Next-generation HSPA laptop
Ericsson and Dell have teamed up to offer consumers “next-generation laptops that will support seamless roaming on tri-band HSPA (high-speed packet access) mobile broadband networks”.
Dell plans to offer built-in HSPA mobile broadband modules from Ericsson beginning in the second quarter of this year.
HSPA is the world's most widely deployed mobile broadband technology, with more than 185 commercially deployed networks available around the world serving more than one billion subscribers.
"Consumers are increasingly utilising notebooks to access the high-capacity services that they have typically experienced only through a wired or WiFi connection," said Mats Norin, vice president for mobile broadband modules at Ericsson.
"We are excited to work with Dell to give consumers and business users the freedom and flexibility to access the Internet in the way they want it, wherever they are.
"Dell's model is uniquely capable of putting the technology and wireless service in customers' hands. Teaming with Ericsson to offer built-in HSPA in our laptops ensures Dell delivers on the basic assumption that one can access critical information anytime, anywhere, with the speed and rich content that we have all come to expect," said John Thode, vice president small devices at Dell Consumer Group.
Market projections indicate that by 2011 approximately 200 million notebooks will ship annually. Ericsson anticipates that 50% of those notebooks will feature a built-in HSPA mobile broadband module.
Users will increasingly have the option to take their broadband connections with them, delivering on the promise of full service broadband, which is anytime, anywhere access from the screen or device of choice.
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