The GSM Association has revealed that global mobile broadband connectivity has increased by around 100% over the last 12 months to hit a figure of 200 million. The number of mobile broadband connections is set to increase in 2010 and despite the difficult economic backdrop is forecast to hit 342 million!
Currently there are 16 million [...]

Car manufacturing giant Ford has this week announced plans to introduce in-car broadband in the United States with speculation rife that a similar service will soon be introduced to the UK. Ford has a very high penetration level in the UK car market and in-car broadband is something which would be welcomed by UK consumers [...]

Many people in the UK have been disappointed by the standard of mobile broadband services across the country were promises have been broken and some consumers appear to have left the sector forever. However, it is worth pointing out that the UK mobile broadband sector has seen significant developments over the last few months and [...]

As more and more people are looking to access the Internet on the move there has been a significant rise in the use of mobile Internet services on mobile phones. However, it would appear that the range of packages available varies from phone to phone and from network operator to network operator. While the likes [...]

A recent report into mobile broadband services in the UK suggested that the vast majority of users were only able to access speeds at anything from 25% of the advertised broadband speed. While this is not a new accusation to be aimed at the mobile broadband sector, where speeds can vary substantially depending upon how [...]

The sale of T-Mobile UK by German parent company Deutsche Telecom is well and truly underway with rumours that both O2 and Vodafone have bids of £3.5 billion on the table. While T-Mobile is currently the fourth largest operator in the UK with a market share of around 15%, the acquisition of the business by [...]

Supermarket giant Tesco has revealed plans to expand its mobile broadband operation with a number of free laptops available on various mobile broadband plans. So far the company has signed up Orange and 3 to the new free laptop mobile broadband service although other providers are expected to follow in due course.
Currently there are around [...]

As more and more UK consumers and businesses continue to accept broadband as an everyday aspect of life we are seeing more and more people working from home. The ability to grab an Internet connection in your home, either working at home using your own information or logging-on to your employer’s servers and using their [...]

A recent survey of 2,000 consumers yet again highlighted the fact that T-mobile appears to be head and shoulders above its competitors in the UK mobile broadband sector. The YouGov poll is yet another positive note for T-mobile which has been developing its mobile broadband service with great success over the last couple of years. [...]

A report by Screen Digest has highlighted a potential problem for the mobile broadband sector amid suggestions that popularity in the short term is beginning to wane. The report suggests that customers who signed up to early mobile broadband contracts, many of which were two years in length, will soon be seeing their contracts end. [...]