Monthly Archives: September 2008
Entry of White-Label Mobile Broadband Service
I guess it was just a matter of time before white-label mobile broadband service offerings entered the mobile data lexicon. Spanish PC manufacturer AIRIS has recently concluded a promotion offering a mobile broadband laptop bundle with no specific operator branding. The … Continue reading
Filed under fixed broadband, HSPA, mobile broadband
3G Embedded Netbooks – Killer Product?
The relative success of Asus Eee PC has created a new product category – netbooks, also called Mobile Internet Devices (MID) or Ultra-Low Cost PCs (ULPCs). Never to shy away from new product hype, ABI research has promptly come out with a … Continue reading
Filed under HSPA, mobile broadband, netbooks
Deeper Dive into Mobile Broadband Growth in Sweden
I have written about the explosive mobile broadband growth in Austria – Sweden is yet another country where mobile broadband growth is rivaling fixed broadband options. This is not very surprising given how competitive mobile broadband is being priced in … Continue reading
Filed under fixed broadband, mobile broadband, mobile Internet
LTE – Loooong Term Evolution?
LTE (the GSMA-adopted roadmap to 4G for GSM/UMTS carriers) has been getting a lot of attention of late. Verizon Wireless plans to begin network deployment in 2009 (using their newly acquired 700MHz spectrum) with full network deployment in 2010 and … Continue reading
Filed under HSPA, LTE, mobile broadband
Revisiting iPhone’s Browsing Market Share
AdMob, a mobile advertising marketplace releases what they call a Mobile Metrics Report every month. Since they serve ads for more than 5,000 mobile web sites around the world, they claim they are capable of storing and analyzing the data … Continue reading
Filed under mobile analytics, mobile Internet, Uncategorized
Interesting Chart on Mobile Broadband Pricing Premium (or Lack thereof)
Take a look at this chart that shows the pricing premium (or lack thereof) of mobile broadband over fixed broadband in 26 European markets (Chart courtesy: Analysys Mason Group). The chart is a little difficult to read – so let … Continue reading
Filed under fixed broadband, mobile broadband
Puzzled by Cox!
I have to admit that I am slightly puzzled by Cox’s decision to go the CDMA route for their wireless network in the 700MHz band. Apparently Huawei beat out both Alcatel-Lucent and Nortel to win the business. Cox spent more … Continue reading
Filed under HSPA, LTE, mobile broadband
Carnival of the Mobilists #140
It is Monday and it is that time of the week again for mobile enthusiasts. This week’s Carnival has several interesting articles – I was intrigued by the one about the number of mobile views during the Olympics. According to … Continue reading
Filed under Carnival of the Mobilists
Can Mobile Operators Sell Laptops?
At the recent Citigroup Technology Conference, Dell’s CEO, Michael Dell indicated that the strategy for selling the company’s ‘netbooks’ would be via the wireless network operators – the former would be subsidized to consumers along with 3G service. Actually, this … Continue reading
Filed under HSPA, mobile broadband, netbooks
Deeper Dive into Mobile Broadband Growth in Austria
Austria shows that mobile broadband can be a significant threat to the old DSL-fixed line business. As shown in the Figure, the last three quarters for Mobilkom Austria have witnessed mobile broadband subscriptions exceed DSL subscriptions, thanks to a significant … Continue reading
Filed under HSPA, mobile broadband
