About mobile broadband

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Being in touch while on the move has become a norm and much required feature these days. With the onset of dongles it has become extremely easy to access the Internet any time. Moreover you will find it convenient and a much preferred way to stay in touch with colleagues and friends alike.

 

Mobile broadband can be accessed using a USB modem which fits into a designated slot within your personal computers or laptops. That’s it. Simple and easy, you can easily surf the nest, browse, and check out emails, download attachments and do lots more.

 

In UK, most mobile network providers such as are O2, Three, T-Mobile, Vodafone, Virgin and Orange offer mobile broadband services to their clients. You can check out the deals offered by each one of them, compare them and proceed to buy the most suitable mobile broadband deal for yourself. With each of the mobile broadband providers vying for larger market share, you can easily juggle out the best mobile broadband deal for yourself.

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Most the mobile broadband deals are available on the Internet. You could check them out by either visiting the company websites or even websites which undertake comparison of various mobile broadband deals and offers.

Depending upon your budget and broadband requirements you can go for pay monthly deals or pay as you go deals. In case if you exhaust your broadband plan limit, you could always up grade it online through your online account of mobile broadband service provider. They offer 24×7 online support and customer support as well.

 

Over and above the convenience of availing a mobile broadband, the following advantages make you simply proceed with opting for a mobile broadband for your self.

 

You do not require a landline phone connection to access mobile broadband.

You can receive mobile broadband in areas where there is no broadband access

With low activation costs and broadband connection offered on contract basis, you can avail it whenever you wish.

Most of the mobile broadband plans are offered on pay as you go basis which means you need to pay for what you use and nothing over it.

Since the broadband connection is mobile, the internet follows you wherever you go. You could even enjoy greater mobility if your mobile broadband provider offers you 3G networks.

With lightweight and easy to use dongle, you can simply access the net once you plug it into your laptop…its just that simple.

 

 

Mobile broadband offers you the internet access, anytime and anywhere. Through mobile broadband, you can access emails, social networking sites, online music, videos, calendars and lots more while you are mobile. So considering the immense benefits which you enjoy through a mobile broadband, you simply need it to stay in par with the latest technology.

 

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Broadband growth in India

Broadband is the common term for a high bandwidth internet connection.  The current definition of broadband in India is ‘always on’ with the speed of more than 256 Kbps.  By this yardstick, India has around 9 million broadband customers.  In western countries like Finland the 1 Mbps is already available to 90% of the citizens and the government is planning to provide 100 mbps by 2013 to all its citizens.  TRAI has recommended raising the definition of broadband to 2 Mbps in India. If we consider 2 mbps speed the total broadband connections will come down to 200,000 subscribers.  The high cost of providing broadband connection through wire line, contributed to this slower growth. With the launch of 3G and BWA, the country is now poised to witness huge growth in broadband connections.  3G is promising 14 mbps speed and BWA could deliver 100 mpbs. The main driver for the growth of broadband will be applications like watching online video, using IP based telephony services, and downloading music files.

VSNL launched Internet services in August 1995 in India.  Till November 1998, VSNL was the monopoly provider of internet services in the country. The Government allowed provisioning of internet services by private operators in 1998 and the ISP licences were issued with liberal conditions. There was no licence fee and the policy allowed unlimited number of players who could install their own international gateways and decide their own tariff plans.

The Government of India announced the Broadband policy during 2005. Even though India continues to be one of the fastest growing telecom markets in the world, the growth of Broadband is not very spectacular till now. There are around 180 operational ISPs in the country as on date but a very few players control the entire broadband market. It is estimated that 90% of the connections are with 10% of the ISP providers.

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As the PC penetration is very low in the country, the Indian population depends on the cybercafés for their internet requirement. There are around 10,000 cybercafés in the country and nearly 60% of the subscribers access to the internet through these cybercafés.

The monthly broadband subscription starts from Rs 199 (US $ 4.50) and the Government is also taking initiative to make computers available under Rs 10000 (US $ 226).  The low cost broadband has helped increase internet usage in the country. The growth of e-commerce like mobile banking increased demand for .in domain registrations are the other factors indicating the growth the internet usage in the country.  The other initiative which will further improve the growth is the development of local language fonts and localization of content issues.

According to an IAMAI study, Indian customers use internet for e-mail and instant messages (98%) job search (51%) banking (32%) bill payment (18%) stock trading (15%) and matrimonial search (15%).

Broadband technology uses different access media.

Digital subscriber line (DSL) 
Cable modem
Wireless access through handsets and data card
Optical  fiber access

Globally 90% use DSL, mobile wireless and cable modem to access internet.  While DSL, Cable modem and Optical fiber are wired access, handsets and data card are providing wireless access. The Government has created a roadmap for extending affordable broadband connectivity to all villages by augmenting   optical fiber in the country.  The Government is proposing to support the operators by subsidizing consumer premise equipment through USO Fund.  The launch of 3G and BWA services during the early next year is expected to provide more affordable access and make broadband a mass market consumer proposition in India.

The Government has recently concluded the sale of BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) spectrum through an open, transparent and highly successful auction. While the RIL owned Infotel has successfully bid for all the 22 circles, Aircel won 8 circles, Bharti Airtel and Qualcomm won in 4 circles, Tikona won 5 circles and Augere 1 circle.  The State owned BSNL and MTNL have already been given spectrum, ahead of the private players.  The BWA operators have to choose between Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (Wimax) and Long Term Evolution (LTE) as the core technology for offering wireless broadband services. LTE which is a future technology is expected to come in the two years. Wimax was launched 5 years back and available to the Indian operators.

Broadband subscriber base in India is 9.45 million in June 2010. The current house hold penetration level is 3%.This is totally inadequate if we consider the 4% population who are in the upper middle and higher class category. The house hold penetration in other asian countries like Vietnam is 20%, Japan 65% and South Korea 97%. The household penetration is expected to go up very soon after the launch of 3G and BWA. But this will help only the upwardly mobile users. If the broadband has to go to rural areas, the mobile operators need to be encouraged through government policies. Broadband is going to be the most fundamental game changer for India as it will create substantial difference in education, banking and travel and revolutionize music and entertainment. The country deserves a revolution in broadband just as it has in mobile telephony.  

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