Broadband News & Mobile Broadband News

3 Mobile (three.co.uk/iPad) has launched two new iPad SIM card deals for the iPad 3G with prices starting from £7.50 a month.

The two new tariffs, both available on short one month contracts, are now on sale at the three.co.uk/iPad website.

For £7.50 a month, iPad 3G users can get the 3 iPad SIM card (Micro-SIM) with 1GB of data allowance per month.

Users wanting a higher monthly data allowance can opt for 3’s 10GB iPad data plan which costs £15 a month.

Three operates the UK’s biggest 3G network with mobile broadband speeds up to 7.2Mbps. The company has iPad SIM card deals available on a pay as you go and one month contract basis.

3’s PAYG iPad SIM cards come pre-loaded with a set data allowance. Prices start from £10 for a 3 PAYG iPad SIM with 1GB of data or £20 for 3GB.

The pre-loaded data allowance is valid for 30 days with top ups available when customers run out of data. Top ups cost £10 for 1GB, £15 for 3GB and £25 for 7GB.

3 Mobile offer free delivery and a 14 day returns policy for their iPad SIM cards.

Readers can find out further information at the three.co.uk/iPad website.

Mobile Internet provider 3 (three.co.uk) has been rated the UK’s best mobile broadband provider in the latest YouGov survey of mobile broadband users.

Three came out top in ten of the twelve qualifying categories including reliability, billing, best value for money, overall quality of service and ease of use.

Three operates the UK’s largest mobile broadband 3G network covering 95% of the UK population. It has the largest mobile broadband market share with 35%.

Commenting on Three’s success, Joe Parker, Three’s Director of Mobile Broadband, said: “It’s great that our customers have rated us the Number One Mobile Broadband provider in the UK. It is a customer endorsement of the massive investment we have been put into our network over the past two years and the speed at which this programme is developing. The network continues to grow in reach, speed and capacity”.

Parker continued: “It also shows that what customers value most when it comes to mobile broadband are reliability, speed, coverage, ease of use and great pricing – areas where we excel in the latest YouGov survey”.

Around 2,000 customers from Three, Vodafone, Orange, O2 and T-Mobile were involved in the YouGov survey where they were asked to rate the level of service they received from their mobile broadband provider.

3 Mobile Broadband offers download speeds up to 7.2Mbps and has pricing plans starting from £7.50 a month for 1GB of data allowance.

Readers can find out more information at the three.co.uk website.

BE Broadband (bethere.co.uk) has released an offer code that entitles new customers to 2 months free home broadband.

The launch of the new offer code comes as BE Broadband celebrates its recent award for ‘Best Consumer Fixed Broadband’ given at the Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) 2010 awards last week.

New customers can use the offer code, called ‘FREEMONTHS’, to receive 2 months free on either BE Unlimited Broadband or BE Pro Broadband (12 month contracts apply).

To qualify, orders for BE Unlimited or BE Pro Broadband must be made online at the bethere.co.uk website, using the code ‘FREEMONTHS’ by the 31st July.

BE Unlimited Broadband provides download speeds up to 24Mbps and upload speeds up to 1.3Mbps. Usually £17.88 a month, the offer code saves new customers £35.76.

Higher savings of £43.94 can be made when new customers switch to BE Pro Broadband. BE Pro offers the same up to 24Mbps broadband download speeds as BE Unlimited, but with increased upload speeds of up to 2.5Mbps.

A free wireless modem, plus free customer and technical support is included as standard on both packages.

Readers can find out more at the bethere.co.uk website.

Plusnet Broadband (plus.net) has launched a new discount code that gives new customers ordering online their first 3 months broadband free of charge.

The offer applies to all 3 Plusnet Broadband packages, meaning new customers can choose from Plusnet Value, Plusnet Extra and Plusnet Pro Broadband.

Customers can also redeem the offer against any of Plusnet’s 4 broadband and home phone bundle packages.

To qualify for the 3 months free broadband offer, customers must order their chosen package online at the plus.net website, remembering to enter the discount code ‘treat3′ when prompted.

Plusnet currently offers one of the UK’s cheapest stand alone broadband packages at just £6.49 a month for download speeds up to 8Mbps.

A 10GB monthly usage allowance is included with this package together with a free usage allowance between midnight and 8am.

Readers can find further information on the 3 months free offer at the plus.net website.

Vodafone (vodafone.co.uk) has launched a new mobile broadband and laptop package that features the Samsung N150 netbook with a built in modem for Vodafone mobile broadband access.

The Samsung N150 is a lightweight and compact netbook that offers an impressive 12-hour battery life which means you can leave the charger at home or in the office.

Installed with Microsoft Windows 7 Starter, the netbook also features a 1.6Ghz Atom processor, 160GB hard drive, 1GB of RAM and an integrated webcam.

With the built in modem (there’s no need to plug in a separate USB stick or dongle) users can be online in minutes utilising Vodafone mobile broadband speeds up to 7.2Mbps or a Wi-Fi hotspot.

This mobile broadband and laptop package comes with a 1GB monthly download usage allowance, which means users can send around 1,000 emails a month, surf the Internet for 10 hours, download 5 four minute videos and download 32 four minute music tracks.

Available on a 24 month contract, this package costs just £25 a month with an upfront fee of £29 required. Customers wanting a higher monthly download usage allowance can opt for a 3GB limit and pay a total of £30 a month.

Interested readers can find out more at the vodafone.co.uk website.