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The mobile Internet is about to get bigger. According to a recent report from global telecom equipment provider Ericsson, the number of mobile broadband subscribers reached 500 million in 2010 and they expect that number to double in 2011, bringing the total to an even billion. Mobile broadband adoption has accelerated with the strong growth of smartphones, connected laptops, and tablets, supported by the introduction of high-performance … [Read more...]
The latest findings of the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project mark a departure from the stagnation in home high-speed adoption rates that had prevailed from December 2007 through December 2008. During that period, Project surveys found that home broadband penetration remained in a narrow range between 54% and 57%. The greatest growth in broadband adoption in the past year has taken place among population subgroups that … [Read more...]
American Airlines has announced the launch of a new mobile broadband service, Gogo,™ provided by Aircell. Customers traveling on American’s Boeing 767-200 aircraft can access complete coast-to-coast coverage on nonstop flights between New York and San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles, and New York and Miami. Aircell’s Gogo service will be available to customers as a fee-based service in all cabins. Aircell will charge $12.95 on flights … [Read more...]
The percentage of U.S. households with broadband Internet connections has grown from 12% in 2002 to 49% today, and 112 million U.S. adults now have high-speed Web access at home, according to a study by Scarborough Research. The study, based on a panel of 220,000 adults 18 and older, found significant regional variation in broadband penetration. San Francisco topped the list, with 62% of adults living in households with broadband Web access, … [Read more...]
