Mobile phone network 3 has announced its first foray into the mobile broadband sector by offering the cheapest service on the market.

Tariffs, to be launched as '3 Turbo', will offer a mobile modem with a speed of up to 2.8 Mbit/s with prices starting from £10 per month.

The mobile broadband market has started a pricing war among the mobile operators, who are looking to beat the traditional ISPs with their range of tariffs. Currently, Vodafone and T-Mobile are the most popular mobile broadband providers, with prices starting from £25 per month.

Yesterday, a report by industry regulators Ofcom found that mobile 3G networks are helping spread the popularity of wireless internet. It found that High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) is creating a link between ISPs and mobile broadband providers.

The report said that HSDPA enables "mobile operators to offer download speeds comparable to those typically experienced by residential broadband consumers".


Friday, 24th August 2007

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