Fancy mobile broadband speeds of up to 84Mbps? In Sweden and Denmark, it's becoming a reality.

T&A: Just when you thought 21Mbps mobile broadband speeds are fast enough, think again.

According to this news release, by the first quarter of 2010, Danish and Swedish mobile users can subscribe to an 84Mbps service from operator 3, thanks to a 900MHz 3G network from Ericsson.

The service operates in Denmark and four major cities in Sweden, and it’s been reported to be the world’s first 84Mbps HSPA network.

Jason Marges, Associate Editor, HWM Philippines

Jason Marges (HWM Philippines): This development is certainly an exciting prospect. However, locally, particularly here in the Philippines, it may still take a good while before we can realistically expect anything approaching this number.

Local telecom service providers may not have the incentive to push for such sophisticated technological infrastructure at the moment, since the local user base is not as sophisticated and demanding of mobile broadband services. In fact, there remains a good chunk of the market that has yet to own a 3G-capable device. (more…)

T&A: Consulting firm Ovum has released a report forecasting that users accessing the Web via mobile broadband-enabled notebooks and handsets will grow at a rate much faster than the growth in revenues (measured in terms of average revenue per user, or ARPU) by 2014.

While mobile broadband revenues are expected to grow by more than 450% from 2008 to an estimated rev of US$137 billion in 2014, users will surge from 181 million today to over two billion by the same period — a 1024% increase. It is estimated that among the two billion, 258 million users worldwide will be accessing mobile broadband services through notebooks via the popular USB-based modems, datacards and integrated mobile modules. (more…)