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Mobile broadband threatening fixed line?
News But not everyone is happy with the dongle experience. A recent state of the digital nation Ofcom report found UK dongle sales nearly doubled between February and June this year, rising from 69,000 to 133,000 per month. [20 Aug 2008]
Brits spending record time online
News Between February and June 2008, the number of dongle sales to consumers nearly doubled from 69,000 to 133,000 per month, the report found. Brits are more comms obsessed than ever, according to Ofcom. The telecoms regulator has released its fifth... [14 Aug 2008]
Orange plots Eee PC mobile broadband coup
News Users get a dongle with their Eee and Orange's 'Internet Everywhere' package - with a data allowance of 3GB, and 100 texts from the laptop. The three small business packages - all on Orange's unlimited data 'Business Everywhere' tariffs - cost £35... [23 Jul 2008]
Femtocells to speed arrival of next-gen mobile networks?
News Simon Saunders, chairman of the Femto Forum, explained: "As early adopters find LTE interesting or WiMax interesting they can be provided with both a terminal - both a user device, say a next generation mobile data card or a USB dongle or whatever... [30 Jun 2008]
T-Mobile UK slashes Euro data roaming costs
News T-Mobile has announced it is reducing roaming charges by 80 per cent for consumers from 1 July - cutting the cost of downloading a megabyte of data via a mobile, USB dongle or data card from £7.50 to £1.50. [20 Jun 2008]
Nationwide WiMax in next two years?
News On the subject of the sudden increase in 3G dongle usage in the UK, Patel said the trend "validates the market for mobile data" but said he was "convinced that, at some point, 3G will not be able to cope from a backhaul [and general traffic... [09 May 2008]
O2 to launch mobile broadband offering
News O2 will launch its mobile broadband service on Friday, becoming the last major UK operator to do so. However, the service initially will be made available only to O2's existing customers. Opting for an 18-month contract, users will get a free USB... [17 Apr 2008]
Dongle mania to kill off wi-fi hotspots?
News This mobile broadband 'dongle mania' is being driven by ongoing 3.5G rollouts (aka HSDPA networks - or high speed downlink packet access). The Infonetics Research Mobility: Broadband, Phones, Subscribers and Services report predicts the mobile data... [28 Mar 2008]
New chip powers tiny Linux set-top box
News Another, even smaller design will plug directly into the television's SCART port and has a dongle for receiving infrared remote control signals. Chipmaker Zarlink Semiconductor has launched a new family of digital television processors that it says... [27 Nov 2002]
Cavities appear in Bluetooth
News A silicon.com reader bought a Bluetooth-enabled dongle from 3Com in the hope that he would be able to connect his computer to his Ericsson T-68 phone via the USB port. Early adopters of Bluetooth are all too often disappointed to find that the... [25 Jan 2002]
Bluetooth picking up - slowly
News Most manufacturers still offer bluetooth only as an attachable 'dongle' rather than functionality built into the phone. The Bluetooth Congress in Monte Carlo has given a shot in the arm to a standard badly in need of a fillip. [07 Jun 2001]
