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Articles tagged with: Europe and Mobile Broadband
European Lobby Calls for Lower Mobile Data Roaming Rates
A consumer lobbying group, europeans for Fair Roaming, has called on Members of the european Parliament to take decisive action against what it calls "excessive data roaming charges." more
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Mobile internet increasingly available, but Europe missing out on high speed broadband
Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the european Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda, welcomed figures released today which show a solid increase in the availability of both mobile internet and basic quality fixed broadband lines. At the same time the Commissioner warned that europe risked missing out on badly needed economic growth if it does not step up a gear and increase the capacity of its broadband networks. more
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More frequencies for Europe's mobile internet by 2013
Plans to speed up the spread of mobile internet were strongly endorsed by european politicians in Strasbourg. They also urged europe to be bolder and take a global lead in this technology. more
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Average Mobile Broadband Speeds Continue to Rise
Mobile consumption and connectivity speeds continued to increase in the fourth quarter, according to traffic monitoring by web hosting company, Akamai Technologies. more
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GSMA Calls on Nigerian Government to Support Mobile Broadband Rollout
Industry trade body, the GSMA has called on the Nigerian government to unlock potential NGN862 billion (US$5.5 billion) of GDP growth by 2015 by supporting the rollout of Mobile Broadband across the country. more
Network Congestion set to Worsen - ITU calls for Mobile Broadband Commitment
Governments need to take urgent action now to support mobile broadband growth. So says ITU Secretary-General Dr Hamadoun Touré, adding that accelerated fibre roll-out and greater spectrum availability will be imperative if network bottlenecks are to be avoided. more
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Attempts to sell mobile broadband as an alternative to fixed broadband are likely to fail in european and US markets because there is a strong, and correct, perception among consumers that mobile broadband is slower, less reliable and more expensive than fixed broadband. Where consumers have a choice between fixed and mobile broadband, mobile broadband should not be sold as the primary means of access, but as a complement. This is based on the findings of the Connected Consumer survey 2, a study of the telecoms and media activities of 6000 consumers across europe and the USA published by Analysys Mason. more
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European broadband speeds increasing but Europe must do more
Broadband connections in europe are much faster than one year ago according to statistics published today by the european Commission. In July 2010 29% of EU broadband lines had speeds of at least 10 megabits per second (Mbps) (up from 15% one year earlier). more
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Weak growth in over-hyped mobile data traffic dampens need for LTE
Mobile network operators can easily meet the demands on their networks at the current growth rates without huge investment in LTE, and could even emerge from the initial phase of market growth with substantially improved revenue-per-byte rates and much healthier margins, states the latest research Analysys Mason. more
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Mobile broadband service revenue to more than double by 2014
The number of mobile broadband subscribers is expected to reach 1.8 billion worldwide by 2014, or 28% of total mobile subscribers, reports Infonetics Research. Of these, the number of LTE subscribers is forecast to reach 153 million by 2014, mostly in Asia Pacific and EMEA. more
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