Mobile Phone Networkâ s Dongle to Success

The mobile phone networks have solved yet another dilemma for internet users who donâ t have a landline, or simply want to use their laptops wherever they may go. USB dongles include been available from the networks for a while now, but single recently do they seems to have really taken off.

So whats a USB dongle I hear you cry!?!?! Basically instead of having the internet installed at home (where you may occasion to have a landline), you can alternatively get internet access via a USB dongle that you simply plug into your computer. There is no longing for a landline to tie you down!

All the major networks are offering internet dongle packages, and Carphone Warehouse are taking this craze to the next level by bundling laptops into their internet deals. Carphone Warehouse recently offered free lunch Dell laptopâ s with their AOL broadband deals, and they are instantly offering subsidised Dell laptops with USB dongles from T-Mobile and Three.

Carphone Warehouse are expecting the laptop market to grow by 35% with expected sales of up to  5million this year, it is therefore no surprise that they are in discussions with the laptop brands so that they can offer customers the deals that they want. They compass already been in talks with the major laptop brands - Sony, Toshiba and Apple.

Working on the twin principle as a mobile phone contract, the cost of the laptop would come from Carphone Warehouseâ s comission from the operators. USB Internet Dongle sales are up to 25,000 per month on prepay and contract deals, and sources with Three and T-Mobile have said that dongles account for up to 40% of sales in some stores. With dongles taking up encompassing a fifth of all T-Mobile and Three contracts, itâ s no astonishment Carphone Warehouse are offering customers laptops as well as mobile phones!

This and many other articles on mobile phones and the latest mobile phone deals was written by John Gray.

John Gray's writing can recurrently be found at http://www.onecompare.com.

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