HSDPA in Brazil

[rap]

Hi everyone!

CLARO has recently started offering 3G - HSDPA in some Brazilian cities.

Although I have been using TIM for some time I am strongly tempted to switch to Claro.
But before doing that, I would like to know if anyone is already using CLARO´s HSDPA and can give me some information about things like:
- signal quality
- download speed
- voip quality

Besides that, does anyone know any information about other carriers GSM 3G roll outs in Brazil? VIVO has got 3G but only for CDMA, I believe...

Thanks

[charmforyou]

I happen to work in a vendor for Brazil telecom market. As far as I know, VIVO will launch its HSDPA in August 08 and Oi will be in September 08. Clario and VIVO will have the biggest coverage. Claro has a bad image in 2G regarding network quality but it tries to change this image by 3G. VIVO always positions itself as the best network in Brazil and it is almost true. At the end of 2008 VIVO will have the best coverage in 3G in Brazil. But the configuration of data link of VIVO is very complex.
All Brazilian operators provides various packages based on speed and traffic. HSDPA is very good to run VoIP. I am now using a Claro HSDPA USB Modem and the average download speed is 1Mbps. Sometimes it even goes to 2Mbps.


Hi everyone!

CLARO has recently started offering 3G - HSDPA in some Brazilian cities.

Although I have been using TIM for some time I am strongly tempted to switch to Claro.
But before doing that, I would like to know if anyone is already using CLARO´s HSDPA and can give me some information about things like:
- signal quality
- download speed
- voip quality

Besides that, does anyone know any information about other carriers GSM 3G roll outs in Brazil? VIVO has got 3G but only for CDMA, I believe...

Thanks