Nokia has discontinued its N810 Internet Tablet WiMAX Edition, MobileBurn reports, due to “the slow WiMAX roll out in the USA.” So far, there are two WiMAX markets in USA: Sprint launched XOHM mobile broadband commercial service  in Baltimore last September, while Clearwire has just launched its WiMAX service in Portland. You can take full advantage

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

Marked increase in mobile data usage, which has almost doubled in the last quarter.

Telecom Italia first to offer HSPA+ Data Cards based on Qualcomm chipset.

Telecom Italia said it plans to roll out HSPA+ using Qualcomm chipsets in the first half of 2009. The technology upgrade will feature a data card offering for PCs, enabling mobile broadband connections data rates of up to 21 Mbps. Article

Ready for a little AWS 3G action via USB stick? Oh, yeah? Then have a look at what just landed in the FCC's database: Huawei's UMG181. The USB mobile broadband modem should operate just fine on T-Mobile's US network, pulling down gigabyte after gigabyte onto your laptop and / or desktop. Outside of that, details are remarkably scant, but we reckon it won't be long before it...

Ericsson announced today that it is collaborating with Intel to ensure that Ericsson’s Mobile Broadband Modules are interoperable with Intel® Anti-Theft PC Protection Technology for notebooks to offer a secure and reliable anti-theft solution for mobile broadband users.  The collaboration addresses solutions to minimize the negative consequences when notebooks are lost or stolen, an...

Deutsche Telekom has just entered the foray of a free portable computer, with a mobile broadband contract in tow. They’ve now joined Orange who offered a similar deal back in August, with almost the very same netbook. T-Mobile’s package is based around a £25 a month contract, with the Asus Eee PC 904HD thrown in gratis. The Orange

If you are coming to London (or the UK) for business or pleasure anytime soon, you may want to look at a new deal from Vodafone that provides 1GB of pre-paid mobile broadband AND a USB modem all for £39. What makes this deal different is that the included 1GB of data has a long expiry

Sprint may have spearheaded the use of WiMAX-based mobile broadband services in the US, but the tech-heads in South Korea have been using WiMAX networks, known on that side of the Pacific as “WiBro” (Wireless Broadband), for years now. WiMAX networks promise high-speed wireless data transfers but have traditionally fallen short of providing voice call