TP-LINK's M5350 Mobile wifi 3G sim card router

TP-LINK, a global provider of networking products, today announced its new 3G Mobile Wi-Fi M5350, designed to provide high-speed Internet access anywhere you go. This iF 2013 Product Design Award Winner and CES Innovations 2013 Design and Engineering Award Honoree is at the forefront of wireless 3G sharing, combining the mobility of 3G broadband connections using its internal 3G modem with the flexibility of Wireless 802.11n and powered using a high-capacity 2000mAh internal rechargeable battery creating a robust wireless sharing device with unbeatable performance.

With its sleek “pebble-like” design and OLED status display, the M5350is as comfortable at the beach as it is on the conference table. Whether on a business trip or a road trip with their family, users can enjoy the freedom of wireless internet wherever 3G coverage is available, without having to haul around a bulky device. With its powerful 2000mAh battery the M5350 is able to operate for a full 7-10 hours at full capacity and can be flexibly recharged via a micro USB cable connected to a laptop, portable charger or included adapter to provide endless hours of 3G sharing.

The device is incredibly easy to deploy, allowing even novice users to get their networks up and running in a flash. With a SIM slot supporting HSPA+ 3G broadband connections featuring download speeds up to 21Mbps and upload speeds up to 5.7Mbps, users have ample bandwidth with which to share files and media across their mobile network and even play online games while on the move.

With an internal Micro SD Card slot for storage up to 32 GB, users can also have their M5350 function as a portable hard drive in which to store and share their data.

Features

·         Sleek, compact “pebble-like” shell with OLED status display

·         Internal WCDMA 3G modem with SIM card slot

·         802.11n wireless AP

·         Internal 2000mAh battery for 7-10 hours of 3G sharing

·         Micro SD Card slot supporting up to 32 GB of storage

Specifications

Hardware Features
Interface	1 micro USB port for power, MicroSD card slot
OLED Display	Power, WLAN, Internet, Signal Strength, Battery Level, Messages, Traffic data
Button	Power, Reset
MicroSD card	Up to 32G
Dimensions (L X W X H)	94mm×56.7mm×19.8mm
Antenna	Internal Antenna
Power Supply	Internal 2000mAh Rechargeable Battery, 5VDC/1.0A External Power Adapter
WIRELESS FEATURES
Wireless Standards	IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n
Wireless Frequency	2.4-2.4835GHz
Signal Rate	Up to 72Mbps
EIRP	<20dBm
Wireless Security	Supports 64/128 bit WEP, WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK,Wireless MAC Filtering, Enable/Disable SSID Broadcast
SOFTWARE FEATURES
Supports	HSPA+/HSUPA/HSDPA/UMTS
Download Speed	Up to 21Mbps
Upload Speed	5.76Mbps
Band	WCDMA：2100/1900/900Mhz                     GSM：850/900/1800/1900Mhz
DHCP	DHCP server, DHCP Client List
others	SMS, Traffic Statistics

About TP-LINK

TP-LINK is a global provider of SOHO and SMB networking products and is the World's No.1 provider of WLAN and Broadband CPE devices. Our products are available in over 120 countries to tens of millions customers. Committed to intensive R&D, efficient production and strict quality management, TP-LINK continues to provide award-winning networking products in Wireless, ADSL, Routers, Switches, IP Cameras, Powerline Adapters, Print Servers, Media Converters and Network Adapters for Global end-users.

 Visit us at http://www.tp-link.in

ZyXEL Launches 802.11ac Adapter Line to Deliver Enhanced Speed and Range to Desktops, Laptops, and Mobile Devices

ZyXEL Communications, a world-class broadband networking company providing a wide-ranging portfolio of Internet-enabled wired and wireless solutions, has introduced its NWD6505 and NWD6605 802.11ac Dual-Band Wireless USB adapters.

The inconspicuous little devices enable home users and travellers to upgrade their desktops, laptops and portable devices to the latest 802.11ac Wi-Fi technology, greatly improving media streaming and online communications.

The ZyXEL NWD6605 Dual-Band Wireless AC1200 USB Adapter delivers data transfer rates of up to 300 Mbps on the 2.4 GHz channel or 867 Mbps on the 5 GHz channel . It features two antennas, enabling it to deliver wider coverage and provide better wireless performance. It’s ideal for HD video streaming, online gaming, multiple downloading, and sharing multiple large files simultaneously.

The NWD6605 also uses a USB 3.0 interface for the fastest networking experience. USB 3.0 interface is 10 times faster than USB 2.0 with transfer data rates of up to 5 Gigabit per second.

ZyXEL’s NWD6505 Dual-Band Wireless AC600 USB Adapter delivers data transfer rates of up to 150 Mbps at 2.4 GHz or 433 Mbps at 5 GHz1. Both the NWD6505 and NWD6605 Dual-Band Wireless USB Adapters take advantage of the latest 802.11ac technology. The accelerated throughput of 802.11ac over the less congested 5-GHz frequency band offers optimal, lag-free experience with streaming video, audio, VoIP, gaming, web browsing, and other entertainment and communication applications. Each is fully backward compatible with 802.11a/b/g/n wireless networks.

The NWD6505 and NWD6605 adapters are geared for desktop and laptop users who require a dual-band wireless AC network connection for faster HD video, media streaming and online gaming.  The compact, stylish, and lightweight design of the ZyXEL NWD6505 and NWD6605 also offers excellent portability for road warriors, vacationers, students, and others on the move.

The units are Microsoft Windows 8 certified, so users may use them with the latest systems. With the included WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup), it offers a fast and simple secured connection at the touch of a button.
ZyXEL Communications Corp.
ZyXEL Communications Corp., founded in 1989, is a world-class networking company providing innovative and reliable Internet solutions. As one of the early modem manufacturers, ZyXEL has gone through transformations in the fast-paced networking industry. Today, ZyXEL is one of the few companies in the world capable of offering complete networking solutions for Telco’s, small to medium-sized businesses, and digital home users for a wide range of deployment scenarios. Telco solutions include Central Office Equipments, Customer Premises Equipments, Wired and Wireless Access Network Devices, and Carrier Switches. SMB and Enterprise solutions include Unified Security Gateways, LAN Switches, WLAN, and IP Telephony. Digital Home solutions include Network Connectivity Devices and Multimedia Solutions. 

Huawei Launches Wi-Fi Data Card E355 In India at Rs 5499/-

Developed for small office, business professionals and families, Huawei E355 Wi-Fi Modem offers faster HSPA+ 21 Mbps DL and 5.76Mbps UL speed 

Huawei has launched E355 3G Data Card in India. It is the World’s 1st Data Card with Wi-Fi for 5 at the same time. It functions both as a data card for a single user and as a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot, which can simultaneously connect up to five Wi-Fi-enabled devices. Huawei launched the E303Cs HiLink data Card in July that automatically connects users to the Internet in less than 15 seconds.

Features of Huawei E355 3G data card

• Simultaneously connect up to 5 Wi-Fi-enabled devices
• HSPA+ 21 Mbps DL and 5.76Mbps UL speed
• Type3i technology with up to 20% more upload and download speed compared to non Type3i devices
• Work with external power adapter, unlimited working time
• Micro SD Card Slot (up to 32GB)
• Data and SMS Service

It is targeted at SOHO (Small office Home Office), Business professionals and large families. The Huawei E355 3G data card is priced at an MRP of Rs. 5499 but it is available online for as low as Rs. 3,200.

Vodafone, Airtel, Idea in pact to offer pan-India 3G services

Vodafone India has announced that it has signed agreements with Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular Ltd. for sharing of 3G services in regions where they do not have the bandwidth licenses.

The  agreement also covers areas where Vodafone-Essar has 3G bandwidth which will help the company provide 3G services through out the country.

As of now Vodafone has 3G permissions for nine telecom sectors out of the twenty two. Previously, Vodafone won the bandwidth for Rs 116.18 billion in the 3G auctions last year.  

Airtel currently operates 3G services in thirteen regions and Idea operates 3G services in eleven regions. This sharing agreement will bring all the three major players on an even keel, in terms of 3G service coverage.

Service providers have been trying to 3G attract customers, but the combination of high 3G charges and poor coverage have proven to be huge disadvantages. This agreement may go long way in rectifying coverage issues. 

Reliance launches commercial 3G services in Himachal Pradesh

Reliance Communications today announced the launch of Reliance 3G services in Himachal Pradesh’s all major towns,company officials said.
“The service will be offered in Shimla, Solan, Baddi, Nalagarh, Mandi, Poanta Sahib, Dharamsala, Kullu, Palampur, Hamirpur, Dalhousie, Una and Kangra,” said Sami Butt Circle head RCOM here.
“Very soon 3 G will be available in Manali and Sundernagar,” he said.
“Reliance 3G is now available in all 13 circles of the country and in nearly 150 towns of Himachal.The launch of 3G is an integral part of our vision 2015 of creating a ‘wireless Himachal’ built on the ‘affordable 3G for all platform’,” said Butt.
The service is capable of offering peak speeds of 28 mbps. It includes video calling,mobile tv,video streaming and applications accessed by a variety of mobile and PCs.
RCOM has tied up with Nokia for devices,Facebook,Nokia and Ericsson for applications and Universal music for content and motricity for the web portal.
A fortnight ago Idea Cellular also rolled out its 3G services in the hill state.

One million homes get 100Mbps broadband, from Virgin

A million homes can now get 100Mbps broadband via Virgin Media's cable network, the company said on Wednesday.

This leaves 26 million to go. Jon James, executive director of broadband at Virgin Media said: "We had more then 10,000 registrations on the first day we unveiled 100Mbps, so there is real desire for better broadband."

Jon James said VM would finish its 100Mbps roll-out in mid-2012. By then, half the country would have access to it. "That'll be six years ahead of EU targets," he said.

Neelie Kroes, the European Digital Agenda boss, has called for all citizens to have access to a minimum 30Mbps, and for half to have access to 100Mbps by 2020.

James said VM's 100Mbps service also provides 10Mb upload speeds for £35 a month when bundled with other communications products, or £45 per month when bought as a stand-alone product.

He said VM's network now carries over half a terabit of data per second during busy periods. At that rate, one could download 62 copies of the entire Encyclopedia Britannica every second, he said.

MTS aims to triple customer base by 2013

Sistema owns a 73.7 per cent stake in Sistema Shyam, which promotes MTS; currently the company has 10 million customers

Russian oil-to-telecoms group Sistema's Indian mobile unit,Sistema Shyam Teleservices, which promotes the MTS mobile service brand, expects to triple its customer base and aims to be EBITDA positive by 2013, its chief executive said.

The company sees 30 million customers by 2013 from 10 million currently, Vsevolod Rozanov, chief executive of Sistema Shyam TeleServices said on Tuesday.

IPO plans to be ready in a couple of months

Vsevolod Rozanov also said the firm would finalise in the next couple of months the investment banks that would manage its planned initial public offering (IPO), although the timing of the issue was not yet decided.

"As we have said, we will be ready (for IPO) by the end of this calendar year," Rozanov said, but added the timing of a listing would depend on improvement in regulatory environment and on market conditions.

India is the world's fastest-growing mobile market by customer additions and its 771 million mobile subscribers make it the second-biggest mobile market after China, but carriers operate under wafer-thin margin amid fierce competition in a crowded 15-player market where mobile voice business dominates.

Aims bigger share in India's mobile data market

Sistema Shyam is focusing on gaining a bigger share of India's fledgling but growingmobile data market where there is less competition.

The once-booming telecoms sector has also been hit by a scandal over grant of licences and radio airwaves in 2007/08, which a state auditor said could have cost the government up to $39 billion in revenue. Several telecoms carriers face risk of losing their permits as a probe into the alleged scam is on.

Sistema Shyam is not involved in the licensing scam, but is among companies that have been named by the sector regulator to not have met network rollout requirements. The regulator has recommended to the government to cancel dozens of licences, including 11 held by Sistema Shyam over rollout.

The government this month issued notices Etisalat's Indian mobile venture and Idea Cellular to defend their licences for not meeting the rollout requirements.

“Company didn't get 'show cause' notice from govt”

But Rozanov said they had not received any of the so-called "show cause" notice. He said the company had launched commercial services in 18 of India's 22 zones and will launch operations in the remaining zones in the next two to three months.

Sistema entered India in late 2008 by picking a controlling stake in a small Indian mobile firm, which has been since renamed as Sistema Shyam TeleServices.

Sistema owns a 73.7 per cent stake in Sistema Shyam, while India's Shyam group owns 23.8 per cent and the remainder is held by minority shareholders.

The Russian government in December paid $600 million for a stake of about 17 per cent of Sistema Shyam. Rozanov said he expected the Russian investment deal to be closed in next few weeks, which would dilute Sistema's holding in the company.

Vodafone launches mobile wi-fi device

Telecom service provider Vodafone Essar Monday launched its mobile wi-fi device – Vodafone R201 – in India, which can be used by five users simultaneously to connect to Vodafone’s 3G network.
The device contains a sim slot to connect to the 3G network and five users can then connect their computers, mobile gaming devices, digital music players to the device over wi-fi to enjoy 3G speeds, the company claimed.
“The Vodafone R201 is designed to provide customers with an advantage of connecting and communicating on-the-go,” said Kumar Ramanathan, chief marketing officer of Vodafone Essar.
The device has a battery life of up to four hours and allows users to enjoy uninterrupted 3G internet services at a speed of up to 7.2 mbps on high-speed downlink packet access enabled devices.
Priced at Rs.5,500, this device is powered by battery, mains or USB along with plug and plays software of 128 MB flash memory, the company said.

India to have 400million 3G connection by 2015

The number of third generation (3G) subscribers in India will reach 400 million by 2015 as the telecom operators ramp-up rollout of the high-end mobile telephony service, said a Wireless Intelligence study.

"India's 3G connections are set to grow three-fold between 2011 and 2015 as operators ramp-up rollout of new 3G networks," said the study titled "India 3G rollout".

According to the report, the telecom operators are likely to invest $2.5 billion in building the new networks and rolling out 3G services in 2011.

"Indian operators spent a combined $15 billion in acquiring Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) 3G spectrum at auction last year and are forecast to jointly invest a further $2.5 billion in building the new networks and rolling out 3G services in 2011," it added.

The study notes that over 80 percent of 3G connections will be based on WCDMA in five years, with the remaining 20 percent on CDMA-based 3G networks.

However, 2011 has already seen a succession of rival launches, including Bharti (in January), Aircel (February) and Vodafone (March) and it forecasts that all new WCDMA-based operators will have launched services by June 2011.

Telecom giant Bharti Airtel is expected to command the largest 3G share with 18 percent followed by Reliance Communications and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd with 15 percent and 13 percent respectively.

"Competition in the Indian 3G space is likely to be intense as most operators have set ambitious targets," said Joss Gillet, senior analyst at Wireless Intelligence.

"Market share growth clearly depends on how fast operators can deploy 3G networks in their respective licensed areas, and how rapidly they can address demand in rural areas," he added.

Even though initial 3G rollouts are concentrated in the metro areas including cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata they will soon be outstripped by fast-growing demand for 3G in more populous regions such as Punjab, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Haryana.

But the situation is complicated as no 3G operator is able to offer a nationwide service, which will require network sharing and roaming between operators. Pricing 3G services appropriately in a market where around 200 million prospective users live on less than $2 a day is also a major challenge.

"Indian operators are betting on 3G services to stabilise ARPU (average revenue per user) and increase non-voice revenues to around the 30 percent mark in the coming years," added Gillet.

"Even though we do not anticipate a price war in the 3G space, profitability will take time due to the high investments required and the current need for additional spectrum."

Cheap, ultrafast broadband? Hong Kong has it

Hong Kong residents can enjoy astoundingly fast broadband at an astoundingly low price. It became available last year, when a scrappy company called Hong Kong Broadband Network introduced a new option for its fiber-to-the-home service: a speed of 1,000 megabits a second – known as a “gig” – for less than $26 a month.

In the United States, we don’t have anything close to that. But we could. And we should.

Verizon, the nation’s leading provider of fiber-to-the-home service, doesn’t offer a gig, or even half that speed. Instead, it markets a “fastest” service that is only 50 megabits a second for downloading and 20 megabits a second for uploading. It costs $144.99 a month. That’s one-twentieth the speed of Hong Kong Broadband’s service for downloading, for more than five times the price.

One thing working in Hong Kong’s favor, of course, is its greater population density, enabling broadband companies to reach multiuser dwellings at a much lower cost. But density is only part of the explanation. The personality of Hong Kong Broadband should be noted, too. A wholly owned subsidiary of City Telecom , it is an aggressive newcomer. It was willing to sustain seven years of losses while building out its fiber network before it turned profitable.

Hong Kong Broadband’s principal competitor is an older company, PCCW, which has several other lines of business, including phone, television and mobile. PCCW also offers gigabit service to the home and benefits from the same population density. But PCCW’s price is more than twice as much as Hong Kong Broadband’s. Despite its low prices, Hong Kong Broadband now operates in the black.

Inexpensive pricing of gigabit broadband is practical in U.S. cities, too.

“This is an eminently replicable model,” says Benoit Felten, a co-founder of Diffraction Analysis, a consulting business based in Paris. “But not by someone who already owns a network – unless they’re willing to scrap the network.”

In the United States, costs would come down if several companies shared the financial burden of putting fiber into the ground and then competed on the basis of services built on top of the shared assets. That would bring multiple competitors into the picture, pushing down prices. But it would also require regulatory changes that the Federal Communications Commission has yet to show an appetite for. Dane Jasper, the chief executive of Sonic.net, an Internet provider based in Santa Rosa, Calif., says that most broadband markets in the United States today are dominated by one phone company and one cable company.