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Mobile broadband popularity rocks in Europe

  • July 7th, 2007
  • 10:29 am

Europe will have five million mobile broadband connections by the end of this year, a Swedish analyst firm has predicted.

The countries where people are signing up most quickly to HSDPA (high-speed 3G) services are Austria and Sweden. Overall, the firm predicts, the continent’s mobile broadband connections will have shot up to 30 million by 2011.

The availability of HSDPA — a technology which can deliver a download speed of up to 7Mbps — has coincided with falling prices for mobile internet access, boosting the popularity of the connection method. “Mobile operators like 3, A1 Mobilkom and Telenor are getting this right,” said senior analyst Tobias Ryberg last week. “Ordinary people have already replaced their old bulky desktop PC with a new, slim, widescreen notebook. Now, thanks to [HSDPA], they can also connect to the internet anywhere for just €20 (£13.50) per month.”

Berg Insight predicted that the European broadband market will be worth €3bn (£2bn) in five years’ time, compared with the €1.1bn (£742m) worth of devices and services last year. The analyst firm also suggested that the introduction of HSPA+ in 2009 — a further evolution of 3G which will see download speeds increase to 28.8Mbps — will further diminish the need for “alternative high-speed mobile broadband technologies”, such as mobile WiMax.

 

   

Ireland’s Perlico secures mobile reseller deal with 3

  • July 7th, 2007
  • 10:00 am

Irish alternative telecoms and broadband provider Perlico Communications has signed a reseller agreement with 3G mobile operator 3 Ireland, allowing it to enter the domestic wireless market for the first time. Under the deal, Perlico will offer its customers a range of mobile packages via a leasing agreement with the country’s sole 3G-only operator, 3. As a result of the tie-up, Perlico’s residential and SME customers can now purchase fixed line voice and broadband internet access services as well as mobile communications packages. Commenting on the alliance, Perlico COO Mark Cleary said: ‘We are delighted to enter into this agreement with 3. The partnership represents another step in the expansion and development of our service offering. We are the first operator in Ireland to offer customers a total telecoms solution and we will continue to generate competition in the Irish market. Perlico are launching this partnership with great value deals for their customers and we plan to develop these deals further over the coming months.’