page_title: High Speed Packet Access
hierarchical_section_title: High Speed Packet Access
caption_attribution_description: English: Android HSPA+ logo on android 6.0.1
context_page_description: High Speed Packet Access is an amalgamation of two mobile protocols, High Speed Downlink Packet Access and High Speed Uplink Packet Access, that extends and improves the performance of existing 3G mobile telecommunication networks using the WCDMA protocols. A further improved 3GPP standard, Evolved High Speed Packet Access, was released late in 2008 with subsequent worldwide adoption beginning in 2010. The newer standard allows bit-rates to reach as high as 337 Mbit/s in the downlink and 34 Mbit/s in the uplink. However, these speeds are rarely achieved in practice.
context_section_description: High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) is an amalgamation of two mobile protocols, High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) and High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA), that extends and improves the performance of existing 3G mobile telecommunication networks using the WCDMA protocols. A further improved 3GPP standard, Evolved High Speed Packet Access (also known as HSPA+), was released late in 2008 with subsequent worldwide adoption beginning in 2010. The newer standard allows bit-rates to reach as high as 337 Mbit/s in the downlink and 34 Mbit/s in the uplink. However, these speeds are rarely achieved in practice.
caption: HSPA+ indicator shown in notification shade on a 3G specified Android smartphone running version 6.0.1 (Marshmallow).
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