Mobile broadband Internet

The promise of the Internet is to provide anything, anywhere, at any time. This means greater freedom for people at work and during their leisure hours, wherever and whenever they need it. A whole new lifestyle is emerging around this medium – with mobility as one of its key features.

This chapter poses some important questions about mobile Internet services, for example: What are the main drivers for the development of mobile broadband Internet? And what applications are going to be available under this technology? These and similar issues will be examined in the following in detail.

Core statements

• Mobile broadband Internet access will become a perfectly normal and universally-used mode of access to the Net.
• Many consumers see the use of mobile broadband Internet applications as the hallmark of a contemporary and innovative lifestyle.
• There will be continuous growth in the number of broadband-capable mobile terminals through 2015, with over 20 million such devices expected to be in use in Germany by that time.
• Mobile information services, news and TV are the services most likely to succeed in the mobile broadband Internet market.