Ericsson does HSPA+ plus some, achieves 168Mbps downloads

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Back in 2009, we squealed like giddy schoolgirls when the hotshots
over at Ericsson crushed standard HSPA+ speeds with 56Mbps downloads,
but even then we wondered if the standard would last much longer. Two
years later, HSPA+ is still around and Ericsson is still crushing
records -- three records, to be exact. At a recent demonstration in
Stockholm, the company showed off multi-carrier HSPA with 168Mbps
downlinks and 24Mbps uplinks, dual-carrier HSPA with peak speeds of
84Mbps, and single-carrier HSPA sporting 42Mbps. We'll admit, we're
impressed, but considering Korean researchers have hit speeds of
600Mbps on LTE, we're afraid we won't be busting out the Cristal for
this one. Ericsson expects to roll out single-carrier HSPA with 42Mbps
and dual-carrier HSPA with 84Mbps sometime later this year.