Mobile Broadband in Sweden – Still Growing

Last year, I wrote about the explosive growth of mobile broadband in Sweden. According to the  National Post and Telecom Agency (PTS), which publishes an annual report on the state of the Swedish Telecommunications Market, the number of mobile subscriptions via data plug-in cards or USB modems increased from 92,000 to 376,000 (a growth rate of [...]

Is Mobile Broadband Profitable?

The consensus opinion is certainly that mobile broadband is not a profitable business (yet)  in Western Europe (especially in countries like UK) where mobile broadband prices are trending lower than fixed broadband prices. I have always wanted to do a quantitative analysis. 
The analyst firm Informa claims that fixed-line costs in Europe are near Eurocent 0.1-0.5 per [...]

Interesting Report on Mobile Broadband Pricing in Europe

Tariff Consultancy has released an interesting new report on Mobile Broadband Pricing – an analysis  of current mobile broadband pricing in 33 countries across Eastern and Western Europe.  There are some interesting, yet not completely surprising, findings from the report:

The average flat rate package bundle provided has doubled over the last 12 months to almost 4GB [...]

3G Routers – Will It Accelerate Fixed Broadband Replacement?

I have been commenting quite regularly in this blog about how mobile broadband (based on USB dongles and modems) is increasingly being used by mobile-only operators (those without fixed assets) to accelerate the replacement of fixed broadband, primarily in Europe. The spectacular growth in mobile broadband subscriptions is being driven by aggressive pricing from mobile operators, [...]

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 me try and break it down.