Following on from the story I recently wrote about Mobile Broadband being free by 2009, another report (from Berg Insight) has stated that European Mobile broadband usage will reach 49 million people by 2013. Inclusion in Laptops (and I presume sub-notebooks and suchlike) will fuel growth, meaning the gradual inclusion of 3.5G (HSPA) and 4G (LTE) [...]

Despite being Verizon's next big meal, Alltel has announced that it too will be rolling out an EVDO Rev. A data network to give data-hungry customers some high-speed wireless data as they wait for LTE to get real. The EVDO Rev. A network will give Alltel's data speeds a boost from 400-700Kbps to 600Kbps-1.4Mbps on the [...]

While iPhone owners will just have to keep waiting for AT&T to get its ducks in line and decide when, exactly, they want to officially offer iPhone customers a free ride on AT&T's WiFi HotSpot locations in the US, AT&T LaptopConnect mobile broadband customers can now enjoy free access to all AT&T WiFi HotSpot locations [...]

3UK's 3G-USB dongle can now be bought for £49.99, less than half it's original price. The dongle war appears to be hotting up, with this being the latest in a series of announcement by the various UK Operators to try and get customers on board with their offering. 3UK's dongle are made by ZTE and [...]

Chief Exec of Ericsson, Carl-Henric Svanberg, has said he expects the number of mobile subscriptions to hit 6.5bn by 2013. He has also said that he is expecting internet broadband usage to hit about 2.5bn, of which two-thirds would be "mobile broadband". Of course, there is a link from his predictions to where his company comes [...]

Vodafone UK is extending it's HSPA coverage for mobile broadband to 6 new cities - Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester and Reading. This will give users downlink speeds of up to 7.2 Mb/s, with up to 1.8 Mb/s on the uplink. Right now, HSPA is only available in London and major UK airports, so [...]

Following on from Dusan's post, BT have released more details on their plan to give their broadband customers smartphones, so that they can capture more of the UK mobile market. The new "BT ToGO" handsets will work on home/public WiFi, and utilise mobile networks when WiFi isn't available. The two devices were named as the S620 [...]

O2 UK has announced it is launching Business Broadband, along with making their home broadband truly nationwide. As you might know, O2 were later to market with their BBand offering, but, I take that as a sign of making sure things were tested fully, and dare I say it, working consistently (unlike some other notable [...]

Singapore: Motorola recently demonstrated the first handoffs between public WiMAX access points (at the WiMAX Forum Congress Asia 2008). The demo was enabled through a mobile WiMAX network set up at Motorola's facility in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore. Attendees were able to experience various mobile applications including video conferencing, web browsing and mobile streaming while moving [...]

Hong Kong: Ericsson has been selected as sole supplier for mutimedia service network upgrades by SmarTone-Vodafone. Ericsson will supply a HSPA-enabled radio access network, including MBMS, and a fully IP-based core network (including IMS). The deal will also include all related Professional Services (PS) work. Ericsson is already the sole supplier of SmarTone-Vodafone’s core and radio [...]