Cingular Wireless, now a part of AT&T, is providing its Connecticut customers with the ability to securely access information and applications at broadband speeds with its new high-speed wireless 3G (third-generation) network the company said in a release today.
Cingular's 3G footprint in the state covers I-95 and the Merritt Parkway between the New York border and New Haven as well as along Route 91 from New Haven to just north of Hartford. 3G is also available at Bradley International Airport, the UCONN-Storrs Campus, downtown New London, Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos and the area surrounding ESPN headquarters in Bristol.
Cingular said its 3G network is available in 165 cities, and is the first widely available service in the world to use HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) technology. HSDPA is the high-speed evolution of GSM/EDGE (Global System for Mobile Communication/Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution), which shares a common core network. GSM is the world's most popular wireless technology and is used by more than one billion people in 210 countries.
