Netgear at CES 2009 introduced a new 3G Mobile Broadband Router that lets you use a cellular 3G USB dongle for the backhaul. The router looks like any other Netgear device, but it has a USB port in back for your cellular dongle for Wi-Fi on the go. You can plug it into a cigarette lighter

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Following on from the launch of other mobile broadband propositions on Prepay, Vodafone has joined the pack too. The USB modem is a 3.6Mbps model, costing £39. However this inlcudes £15 of credit (good for 1GB data), and doesn’t expire - that’s a nice touch. Mobile broadband has been one of the success stories this year, with providers falling over themselves to get the devic...

The dongle will use super-fast HSDPA data speeds and will be bundled with services

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It looks like the fire in French operators about mobile Internet access has pretty much vanished for the moment. Last year at this time, there were posters such as this one everywhere, advertising how one could use a mobile phone to access the Internet. Nothing of the sort can be seen in the streets of Paris this year. Also, no 3G USB dongle advertisements, most likely due to the lack of interesti...

The new Disruptive Analysis report on Mobile Broadband Computing forecasts continued medium-term growth for external USB modems for PCs, albeit after a recession-based flattening of demand in 2009. One of the comments in it is that more handset manufacturers should consider entering the USB modem market. So it's interesting timing to see that Nokia has just announced entry into the HSPA dongl...

A Reuters report quotes a Nokia honcho stating that a 3G dongle is upcoming from the boys with the N in their name: Nokia will start to ship its first Internet stick in early 2009, aiming to benefit from its know-how and experience in developing 3G technologies, Tapio Markki, vice president for hardware platform components at

The market for 3G USB modems is fast growing, and Nokia isn’t about to let market leader Huawei take home all of the benefits. Though it should be working closely on its Symbian Foundation OS for smartphones and the ultimate iPhone killer, Nokia has announced its plans to enter the dongle business early next year. A

HSPA is utilized in the United States by AT&T, which currently has more subscribers than any other U.S. wireless service provider.