Canada's Virgin Mobile connected phone gets HSPA+

Some pretty good news for mobile phone users connected to Virgin Mobile Canada. The mobile network provider is officially announcing that they are launcing it’s big move to HSPA+ speeds. At HSPA+, data connected phones can experience as much as 21 megabits per second of download speed and an upload speed of up to 5 Mbps.

Of course the HSPA+ speeds would be nothing if your connected phone doesn’t support the speed upgrade. But Virgin Mobile Canada has got that covered because if you can use the iPhone 3G/3GS and the BlackBerry Bold 9700 mobile phones. Subscription offerings for the smartphones start at $50/month. You can check out the Virgin Mobile Canada web site for details.