Street Broadband

The analytical company Quantcast has published the latest data on the prevalence of the operation systems for mobile devices in North America. The research provides three main solutions — iPhone OS, Android OS and Blackberry. In general, Apple with its market share of 58.8% is the leader, Android gives in to iPhone OS (the market [...]

After many months of discussions and proceedings (including court proceedings) the latest version of Skype for iPhone supports the calls not only from Wi-Fi networks but from 3G networks. The application Skype 2.0 is already available for downloading in the App Store.
For a long time Skype for iPhone and other smartphones didn’t allow making calls [...]

Virgin Mobile USA announced a prepaid 3G Internet access service called Broadband2Go. Users will need to purchase the Novatel Wireless EVDO Rev modem which is available exclusively at Best Buy. The USB modem has an internal dual-band diversity antenna and options for an external antenna for better performance. In addition, it features a microSDHC slot [...]

Broadband service in Japan is considerably cheaper than anywhere else. So far, users on Japan’s bullet trains access the Internet by connecting their laptops via mobile phones, but connection speeds are said to be slow. Soon passengers will be able to go online via Wi-Fi, thanks to Japan Telecom launching the infrastructure. You get a [...]

Sony Ericsson launches two new 3G routers which look extremely sleek. The W30 and W35 offer quad-band EDGE, three HDSPA bands, four Ethernet ports and WiFi 802.11b/g support if you need to share connection with everyone at home. They also have a USB 2.0 port for printer server, where Ericsson throws in two extra RJ11 [...]