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Globe is now finally offering their HSPA+ service through their latest USB stick named the Tattoo Tonino Lamborghini.  The USB dongle is actually a Huawei E372 and its quite disappointing that Globe is only offering up to 10mbps speed when the E732 stick is capable of up to 42mbps download speed, and this is open only to postpaid subscriber for now.  Below are some info from Globe's website. Feed your need for speed with the revolutionary 4G Tattoo Tonino Lamborghini, the fastest broadband stick on-the-go, with maximum download speeds of up to 10Mbps when surfing at an HSPA+ Site. It’s up to 5 times faster than current broadband stick speeds of up to 2 Mbps. The difference is in Globe's 4G Network, the first and biggest in the country. The Tattoo Tonino Lamborghini is available at Surf-All-You-Want Plan 2,199, and includes 200 SMS to Globe/TM monthly. Get it now! • Enjoy download speeds of up to 10Mbps when surfing at HSPA+ sites  • Surf all your favorite s...

Globe demoed their HSPA+ network at the heritage hotel in Pasay last April 27. As of now, the Globe 4G mobile technology has been deployed in 19 areas in Metro Manila, which covers Marikina, Quezon City, Makati, Pasay, Las Pinas, Taguig & Manila.  More areas will be covered by the end of year 2011.  HSPA+ is technically considered as 4G and up to 6 - 7 times faster than 3g. HSPA+ provides a speed of 84Mb/sec downlink and 22Mb of uplink, these are theoretical speed and real world speed of course will be lower.  Globe compared their HSPA+ access with other service providers including their Globe tattoo which runs on 3G network, below are the comparative results. Globe Tattoo – DL: 2.55 Mbps, UL: 0.34 Mbps Smart Bro – DL: 1.12 Mbps, UL: 0.34 Mbps Sun Broadband Wireless – DL: 0.83 Mbps, UL: 0.09 Mbps Globe HSPA+ – DL: 7.51 mbps; UL: 1.02 mbps As we can see, peak download bandwidth is only  about 7mbps (still much better compared to the existing speeds of cur...