Mobile broadband is not just about the handset and the connection but also what people can do with that connection.
If proof were needed one need only look at the success of the iPhone App Store which Apple founder Steve Jobs claims achieved 100m downloads of games and applications within just two months of its July
Mobile broadband demand has rocketed sales of cut down laptops, called netbooks, which within a year of launch now account for 10% of the European PC market.
Figures from IDC and Gartners are predicting further massive growth for the small laptop devices which offer cut-price connectivity without the massive processing power and memory capabilities of top
Ofcom and SamKnows have joined forces to help give consumers the most accurate picture ever of broadband performance across the UK. The research project will enable broadband users to compare the performance of the largest ISPs across a number of measures as well as highlighting overall regional variations.
Most previous measures of broadband performance have relied
Be, the O2-owned ISP, has begun allowing its users to customised their broadband connections to prioritise the line towards their favoured activities.
There are four settings on offer. Standard, for everyday broadband use; speed, for watching videos and iPlayer; reliability, recommended for surfing the web for information and VoIP and gaming, which ensures the quickest possible
Virgin Media, the country’s second largest fixed line broadband operator, launched a mobile broadband service last week.
For £15 per month on an 18 month contract, subscribers get a free USB modem to plug in to their laptop and up to 3Gb of downloads per month – each extra Gb of data cost £15. The company