It is predicted that by 2012 there will be more than one billion mobile broadband users across the world.
Despite this showing that b is going to grow massively there are claims from some of the European mobile networks that the number of mobile broadband users already is affecting their networks!
Ofcom reported that by March 2009 there was three million homes in the UK that were using mobile broadband showing how the popularity of this type of broadband has hugely increased in popularity. So while us as customers are asking for faster and more reliable speeds the mobile network providers are also trying to have to increase the coverage and quality of their networks.
The extra strain that mobile broadband puts on the mobile network providers can be seen from what one French telecoms provider, SFR, estimate that using mobile broadband users 450 times more bandwidth than someone talking on a mobile phone.
The increasing use of Smartphones has helped increase the popularity of mobile broadband and with more and more people wanting to access the Internet on the go this will only keep on increasing.