Ofcom is setting out to create an Olympic Wireless Plan. China discovered during the Beijing games that they needed a whole network for mobile broadband in order to deal with the influx of visitors the city had. London now has a turn at the Olympic games and they need to decide what will be best for mobile broadband. It is certain that London intends on addressing this issue way before the games actually start to ensure they are ready. Read more »
eBay has announced their belief that mobile broadband sales will increase by 8 billion USD. In terms of pounds that number will be around 64% given that the GBP is at .64 to one USD. The prediction comes after the announcement that the UK will receive 4G throughout the entire country after bids are accepted. They consulted with Ofcom with regards to the 4G mobile broadband expansion that has recently been in the news. Read more »
Whilst both wireless dongles and broadband dongles allow a user to connect their device to an Internet access point, fundamentally the two devices are completely unrelated to one another. On the one hand, a wireless dongle assumes that an Internet connection is always active in the immediate vicinity; connecting to a wireless-enabled router via the dongle will generally provide the user with a faster connection than a broadband dongle. Read more »