T-Mobile launches £2 per day mobile broadband

 

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By Stuart Turton

Posted on 18 Sep 2008 at 16:05

T-Mobile has introduced pay-as-you go mobile broadband packages, as it looks to carve a niche for itself in the increasingly competitive market.

The company is offering a choice of three pay-as-you packages, with customers able to pay £2 for single day's browsing, £10 for seven days and £20 for thirty days. T-Mobile is touting the packages as "unlimited", though a fair-usage policy applies. We were awaiting details of the policies at the time of writing.

T-Mobile is claiming download speeds of up to 3.6Mb/sec and upload speeds of 0.3 Mb/sec though its Mobile Broadband USB Stick 110, which customers can purchase for £49.99.

However, a spokesperson for T-Mobile confirmed customers with other modems will also be able to sign up.

T-Mobile hopes the simplicity of the packages will encourage more customers to try out mobile broadband: "We've seen massive demand for mobile broadband from a range of people, so we're creating ways for customers to only pay for days they actually need," says Richard Warmsley, head of internet and entertainment for T-Mobile UK.

"We have removed all complexity from the mobile broadband story, giving customers the confidence to simply pick it up off the shelf and start using it. Mobile broadband has hit the mainstream and we have made it simple for anyone to buy, use and understand."

In a separate announcement, Vodafone has announced that customers its competing mobile broadband service will get a Dell Mini9 netbook for "free" when they take out a two-year airtime contract priced at £25 per month. The contract only nets you 1GB of data per month, however.

The HSDPA-enabled Mini9 is due to be launched next month.

Read our verdict on the all the major mobile broadband providers in the UK here.