Singapore – StarHub announced the upgrade of its High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) network nationwide to 5.76Mbps on the uplink, tripling its current mobile broadband upload capacity of 1.9Mbps. This means that StarHub’s HSPA mobile broadband network will be able to deliver higher uplink speeds for customers – using compatible devices – who wish to upload photos to online community sites, and large documents wirelessly. When completed in end December 2008, the upgrade will make StarHub the first operator in Asia to have a nationwide High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) network at 5.76Mbps. By 2Q-2009, StarHub will complete its upgrade of the HSPA network to HSPA Plus (HSPA+) which will boost mobile broadband downlink speeds 1.5 times higher to 21Mbps.