The 3 Network is an interesting example of a company which has struggled to hit the top in the more traditional area of mobile phone communications but proved very innovative and competitive in new areas such as mobile broadband. While there has been some confusion about their future ownership and amount of funding they have at hand to develop the business, it seems very much business as usual at the moment as they attack the mobile broadband market with great enthusiasm.

Currently owned by Hutchinson Whampoa, 3 Mobile are entering a very new and interest period of development. While 3 Mobile Broadband offer a number of distinct packages they are all based upon the same basic service which offers access to 3's “turbo network" which covers over 86% of the UK population. This network is one of the more wide spread in the UK and provides mobile broadband speeds up to 2.8MB around the UK, when using a 3 Mobile Broadband USB connector or one of the specially adapted 3 Handsets which are capable of receiving the broadband service.

So whether you are after TV on the move, excessive downloads, an email facility or just the ability to surf on the move the option is there for you today.