified Canadian communications and media company. For further information, please visit www.rogers.com
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