The rise in popularity of mobile broadband is in part due to smartphones, but there are five million people in the UK using mobile broadband as their day-to-day connection. Mobile broadband uses the same microwave spectrum as mobile phones to allow internet access on the go. This network can be accessed from a number of devices, including dongles (USB stick), data cards, WiBE devices and mobile phones, and a subscription is paid to a mobile phone provider, just like a normal mobile phone package.
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