Malaysian mobile network operator Maxis Mobile has become the country’s first company to deploy HSPA+ upgrades, dou bling the download speeds of its wireless broadband services in Kuala Lumpur.

Malaysian mobile network operator Maxis Mobile has become the country’s first company to deploy HSPA+ upgrades, doubling the download speeds of its wireless broadband services in Kuala Lumpur. With the HSPA+ upgrades, Maxis’s wireless broadband network can support peak downlink speeds of 21 Mbps, with actual download speeds of between 10 Mbps and 15 Mbps in areas with good coverage. The deployment has been carried out on a trial basis in selected areas of the Klang Valley and Johor Bahru with a wider rollout expected to take place throughout 2010.