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January 17th 2009

Next generation high-speed mobile broadband

Trials underway of mobile broadband offering from 21Mbps up to 42Mbps

Vodafone have announced technical trials of a new mobile broadband technology offering speeds of between 21Mbps and 42Mbps on their network in Spain.  This compares well with the current top speed of around 7Mbps available with the current state of the art 3G modems in the UK.

The new technology, referred to as 64QAM HSPDA+ is expected to provide "real world" data throughput of 13Mbps in good conditions for mobile video communications.

64QAM HSPDA+ is currently being deployed and should be in service in Singapore and Spain during the first half of 2009.

Future develpments towards even faster speeds are based on "3GPP LTE", a propesed new standard due to be officially ratified in March or April 2009.  3GPP LTE promises even higher speeds in exces of 326Mbps using mobile networks and equipment is already in development at major manufacturers.

January 10th 2009

3G Mobile Broadband Price Drop

Latest 3G Broadband Offers: Now from £15 per month with only 12 month contact and a free USB dongle modem

3G Mobile Broadband prices falling!

The latest 3G Broadband Offers now start from £15 per month with a 12 month contact and free USB modem / dongle.  Until recently, the best value offer was only available with an 18 month contract, but yet again, Vodafone have set the bar higher than ever for the best value 3G mobile broadband with the lowest overall cost and lowest charges for usage exceeding the standard data transfer.

For our mini-roundup review of the current best value offers from each of the "Big 5" providers, CLICK HERE