Sales of HSPA enabled laptops predicted to grow at 34.1 percent annually

Mobile broadband will see a huge jump in usage, in next five years, according to the report from Berg Insight. The research shows that the HSPA or LTE enabled laptops will reach a figure of 49 million by the year, 2013 showing a compound annual growth of 34.1 percent.
The report says that the fast growing internet access will be the key factor behind the astonishing growth of mobile broadband which will slowly replace or complement the traditional, fixed network used for internet access.

Interestingly, the laptops will slowly adopt to HSPA chipsets in the coming years and this will help the users to use a SIM card to get internet access via their laptops. However, the mobile broadband ISPs will need to improve their mobile networks to meet the growing demand and also provide fast, reliable services.

Tobias Ryberg of Berg Insight said:
“Every mobile broadband service provider has a dilemma. On the one hand they have a highly attractive proposition – a novel mobile service with high ARPU. On the other hand, the very popularity of the service stretches the mobile network infrastructure to its utmost limit – threatening to degrade the level of service for all subscribers.”

“In a few years, Internet users will expect to be able to view full-HD streaming IPTV via their Internet connection. Then it will not do to offer 14.4 Mbps which is actually 1 Mbps or unlimited data traffic which is in reality limited to a few gigabyte per month,”