Deutsche Telekom offers LTE in Woebbelin
Deutsche Telekom has launched its LTE service in Woebbelin. The commune in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is among the first sites in Germany to be connected with LTE broadband service. The company plans to equip over 1,800 sites nationwide with the Telekom LTE service, bringing broadband to the last areas of Germany still insufficiently covered. LTE will run [...]
Neotel spins broadband prices
Neotel announces the launch of new packages and bundles to increase the choice of data and voice solutions available to consumers. Neotel currently offers affordable call rates in South Africa and instant voice and data home connectivity, both without the hassle of time-consuming installations. As an added benefit, to ensure Neotel customers are always connected, [...]
Orange UK introduces new mobile broadband plans
Orange UK has refreshed its mobile broadband offering with three new plans based on average daily use over one month. The new Small, Medium and Large mobile broadband plans cost GBP 10, GBP 15 and GBP 30 per month (with GBP 5 discount for Orange customers) and offer inclusive download allowances of 500 MB, 1 [...]
Vodafone Italia launches promotion on 3-month modem offer
Vodafone Italia launched a new offer for customers who want to browse on the move from a PC or notebook. The offer includes a Vodafone Internet Key offering speeds up to 14.4 Mbps and the Internet Always Super package with three months of browsing included at a promotional price of EUR 29. The browsing includes [...]
RIM introduces BlackBerry PlayBook tablet in Indonesia
Research In Motion has launched the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet in Indonesia. The BlackBerry PlayBook will come in three Wi-Fi models, featuring 16GB, 32GB or 64GB of memory storage, Adobe Flash, true multitasking, HD multimedia, security features, enterprise support and a development environment. The tablet features a 7-inch WSVGA capacitive LCD touch screen, a 1GHz dual-core [...]
Beeline offers iPhone 4 pack
Russian mobile operator Vimpelcom, working under the Beeline brand, introduced a package with an annual subscription for unlimited internet, Wi-Fi access and the Apple iPhone 4 in its retail outlets in the Moscow region. The offer for consumers varies in price from RUB 31,900 to 39,400, depending on the version of the device. Beeline offers [...]
Italy – Leading Italian Telcos Form New Company to Build High-Speed Broadband Infrastructure
(Prices in Euros €) Paolo Romani, the Italian Minister of Industry has announced that seven telecom operators have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to form a new company to build a high-speed broadband infrastructure in the country. According to Romani, the new company will be responsible for building a basic fiber-optic infrastructure, which will [...]
Google brings ultra-high-speed broadband to Stanford homes
(Prices in US Dollars $) The search giant, that early this year announced their plans to build and test ultra-high speed broadband networks in a small number of American communities, has announced an agreement with Stanford University to build an ultra-high speed broadband network. This network will connect the university’s Residential Subdivision, a group of [...]
Elisa Mobile Predicts Mobile Broadband in Findland Will Surpass Fixed in 2011
Elisa Mobile, one of Finland’s largest telcos insists that mobile broadband will not ‘cannibalize’ fixed. Elis also claims that Finnish users do not require LTE yet. Despite the soaring popularity of mobile broadband, the Finnish operator seems to be in no hurry to roll out LTE, saying that HSPA will meet their customers’ needs for [...]