AT&T Upgrades Vermont Mobile Broadband

Vermont Gets Lit Up With 3G Mobile Broadband

AT&T continues to make upgrades to its’ 3G mobile broadband network. AT&T customers in Bennington, Brattleboro, Brownsville, Killington, Vernon, and Warren will go live this week on a rolling basis. More cities throughout the Vermont state area will be upgraded by December 31st, with the remainder of the state being upgraded during 2010. Full press release.

Verizon Wireless Gives Free WiFi to Mobile Broadband Laptop Customers

Verizon Mobile Broadband Customers Get Free WiFi

Verizon Wireless announced today that mobile broadband laptop customers can now access free wifi throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico at no additional charge. Customers must use VZAccess Manager on their laptops, and must have an existing mobile broadband plan. All Verizon computing devices are supported including usb mobile broadband modems, wireless pc cards, Verizon Wireless MiFi, and laptops and netbooks with built in mobile broadband.

McDonald’s Offers Free Nationwide Wireless

McDonald’s and AT&T Team Up to Offer Free Unlimited WiFi Nationwide

McDonald’s will offer free unlimited wireless in all of its’ restaurants in the United States starting in mid-January of 2010. The free wifi will be supplied by AT&T, and will be available in 14,000 McDonald’s restaurants across the US. The free wifi will complement the McCafe product offerings which feature coffee and accompiments that make McDonald’s restaurants destinations beyond breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Customers will definitely increase their average time in attendance at most restaurants given unlimited wifi usage, and expanding use of mobile broadband laptops. Soon it won’t be unusual to see customers enjoying a meal at McDonald’s while surfing the web on their mobile broadband laptop.

TeliaSonera Launches LTE Mobile Broadband Laptop Service

TeliaSonera Rolls Out LTE Broadband For Laptops in Stockholm & Oslo

TeliaSonera teamed with Samsung to offer consumers LTE mobile broadband for laptops using a Samsung 4G USB modem. Mobile broadband laptop users in Stockholm (Sweden) and Oslo (Norway) can now sign up for mobile broadband service for $84 dollars per month, for 30 GB data at data rates up to 80 Mbps (megabits per second). TeliaSonera is believed to be the first wireless provider in the world to deploy LTE (Long Term Evolution), which is 4G wireless broadband. Expect TeliaSonera to deploy LTE in 3 more cities in Norway, and 25 more cities in Sweden during the 2010 fiscal year. It isn’t clear is consumers must buy the Samsung USB modem, or if it comes free with mobile broadband laptop service.

UPDATE: Stacey Higginbotham at GigaOM is reporting that TeliaSonera is offering introductory LTE prices of less than $1 per month!

Fujitsu LifeBook Mobile Broadband Laptop

Fujitsu Debuts LifeBook UH900 Laptop With Built-In Mobile Broadband

Fujitsu introduced a powerful handheld mobile broadband laptop with built in 3G connectivity. The Fujitsu LifeBook UH900 sports a 5.6 inch multitouch screen with full support for Windows 7. It also has a 62GB SSD and WXGA display resolution. Pricing and availability aren’t announced as of yet, but we’ll update as soon as we have them.

Mobile Broadband Laptop by Verizon Wireless

Mobile Broadband Laptop and Mobile Broadband Router Illustration by Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless has an excellent mobile broadband laptop illustration on video that highlights a multitude of possible uses of a mobile broadband laptop. It also highlights use of the MiFi mobile router, which connects up to five devices with wifi capabilities.

Verizon Wireless // Mobile Broadband with MiFi from SALT on Vimeo.

Best Buy Holiday Exclusive Offer

Nokia’s Elegant Booklet 3G Netbook Now Available Exclusively at Best Buy

The Nokia Booklet 3G can be yours for $299 with a new two year mobile broadband plan on AT&T. Best Buy is offering the elegant Booklet 3G exclusively through the end of the 2009 holidays, which features a 10 inch screen and HDMI out in a thin aluminum casing. The Booklet 3G has extensive connectivity options including built in 3G mobile broadband, wifi, as well as assisted GPS capabilities. You can also sync data with your mobile phone, and it offers a estimated 8+ hours of battery life on a single charge.

The video below has many great views of the Nokia Booklet 3G.

Black Friday Deal

$29 Mobile Broadband Laptop Deal Offered by Verizon for Black Friday Weekend

Verizon Wireless is offering a Gateway LT netbook for $29 with a new two year mobile broadband plan. The Gateway LT has a 10 inch screen, 1 GB of RAM, and a 160 GB HDD drive. This is a very good deal considering the Gateway LT netbook normally sells for $99 on contract. Verizon’s Gateway LT netbook deal runs through the end of Black Friday weekend.

AT&T Expands Mobile Broadband in South Carolina

AT&T announced the expansion of its’ mobile broadband network in Greenville and Charleston South Carolina, and its’ first time availability in Florence, South Carolina. Residents in these areas can receive 3G wireless broadband for laptops and netbooks that are certified for use on AT&T.

Press Release:

COLUMBIA, S.C., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — AT&T* today announced the availability of its third generation (3G) mobile broadband network in Florence and the expansion of the Greenville and Charleston 3G network opening the door to a new era of mobile services, devices and feature-rich audio and video content for customers in the area.

The network extension is part of AT&T’s ongoing efforts to drive innovation and investment to deliver the benefits of smartphones and mobile broadband for customers. More smartphone customers have chosen AT&T over any other U.S. competitor, and AT&T is committed to driving continual enhancement of network capabilities to meet these customers’ ever-growing mobile broadband needs.

“We are committed to providing South Carolinians access to the advanced wireless broadband services that help drive economic growth and make a difference in people’s lives,” said Pamela Lackey, President, AT&T South Carolina. “Continuing to enhance and expand our networks is the result of ongoing work by the state’s leaders to foster a business climate that encourages investment and welcomes new technologies.”

AT&T matches its network investment with unsurpassed choice in the range of devices, services and applications compatible with its 3G network – the nation’s fastest, according to independent testing. AT&T offers a wide variety of devices from more than a dozen manufacturers, including handsets that are compatible with six different operating systems and five different e-mail applications. Our Media Mall 2.0 offers more than 90,000 content options, and customers can download additional applications over the Internet. Additionally, AT&T supports a community of more than 20,000 application developers via its devCentral portal.

“Our goal is to add 3G service in new areas throughout South Carolina and to boost network capacity where we already have this technology in place,” said Alison Hall, vice president and general manager, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets – Carolinas. “With this expansion, our customers can continue to ride the leading edge of mobile broadband with emerging devices and thousands of mobile applications.”

Recently, AT&T announced plans to further upgrade its 3G network nationwide with HSPA 7.2 technology to deliver considerably faster mobile broadband speeds. The upgrades are planned to begin in the fourth quarter, with completion expected in 2011. Supporting this initiative is AT&T’s ongoing deployment of additional backhaul capacity to cell sites, which will support today’s unprecedented growth in mobile data traffic as well as the future demands of next-generation networks.

AT&T’s 3G mobile broadband network is based on the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) family of technologies that includes GSM and UMTS, the most open and widely used wireless network platforms in the world. AT&T’s 3G network is available in more than 350 major metropolitan areas. AT&T also offers 3G data roaming in more than 100 countries, as well as voice calling in more than 215 countries.

For more information about AT&T’s 3G coverage in South Carolina or anywhere in the United States, consumers can visit http://www.wireless.att.com/coverageviewer/. The online tool can measure the quality of coverage based on a street address, intersection, ZIP code or even a landmark.

For updates on the AT&T wireless network, please visit www.att.com/networknews.

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.

About AT&T

AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates – AT&T operating companies – are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation’s fastest 3G network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet and voice services. AT&T offers the best wireless coverage worldwide, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verse(SM) and AT&T | DIRECTV(SM) brands. The company’s suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world. In domestic markets, AT&T’s Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations are known for their leadership in directory publishing and advertising sales. In 2009, AT&T again ranked No. 1 in the telecommunications industry on FORTUNE® magazine’s list of the World’s Most Admired Companies.

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SOURCE AT&T Inc.

Azusa, California Has Expanded Mobile Broadband Coverage

Verizon Wireless has added a new cellular site in Azusa, California to expand its’ mobile broadband footprint for data, voice, and text services.

Press Release:

IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ – Los Angeles County residents, businesses and visitors are enjoying improved service thanks to a new Verizon Wireless cell site. The site expands 3G wireless coverage along Sierra Madre Boulevard and North San Gabriel Canyon Road. The increase in network coverage and capacity means more calls, emails, text and picture messages for locals, plus expanded wireless access to the web.

Verizon Wireless invested over $600 million in California during 2008 to enhance service and coverage. Nationally, the company has invested more than $48 billion in its network since it was formed in 2000. The result is the nation’s largest, most reliable 3G network that powers services such as Mobile Broadband and email.

Businesses of any size can tap into the power of Mobile Broadband. The service allows users to connect to the Internet wirelessly while on the go to download music over-the-air, and access e-mail or corporate data. For example, customers can download a small 1 megabyte PowerPoint(®) presentation in about eight seconds and upload the same-sized file in less than 13 seconds.

Small business owners interested in Mobile Broadband, and other wireless solutions, can visit http://smallbusiness.vzw.com where they will find:

• An online forum to share experiences and connect with other business owners
• Access to Small Business Specialists in each Verizon Wireless store
• Discounts and promotions to help businesses stretch their budgets
• Summaries of mobile solutions like email, wireless Internet and Push to Talk service
• 24/7 tech support

Verizon Wireless tests its network and those of its competitors. The company determines if voice calls and data connections are successful on the first attempt and stay connected. Nationally, Verizon Wireless’ real-life test men and women drive 91 specially equipped vehicles almost 1,000,000 miles annually. They drive on Interstate, U.S. and state highways, as well as major roads and streets in high-population areas, based upon U.S. Census counts. Vehicles are equipped with computers that automatically make more than three million voice call attempts and more than 16 million data tests annually on Verizon Wireless’ network and the networks of other carriers.

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation’s most reliable and largest wireless voice and data network, serving 87.7 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with more than 87,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). For more information, visit www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

SOURCE Verizon Wireless