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Mobile broadband is expected to leave fixed-line broadband behind in the next few years according to a new report.

The report published by leading analyst firm, Frost & Sullivan, and titled “European Mobile Broadband Melee between 3G LTE and Mobile WiMAX”, predicts that by 2013 the number of subscribers of LTE will reach 22.4 million. It says that mobile broadband users have been downloading 6 to 14 times more data this year as compared to the usage twelve months ago. Around 5GB of data is being downloaded using mobile broadband by an average user per month. The report also confirms that the data usage is set to increase rapidly in the near future.

Both of the upcoming mobile broadband technologies, LTE and WiMAX, are likely to usher in an era of open access in mobile broadband, i.e., the user will be able to connect his/her device to any network rather than being ‘locked in’ by a particular service.

Though mobile broadband is growing by leaps and bounds, the report says that the pricing of mobile broadband services needs to be more innovative (click her for info on free laptop contracts). Elaborating on this point, Luke Thomas, programme manager at Frost & Sullivan said that broadband operators should develop their pricing plans such that they are more transparent and less complicated for the user.

Mr. Thomas also suggested that operators should ensure a more efficient management of their service by using quality-of-service policies, access to network services in a prioritised manner and flow-based processing methods to control the traffic effectively.

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