Mobile broadband is the name used to describe various types of
wirelessWireless communication is the transfer of information over a distance without the use of electrical conductors or "wires". The distances involved may be short or long . When the context is clear, the term is often shortened to "wireless"...
high-speed internet accessBroadband Internet access, often shortened to just broadband, is a high data rate Internet access—typically contrasted with dial-up access using a 56k modem....
through a portable
modemModem is a device that modulates an analog carrier signal to encode digital information, and also demodulates such a carrier signal to decode the transmitted information. The goal is to produce a signal that can be transmitted easily and decoded to reproduce the original digital data...
,
telephoneThe telephone is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sound, most commonly the human voice. It is one of the most common household appliances in the developed world, and has long been considered indispensable to business, industry and government...
or other device. Various network standards may be used, such as GPRS,
3GInternational Mobile Telecommunications-2000 , better known as 3G or 3rd Generation, is a family of standards for mobile telecommunications defined by the International Telecommunication Union, which includes GSM EDGE, UMTS, and CDMA2000 as well as DECT and WiMAX...
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WiMAXWiMAX, meaning Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, is a telecommunications technology that provides wireless transmission of data using a variety of transmission modes, from point-to-multipoint links to portable and fully mobile internet access. The technology provides up to 10 Mbit/s...
,
LTELTE is the last step toward the 4th generation of radio technologies designed to increase the capacity and speed of mobile telephone networks. Where the current generation of mobile telecommunication networks are collectively known as 3G , LTE is marketed as 4G...
UMTS/
HSPAHigh Speed Packet Access is a collection of two mobile telephony protocols High Speed Downlink Packet Access and High Speed Uplink Packet Access , that extend and improve the performance of existing WCDMA protocols...
, EV-DO and some portable
satellite-basedSatellite Internet services are used in locations where terrestrial Internet access is not available and also for users who move frequently.Broadband Internet access via geostationary satellite is available almost worldwide, including vessels at sea and mobile land vehicles...
systems.
Devices that provide mobile broadband include: PC data cards, USB modems, USB sticks, phones with data modems and portable devices with built-in support for Mobile Broadband (like notebooks, netbooks and Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs)).
Mobile broadband is the name used to describe various types of
wirelessWireless communication is the transfer of information over a distance without the use of electrical conductors or "wires". The distances involved may be short or long . When the context is clear, the term is often shortened to "wireless"...
high-speed internet accessBroadband Internet access, often shortened to just broadband, is a high data rate Internet access—typically contrasted with dial-up access using a 56k modem....
through a portable
modemModem is a device that modulates an analog carrier signal to encode digital information, and also demodulates such a carrier signal to decode the transmitted information. The goal is to produce a signal that can be transmitted easily and decoded to reproduce the original digital data...
,
telephoneThe telephone is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sound, most commonly the human voice. It is one of the most common household appliances in the developed world, and has long been considered indispensable to business, industry and government...
or other device. Various network standards may be used, such as GPRS,
3GInternational Mobile Telecommunications-2000 , better known as 3G or 3rd Generation, is a family of standards for mobile telecommunications defined by the International Telecommunication Union, which includes GSM EDGE, UMTS, and CDMA2000 as well as DECT and WiMAX...
,
WiMAXWiMAX, meaning Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, is a telecommunications technology that provides wireless transmission of data using a variety of transmission modes, from point-to-multipoint links to portable and fully mobile internet access. The technology provides up to 10 Mbit/s...
,
LTELTE is the last step toward the 4th generation of radio technologies designed to increase the capacity and speed of mobile telephone networks. Where the current generation of mobile telecommunication networks are collectively known as 3G , LTE is marketed as 4G...
UMTS/
HSPAHigh Speed Packet Access is a collection of two mobile telephony protocols High Speed Downlink Packet Access and High Speed Uplink Packet Access , that extend and improve the performance of existing WCDMA protocols...
, EV-DO and some portable
satellite-basedSatellite Internet services are used in locations where terrestrial Internet access is not available and also for users who move frequently.Broadband Internet access via geostationary satellite is available almost worldwide, including vessels at sea and mobile land vehicles...
systems.
Devices that provide mobile broadband include: PC data cards, USB modems, USB sticks, phones with data modems and portable devices with built-in support for Mobile Broadband (like notebooks, netbooks and Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs)). Notebooks with built-in Mobile Broadband Modules are offered by all leading laptop manufacturers in Europe and Asia including: Dell, Lenovo (previously IBM), HP, Fujitsu, Toshiba and Acer.
A group of telecommunication manufacturers, mobile phone producers, chipset manufacturers and notebook manufacturers have joined forces to push built-in support for Mobile Broadband technology on notebook computers. The players have established a service mark to identify devices that deliver Mobile Broadband.
Development
On 11 December 2002, the IEEE Standards Board approved the establishment of IEEE 802.20, the Mobile Broadband Wireless Access (MBWA) Working Group.
The mission of IEEE 802.20 is to develop the specification for an efficient packet based air interface that is optimized for the transport of IP based services. The goal is to enable worldwide deployment of affordable, ubiquitous, always-on and interoperable multi-vendor mobile broadband wireless access networks that meet the needs of business and residential end user markets.
The main barrier to the take up of mobile broadband will be the coverage the mobile phone networks can provide, in many areas customers will not be able to achieve the speeds advertised due to mobile data coverage limitations. In addition, there are also issues with connectivity, network capacity, application quality, and mobile network operators' overall inexperience with data traffic.
Demand from emerging markets fuels a large share of growth in Mobile Broadband over the coming years. Without the need to start from the basis of a widespread fixed line infrastructure, many emerging markets leapfrog developed markets and use Mobile Broadband technologies to deliver high-speed internet access to the mass market.
The global Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) family of standards - which includes GSM, EDGE, WCDMA, HSPA and LTE – is the most widespread way to deliver mobile broadband. 3GPP standards are serving about 90 percent of the world’s mobile subscribers.
United Kingdom
In October 2008, a steering group known as
Digital BritainThe Digital Britain project was launched by the British Government in October 2008 as an attempt to secure the UK a place at the front of digital and telecommunications innovation and quality....
was setup, with the aim of promoting digital telecommunications in the United Kingdom. The conclusion of the steering group was a recommendation that the government took up, namely to have 100% broadband coverage, with a minimum speed of 2Mbps in the United Kingdom by the year 2012. Mobile broadband is expected to be utilized to help spread broadband coverage to the more remote areas of the UK.
United States
In the United States, in 2009 actions were taken by the telecommunication industry that led many to believe that price fixing was taking place. Every provider (AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile) all offered the same mobile broadband plan at the same price. 5GB max at $60 a month. Under the Sherman Act,[1] July 2, 1890 this would be illegal, and allows for any individual the right to sue under the antitrust laws. As evident in the network outage on April 9, 2009 in Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and San Benito counties in California all these companies are interlinked and share the same network, which would also constitute monopoly practices.
See also
- Mobile VoIP
Mobile VoIP is an extension of mobility to a Voice over IP network.There are several methodologies by which a mobile handset can be integrated into a VoIP network. One implementation turns the mobile device into a standard SIP client, which then uses a data network to send and receive SIP...
- Broadband Internet access
Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just broadband, is a high data rate Internet access—typically contrasted with dial-up access using a 56k modem....
- Broadband
The term broadband can have different meanings in different contexts. The term's meaning has undergone substantial shifts.-In telecommunication:...
- Mobile Enterprise
Mobile Enterprise is a collection of Online Interactive Business Applications made possible by Mobile Broadband. Cellular Networks with GPRS and UMTS are connected to the Internet via Media Gateways. Mobile Enterprise serves HSDPA and HSUPA...
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