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Vodafone has added a new laptop deal to customers who purchase a mobile broadband plan offering consumers the Compaq Presario CQ60-404SA.
The mobile provider is calling the new laptop a netbook but since it weighs about 2.9kg and has a 15.6? display it does not have the same portability that most netbooks are able to boost.
However, although it may not be the easiest thing to carry around, it does come fully equipped with a high definition display, Vista Home Premium, a DVD drive, a keyboard equipped with an integrated number pad, a 250GB hard drive, and 2G of RAM.
The only drawback is that the laptop does not come equipped with mobile broadband installed in the computer, but it does come with the dongle from Vodafone so that you can use it to connect.
Those who are already Vodafone customers can sign into a contract for the new laptop offer at just ?35 per month for 24 months. The contract comes with 3GB of data per month. Those who are new to Vodafone will have to pay ?40 per month for the laptop offer.
Those who want to save a bit of money might actually want to try out a netbook deal for the Dell Inspiron Mini 10 which is much smaller and is only ?30 per month with the same data allotment.
Filed under: Broadband Deals by Alan
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According to a burst or new study results this week mobile broadband is only expecting to continue to grow at an exponential rate.
Infroma reported that by the end of March 2009 broadband subscribers surpassed the 225 million mark which is a yearly growth rate of about 93%.
Allot Communications also issued a report that used data from operators globally with a user base of over 150 million subscribers that said mobile networks grew about 30% just in between the first quarter and second quarter of 2009.
Cementing the explosion of mobile broadband was a third report from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project survey which found about 56% of adult Americans have been online in a wireless format either from an MP3 player, mobile device, Wi-fi laptop, or a game console.
Not surprisingly, a laptop was the most popular way that people choose to utilize Wi-Fi services with 39% of those who answered yes pointing to its use.
At first glance this may seem like good news for mobile broadband operators, but with such extreme growth comes congestion and if the current growth rate continues operators will not be ableto keep up with the growth and continue to turn revenues.
Filed under: Broadband News and Reviews by Alan
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Ericsson, the largest manufacturer of wireless equipment, saw a 61% decrease in second quarter sales profits, but the company said there is no need for concern as the new chief executive, Han Vestberg, stated that there is hope due to the coming rise of the mobile Internet. In fact, Vestberg said they he expects to watch mobile broadband grow more popular than fixed broadband in the coming years.
Vestburg continued to say that while the demands of the mobile broadband market are not evident at the moment, but that there is a high demand for Ericsson to provide support in the future. Vestburg is taking over the position of CEO of Ericsson formerly held by Carl-Henric Svanberg who left to chair BP.
The profit declines overshadowed the increase of Ericsson’s wireless equipment sales which showed a sales increase of 4% up from 33.3 billion kroners to 34.7 billion. Sales of equipment for new networks also rose by about 35% up from 4.8 billion to 5.9 billion kroner.
Vestberg commented that the new deployment of many more mobile broadband networks would lead to an increasing boom as mobile broadband becomes the replacement instead of the accessory to fixed line internet services.
Filed under: Broadband News and Reviews by Alan
