Laptop makers, chip manufacturers and telecom operators have banded together to promote 3G technology in laptops and other mobile devices.
What's more is that they have cobbled together a war chest of 1 billion U.S. dollars to show on the road. The plans to create a new Mobile Broadband logo, which will show consumers that their new Lappi are able to get online and access to e-mail, regardless of the place over 3G networks. No more hunting for Wi-Fi hotspots.
By Christmas, the first laptops bearing the Mobile Broadband logo will start shipping in 91 countries.
"Mobile Broadband is like a home or office broadband connection with one crucial difference: freedom. Freedom from hot spots, freedom from complexity and freedom from security concerns," said Michael O'Hara, CMO of the GSMA."Today, 16 of the world's largest technology companies have committed to change the way people get online forever. This commitment is manifested in a service mark that we expect to see on several hundred thousand notebooks in the shops by the holiday season. The Mobile Broadband badge will assure consumers that the devices they buy will always connect -- wherever Mobile Broadband is available -- and that they can expect a high standard of simplicity and mobility."
Overseen by the GSM Association, the company has signed up 16 from this group includes 3, Asus, Dell, ECS, Ericsson, Gemalto, Lenovo, Microsoft, Orange, Qualcomm, Telefonica Europe, Telecom Italia, TeliaSonera, T-Mobile, Vodafone and Toshiba .- Martin Lynch. (Vnunet)
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