UK : T-Mobile announced it is offering laptops to all new 24 month Mobile Broadband Plus customers with unlimited* broadband usage for just £30 a month, providing a complete mobile broadband experience.*

Mobile Broadband Plus customers will receive an Acer Travel Mate 5320 laptop and a T-Mobile Mobile Broadband Modem, which will mean they have all they need to surf the internet wherever they are.  With super fast speeds, unlimited broadband usage each month and includes T-Mobile HotSpots. Mobile Broadband Plus allows customers to surf the internet for anything they like, download the latest music, bank online, shop and stay in touch with friends and colleagues at all times.  Furthermore, customers will be able to send text messages from the laptop, with 200 text messages included in the price plan.

Richard Warmsley, Head of Internet and Entertainment, T-Mobile, said: T-Mobile is committed to offering customers everything they need to access broadband, wherever they need it.  This latest Mobile Broadband Plus deal, including both the Acer laptop and web’n’walk stick, is the first complete package on offer. Surfing the net has never been easier.

T-Mobile has evolved its Mobile Broadband service around people’s needs for fast, reliable access to the internet at competitive rates, as a result there has been an estimated 360% year on year rise in customers.  This has been achieved by deploying new technology across the network to increase both download and upload speeds. T-Mobile was the first UK operator to deploy HSUPA technology on a nationwide basis, as of 1st July.  Users can now experience up to a fivefold improvement in the time it takes to upload photos and videos to web sites at speeds of up to 1.4Mbps. Independent tests of the T-Mobile 3G mobile broadband network rank it top for file download speed, browsing and email performance, and the ground-breaking network sharing agreement with 3UK, will offer almost complete UK population coverage by the end of 2009.

A number of significant steps have been taken to give laptop users better value when using Mobile Broadband at home and while travelling in Europe. Until 1 October, new customers signing up for the Mobile Broadband Plus 24-month tariff who opt out of the laptop package, can take advantage of a £5 discount for the first three months, reducing the monthly charge to just £10.

In addition, an 80% reduction in data roaming charges down to £1.50 per Mbyte means that accessing the internet while travelling in EU member countries has never been more affordable. Ease of use remains a key feature of the service “ customers simply select an appropriate plan and connect their laptops to the internet with a USB stick or modem.  The full range includes Mobile Broadband Plus, Max and Daily.

To promote greater transparency on the performance customers can expect, a new on-line Mobile Broadband checker allows users to verify coverage for a specific postcode. Customers also benefit from being able to connect to the internet at more than 1,000 WiFi HotSpots in key social and business locations such as Starbucks, airports nationwide and selected train services such as Heathrow Express. This network of HotSpots is wholly owned and operated by T-Mobile and provides high quality connectivity at speeds of up to 8Mbps and is included at no extra charge in most Mobile Broadband price plans

This offer is currently available at www.t-mobile.co.uk and will be hitting all T-Mobile stores in September