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United Kingdom, France and India boast best mobile broadband prices
ABI Research found in a recently conducted study that the United Kingdom, France and India have the least expensive mobile broadband plans in the world. In India, for example, an unlimited 3G mobile broadband plan costs an average of $17 per month.
The study also suggests that mobile broadband providers are likely to keep prices low or even drop them slightly to maintain or improve their market share.
“ABI Research expects emerging markets with low internet penetration to price mobile broadband aggressively to drive usage,” ABI Research analyst Bhavya Khanna, said. “However, in developed markets the widespread use of data dongles has created strains on mobile networks; and one could see data plans change to throttle data consumption.”
Within the UK, T-Mobile is the best provider of mobile broadband, according to Broadband Genie, which tested different modems as its researchers traveled throughout the country.
Mobile broadband use is also on the rise throughout the world. Shipments of cellular and mobile PC modems grew by more than 55 percent globally in 2009.
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