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Articles tagged with: Mobile Broadband and 3G
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, 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
Cost of Supporting Mobile Broadband is Eroding Subscriber Profitability
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Related Tags: wdsglobal, usb-modem, customer-care, hspa, ovi, tim, ict, arpu, sim, laptop, modem, ev-do, security
Mongolia Gets HSPA Network Upgrade
Mongolian operator MobiCom has launched a HSPA upgrade, with the network supplied by Ericsson. The launch enables MobiCom to introduce mobile broadband services to its subscribers across Mongolia, starting in the capital Ulaanbaatar where about 40 percent of the country's 3 million inhabitants live. more
Related Tags: mobicom, hspa, ericsson, cdma, wcdma, 3, gsm, partner, Mongolia
Motorola Wins Chinese 3G Contract
Motorola says that it has won a W-CDMA contract with China Unicom for an undisclosed amount. Under the contract, Motorola will provide China Unicom with W-CDMA radio access network equipment, packet switched core network (PS core), and 2G/3G interoperability functions that will enable the integration of China Unicom's GSM and W-CDMA networks. more
Related Tags: china-unicom, motorola, w-cdma, wcdma, , core-network, cdma, ovi, iden, radio-access-network, gsm, interoperability, China
Next-Generation Mobile Broadband Technologies to Close the Gap With Fixed Broadband
Mobile operators are expected to fully maximise their high-speed packet access (HSPA) deployments before eventually deploying 3G long-term evolution (LTE). Many operators will leapfrog from HSPA to 3G LTE, as the window of opportunity for HSPA Evolved is insignificant when compared to 3G LTE. more
Related Tags: , base-station, mobile-data, smartphone, wimax, mobile-wimax, eu, smartphones, tim, wind, lte, capex, hspa, ovi, backhaul, wimax,
Hong Kong Mobile Data Users Transfer Average 44Mbytes Per Month
Hong Kong's telecoms regulator, OFTA has published for the first time the statistics of local mobile data usage, which sees a surge to 147 Terabytes (i.e. 147,000 Gigabytes) as of January 2009, or an average amount of 44 Mbytes per 2.5G/3G mobile user for that particular month. more
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Evolving Landscape of Mobile Broadband in Asia
Asia's mobile subscriber total is expected to surpass 2 billion subscribers by 2012 when 63 percent of the regions' residents are expected to own a mobile phone. However, the fact remains that in 2008 only 8 percent of the region's subscriber base was using 3G and launches in several Asian markets have left much to be desired in terms of subscriber and revenue uptake. more
Related Tags: , asia-pacific, mobile-tv, tim, lte, mobile-payments, ovi, iden, location-based-services, mobile-advertising, 3g-modem, long-term-evolution, ringtones, modem