Association GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) reported in its new report that at the moment there are already 963 model with support for HSDPA and 125 - HSUPA. The devices offer 139 supplier companies. Among the devices with support for HSDPA: • 419 mobile terminals and UMPC • 128 PC-Card (PCMCIA, ExpressCard, chipsets, embedded modules) • 208 laptops • 107 USB-Modem • 92 wireles...
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The Organization GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) published the results of another study on the spread of the world's cellular standards HSPA. As of September 7, worldwide there were 805 models of products with support for HSDPA standard and 97 - HSUPA. The devices represented 129 suppliers. Of the 805 models HSDPA-devices: • 384 mobile phone and UMPC • 120 maps PCMCIA, ExpressCard, c...
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Sales of USB Dongles, small USB modems that allow users to connect to the web via a laptop, have seen a huge increase in sales during 2008 according to reports. The devices have outselling the more traditional PCMCIA 3G Card Modems by a huge margin since the start of the year and sales during May saw
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DialAPhone on 9th Jul 2008 (via dialaphone.co.uk)
Once upon a time, back when high speed wireless internet was about 14 Kbs on my CDPD PCMCIA card modem attached to my iPAQ H3600, there was a nice little mobile website called Moviefone that let us elite wireless internet users find and purchase movie tickets while out on a dinner date or strolling through Central Park. Soon Moviefone stopped allowing...
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Pocketnow on 18th Feb 2008 (via pocketnow.com)
Check it data fans, AT&T just announced a pair of new HSUPA LaptopConnect cards from Option. The GT Ultra goes type II PCMCIA while the GT Ultra Express is, you guessed it, destined for ExpressCard34 slots. Both cards are tri-band UMTS/HSPA 850/1900/2100MHz and quad-band GPRS/EDGE capable for BroadbandConnect speeds of about 600Kbps to 1.4Mbps on the way down or 500Kbps to 800Kbps back up the tube
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Engadget on 14th Feb 2008 (via engadgetmobile.com)
Does anyone still use PCMCIA card slots anymore? Maybe we're just techno-snobs, but we haven't used a "PC-card" slot in ages. It's all about USB and ExpressCard slots over here. Regardless, there are bound to be older-laptop owners out there that are dying for a wireless broadband solution - especially one that doesn't require an ugly, obtrusive USB dongle that runs the risk of killing
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IntoMobile on 17th Jan 2008 (via intomobile.com)
Motorola has won a supply contract with Mexico's Axtel, a fixed-line integrated telecommunications company. Axtel will purchase from Motorola equipment to install 802.16e WiMAX radiobase stations (access points), voice and data customer premise equipment, or CPE's, and PCMCIA cards.
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CellularNews on 13th Jan 2008 (via cellular-news.com)