Articles tagged with: 3G and Mobile Broadband

London Lagging Rest of the UK for 3G Mobile Broadband Speeds

­Results of 3g speed tests carried out by consumers during 2011 show that London has the slowest average speeds of any of the UK's top ten largest cities (by population), according to the price comparison a website, uSwitch.  more

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Mobile Data Traffic Over O2 Czech Republic Doubled in 2011

­O2 Czech Republic says that its customers downloaded 5.5 petabytes (or 5,500,000 GB) of data and uploaded 750 terabytes to the same network during 2011. The most frequently visited servers belong to the Seznam family, Facebook, Google and Youtube.  more

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O2 Tops UK Mobile Broadband Speed/Latency Tests

­The percentage of UK households relying entirely on mobile broadband for their internet access has more than doubled over the past year to 7% of the UK, with 17% using mobile broadband for at least some of their internet access needs.  more

Related Tags: o2, vodafone, t-mobile, ofcom, 3, orange, epitiro, 3g-coverage, UK


Milton Keynes in the slow lane for UK mobile broadband speeds

Milton Keynes has the slowest 3g mobile broadband speeds in the UK, according to research conducted by the price comparison website, Top10.com.  more

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A billion mobile broadband connected devices by 2016

­There will be at least one billion consumer devices connected to mobile broadband networks by 2016, reports the UMTS Forum. The study argues that while the market for connected devices remains embryonic, CE device connectivity will outstrip overall wireless market growth in the next five years. This trend is signalled by a wave of device categories - from e-Book readers to satnav devices - that are already starting to demand access to cellular data networks.  more

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Average Mobile Broadband usage Doubles in Sweden

The rapid growth of the average usage per mobile broadband subscriber in Sweden reconfirms the potential of 3g/HSPA technology to become a real alternative of fixed broadband. Experts say that making margin on mobile broadband is not impossible even at such traffic levels but the business environment is clearly becoming more challenging compared to the voice centric era.  more

Related Tags: opex, hi3g, Sweden


Tests Rate T-Mobile Number One for Mobile Broadband

T-Mobile UK says that its mobile broadband network has again come ahead of all other major UK mobile operators for performance in the first quarter of 2009. Test house P3 Solutions measured customer experiences during peak usage hours in 16 UK cities for all major UK mobile network operators.  more

Related Tags: t-mobile-uk, dongles, p3-solutions, seven, benchmarking, testing, email, mobile-broadband-network, music, UK


T-Mobile tops mobile broadband survey two quarters in a row

T-Mobile UK says that its Mobile Broadband service has been rated highest in more categories than any other mobile network operator in an independent YouGov survey of 2,083 mobile broadband users. This latest survey also reveals T-Mobile's Mobile Broadband network coverage is most highly rated by consumers, a reflection of the investment T-Mobile has made in this area. The poll also found T-Mobile was best in a range of customer-centric categories, including getting connected, ease of use and installation, billing and was ranked joint first for customer services.  more

Related Tags: t-mobile-uk, dongles, yougov, billing, UK


3G Mobile Broadband Success Story Might be Short Lived

Ronan de Renesse, Senior Analyst at Screen Digest has just completed an analysis of the 3g mobile broadband market. Although the number of people using mobile networks to connect to the Internet through a device known as a ‘dongle' will continue to rise, he predicts that the rate of growth is set for a big fall over the next two years.  more

Related Tags: screen-digest, dongle, mobile-games, mobile-music, 4g, churn, music, students, connect


Cost of Supporting Mobile Broadband is Eroding Subscriber Profitability

Mobile broadband services are more expensive to support than any other wireless service and are endangering subscriber profitability for many mobile network operators concludes a new study from WDSGlobal. The study found that the cost to support mobile broadband products and services is up to 200% greater than the cost to support traditional wireless products such as mobile phones. This means that despite revenue uplift from increased data usage, actual subscriber profitability often remains unchanged and sometimes even worsens.  more

Related Tags: wdsglobal, usb-modem, customer-care, hspa, ovi, tim, ict, arpu, sim, laptop, modem, ev-do, security, usb


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