Broadband News & Mobile Broadband News

Orange (orange.co.uk) has extended its popular animal plans to its mobile broadband packages with the launch of Racoon, Dolphin and Panther.

Designed to help new customers select a mobile broadband plan that best suits their lifestyle, the new animal mobile broadband packages are now available across all Orange retail channels including telesales (0800 072 4136), Orange shops and online at orange.co.uk.

Orange Racoon Mobile Broadband is designed for light internet use with prices starting from £5 a month for 500MB’s of data usage a month over an 18 month contract.

Other Racoon options include 1.5GB’s of data for £10 a month or for those customers wanting a 1 month rolling contract, there’s a £10 a month plan that offers 1GB of data.

Orange Panther Mobile Broadband is for heavy internet use and is designed for users wanting to use their dongle as their primary internet connection, either at home or on the move.

Prices start from £25 a month for 10GB’s of data use per month on a 1 month rolling contract, while there’s also £35 a month tariff on an 18 month contract that provides an unlimited monthly download usage allowance, subject to a fair use policy.

Orange Dolphin Mobile Broadband sits in between Racoon and Panther and provides customers with an additional mobile broadband ‘Happy Hour’ where users can have an hour of unlimited internet use per day. This could be the morning commute (8am-9am) lunchtime, late afternoon or late at night.

Dolphin tariffs start from £15 a month for 3GB’s of data allowance per month over an 18 month contract. Users can opt for a 1 month contract and pay £15 a month for a 2GB allowance.

A free orange dongle (the Huawei E1752) is included in all 18 month contracts, while those customers opting for a 1 month contract must pay a one-off £29.99.

Commenting on the refresh, Asif Aziz, Director of Broadband and Home at Orange UK said: “Our mobile animal plans have been extremely popular as they allow customers to quickly select the right package which is best for them – so we’ve decided to extend these to our mobile broadband range – making it easier for customers to find the tariff that meets their digital needs and which is best suited to their personal lifestyle”.

Orange mobile broadband offers download speeds up to 7.2Mbps and is the UK’s number one mobile broadband provider for the third consecutive quarter according to YouGov’s latest dongle tracker survey.

Readers interested in Orange’s new animal mobile broadband plans can find out more at the orange.co.uk website or call Orange on 0800 072 4136.

Orange (orange.co.uk/businesseverywhere) has launched a new range of business mobile broadband deals designed to suit the different ways small and medium sized businesses work.

Delivered via the UK’s biggest 3G network, the four new ‘Business Everywhere’ contract options give business users unlimited data when they need it most (subject to a fair usage policy), as well as peace of mind from knowing exactly what they’ll pay each month.

At £10 a month over a 24 month contract, the Business Everywhere 5 to 9 plan offers mobile broadband speeds up to 7.2Mbps coupled with an unlimited data usage allowance for users who require access between 5pm and 9am every day including the weekends.

The Business Everywhere 9 to 5 plan, also priced at £10 a month, has the same speeds and unlimited data for users needing mobile broadband access between 9am and 5pm every weekday. A 24 month contract also applies.

For £15 a month over an 18 month contract, users can opt for the Business Everywhere Unlimited package that delivers unlimited data usage at any time, while also offering an extra 5MB of data every month to use in Europe.

Low usage customers can opt for the Business Everywhere Lite plan that provides up to 1GB of data access anytime for just £7.50 per month over a 24 month contract.

Commenting on the new packages, Martin Lyne, Director for Small and Medium Business at Orange UK, said: “We know that traditional working hours are changing and we want our mobile broadband offering to reflect the working lives of our customers. So, with Business Everywhere they’ll be able to choose the plan that offers them the best value based on when they want to use their mobile broadband”.

Readers interested in Orange mobile broadband plans can find out more at the orange.co.uk website or call Orange on 0800 072 4136.

Orange (orange.co.uk) has cut its daily roaming fees for customers using its mobile broadband service in Europe.

Customers opting into Orange’s new daily bundle can now get 2MB’s of data per day for £2.

If 2MB is not enough data for one day, Orange also has another daily roaming package that offers 50MB’s of data for £8.50.

According to Orange, 2MB’s of data will typically enable a user to view up to 100 web pages, up to 20 images, access up to 100 emails and view thousands of Twitter messages.

Commenting on the news, Orange’s Olaf Swantee said: “Our customers shouldn’t be constrained by national boundaries or worries over their bill when they’re abroad”.

Swantee continued: “For roughly the price of a cup of coffee, we are helping our customers keep doing what they’re doing – it’s not designed for heavier users who use the mobile internet to download music or games but for everyday customers who want to be able to check their emails, tweet or upload their pictures to social networking sites, anywhere they may be within the EU”.

As part of Orange’s plan to help their users avoid ‘bill shock’, the operator will be sending warning text messages to customers who approach their 2MB daily data limit.

Options to buy another 2MB’s of data will be given and if not taken, users will be reverted to Orange’s standard out of bundle roaming charges which are higher.

Orange was recently ranked the UK’s number one mobile broadband provider for a second time following January’s YouGov Dongle Tracker survey.

It’s mobile broadband packages start from just £5 a month for 500MB of data usage.

Further information can be found on Orange’s range of mobile broadband packages at the orange.co.uk website or our Orange Mobile Broadband review.

Orange (orange.co.uk/topdongle) has been ranked the UK’s number one mobile broadband provider for a second time following January’s YouGov Dongle Tracker survey.

UK mobile broadband users ranked Orange top in nine out of fifteen categories, including reliability, customer service, ease of use and upload speeds.

Other winning categories included Installation, Getting connected, Staying connected, Reliability during the day, Reliability in the evening and Billing.

The Director of Broadband and Home at Orange UK, Asif Aziz, said: “Retaining our position as the top mobile broadband provider in the UK is a great accomplishment which we’re really proud of”.

Aziz continued: “This win is recognition of our strong focus on network quality and brilliant customer service and its our aim to build on these, as well as the products and services we offer, to ensure our customers continue to benefit from a high quality user experience”.

Orange operates the UK’s largest mobile broadband network covering 93% of the population.

Providing mobile broadband speeds up to 3.6Mbps with a range of data usage allowances to choose from, package prices start from just £5 a month.

Free laptops, including the Compaq Presario CQ61 and the Asus 1005H GO (both installed with Windows 7) are also available with Orange mobile broadband deals starting from £25 a month.

Interested readers can find out more at the orange.co.uk website or our Orange Mobile Broadband package review.

Orange (orange.co.uk) has halved the price of two of its mobile broadband deals as it looks to attract new customers to its award-winning mobile broadband service.

The popular Orange 1GB and 3GB mobile broadband packages are now half price for the first 3 months when ordered online by the 31st January 2010.

Both packages offer mobile broadband speeds up to 3.6Mbps together with a free Orange E1752 dongle.

While stocks last, customers also have the chance to purchase the new Orange Option 515m dongle which has a high-performance antenna to optimise the mobile broadband connection signal.

The Option 515m dongle costs a one-off £20 and includes a free 8GB MicroSD card for storing files and pictures when on the move.

Orange mobile broadband packages start from £5 a month for 500MB’s of data. The Orange 1GB package costs £7.50 a month for the first 3 months, while the 10GB package costs from £12.50 a month.

All are available on an 18 month contract, though there is a seperate 1 month rolling contract option available for new customers willing to pay a £29 set up fee.

Orange was recently rated ‘The UK’s Most Reliable Mobile Broadband Provider’ in an independent YouGov ‘Dongle Tracker’ survey.

Readers can find out more on the 3 months free offer at the orange.co.uk website or our Orange Mobile Broadband package review.