HSDPA went live on the MTN network on March 22.
'With one of the lowest mobile data rates in the world and easy to understand tariff packages, MTN subscribers are enjoying a fresh, seamless mobile experience with uncomplicated bills each month,' says Bernice Samuels, GM: Marketing and corporate affairs, MTN SA.
3G Evolved is said to be suitable for applications such as mobile and interactive TV, enhanced video telephony, multiplayer gaming and information sharing.
HSPDA or 3G Evolved will enable users to work faster and smarter through enjoying improved business and home mobility, MTN says.
'Go out and get a variety of MTN data cards that offer 3G Evolved services and also support 3G, 3G Evolved, EDGE and GPRS. These cards will be available on the market in time for Easter,' Samuels says.
MTN is investing in excess of R600 million (US$96 million) this financial year in its 3G network, as it advances the roll-out of sites across the country.
'To date, we have activated HSDPA on our highest usage 3G sites, making commercial HSDPA available to subscribers in most urban areas.
"Our extensive 3G coverage also offers subscribers the ability to make relevant connections across our extensive footprint,' Samuels says.
MTN's services on the network include voice calls and data connections. There is seamless movement between HSDPA, 3G, EDGE and GPRS at different speeds, the company says.
MTN says that its subscribers enjoy 3G coverage across Gauteng and in Cape Town, Durban, Bloemfontein, and Port Elizabeth.
Services are said to include High Speed Data, Video Calling, 3G content downloads from MTNLoaded, Streaming JamCams and VideoMail.
HSDPA or 3G Evolved services will be available initially in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth.