Huawei has announced that it recently has signed a Global Master Agreement with Telenor Group to supply Mobile Broadband Modems. Under the agreement, Huawei will involve to deliver 1.2 million Mobile Broadband Modems in the coming 12 months for Telenor’s 13 operating companies in Europe, CIS and Asia, including Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Serbia, Montenegro,…
Stat Attack: Global HSPA connections will pass the 150 million mark by the end of the summer
Global HSPA connections will pass the 150 million mark by the end of the summer, the GSM Association has announced. With more than 300 networks across 127 countries and approaching 1500 HSPA enabled devices readily available, HSPA has firmly established itself as the world’s dominant mobile broadband technology and the fastest adopted mobile technology of…
Screen Digest analyses 3G Mobile Broadband Market
Screen Digest have released a report on the state of the 3G Mobile broadband market, which makes interesting reading. As many of you know, I’m a big fan of 3G mobile broadband, and think it’s been instrumental in providing good Mobile data access, plus bolstering Mobile Operators’ bottom lines! Here are some salient stats from…
Telecom XT Mobile Network launch day confirmed in NZ
Telecom (an MNO in New Zealand) has announced an early launch of its new world class 3G mobile network with services available to customers from 6.30pm on 13 May 2009. CEO Paul Reynolds said the development of the Telecom XT Mobile Network had progressed extremely well and the service will be operational across the country…
Avanti wins deal to provide broadband via H3G for Irish Governments National Broadband Scheme
Avanti (a broadband satellite operator), has been awarded a contract by Hutchison 3G Ireland to supply them under the Irish Governments National Broadband Scheme. This €43m scheme is designed to bring broadband services to communities all over Ireland which are out of the reach of terrestrial alternatives. Avanti will be concentrating on serving the…
UK: BT blocks mobile broadband subs from Pirate Bay
BT, and a number of other mobile broadband providers are apparently blocking access to The Pirate Bay, according to PC Pro. Interestingly if you try and access the site, you get a message saying the page has been blocked in compliance with a new voluntary code – now, that code has come from an organisation…
UK: would the Government mandate for “2Mbps broadband for all” be better served by an improved 3G/4G wireless infrastructure?
Not so very long ago in the news, there was a story about a mandate laid down by the Government that within 5 or so years, everyone should have access to the InterWeb, at a speed of 2Mbps or more. The medium of connection for that statement was not defined, but of course there could…
Starhub enables HSPA+ with Huawei
Featuring a global look at mobile broadband today, we journey to Singapore for some news about HSPA+….. StarHub, in partnership with Huawei have announced the launch of StarHub’s HSPA+ network in Singapore. This announcement makes StarHub the first operator in Asia-Pacific to have a mobile broadband network capable of speeds of up to 21Mbps. StarHub’s…
Vodafone cheapest for mobile broadband roaming, says report
Reporting on Cellular News, a study done by “Broadband-Expert” has shown some quite/very variable costs between mobile broadband offerings in the UK, when those offerings are used abroad. Regular readers of my posts will know I have a bit of a bee in my bonnet about these costs anyway, but it would appear that costs…
Ericsson and Mobilkom Austria first to commercially launch HSPA Evolution
Mobilkom Austria has gone live with it’s HSPA+ serivce, powered by Ericsson’s technology – thus taking peak data rates up to 21Mbps! The network upgrade allows the customers of mobilkom austria – the Austrian market leader with 400.000 mobile broadband customers – to enhance their mobile broadband experience with the highest speeds in Austria…