Wednesday 26 March 2014

What Is Meant By Mobile Broadband?

By Tony J. Wong


Mobile broadband are also referred to as WWAN or wireless wide area network, is a common term which is used to denote the top speed mobile internet access through portable gadgets just like mobile phones, tablet PCs. Mobile broadband is nothing but the ability to visit internet pages, check emails, or watch a video while using a data package of a mobile operators 3G network.

Mobile broadband service is not limited to mobile devices only. Network providers have expanded the idea of using the service so that it is now feasible to give wireless connection in other transportable devices such as laptops and tablets. Many network adaptors are available to use mobile broadband in these appliances such as network card, Wi-Fi hotspots or even mobile phones may be used as modems.

3G vs. 4G

Some of the acronyms used to denote mobile broadband are GPRS 3G, HSDPA, EV-DO, WiMAX AND LTE. All these are nothing but different standards used to describe mobile broadband. Efficiency and speed of mobile broadband are increasing in each passing day and with so many players in this field, technology is even branching off. 4G or fourth generation of mobile broadband, which incorporates LTE and WiMax standards, is the fastest mobile internet available today in the market.

Features of 4G

In most parts of the world 3G is very popular as fast mobile internet service. Actually it is quite good for simple online works like video chat, photo and video sharing, downloading music, e-book, short movies, watching mobile tv or youtube videos. 3G is a lot better that EDGE and GPRS that were horrible in terms of speed. Nevertheless, 4G has been launched recently as a gift of modern technology. One can have the real taste of broadband with this revolutionary service. It is the fastest network service in the world. Cell phone companies promise 4G may provide you with download rate of 700 kbps to 1.7 Mbps and upload speed of 500 kbps to about 1.2 Mbps.

Consumers spend quite some bucks today on internet. As such, they can certainly expect excellent service for their money. If the signal is poor and interrupted, anybody gets upset. Stable speed and signal is necessary for downloading any huge file or content. 4G network provides this facility to its users. Both mobile providers and their users can be happy using 4G services.

High speed in online services can never be so much. Launch of 4G prepaid is a great stride in the direction of betterment of internet speed. This bounce is a big achievement and promises to revolutionize internet. Enhanced internet speed can also mean a lot in the mobile software development business. 4G internet may also be transferred for computer use using a smart phone. With increase in speed, one can visit websites, stream videos and listen to music with good speed.

Hotlink is one of the top mobile internet provider in Malaysia. They promise to provide internet speed of around 52 Mbps. They are one of the very first providers of 4G internet service in the region with the very reasonable hot tickets rates. Currently Hotlink provide many offers such as 50% free data on 1 GB monthly data usage packages.




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