[29.06.2007 first posted on silicon republic]
The market for mobile broadband in Europe is tipped by analyst firm Berg Insight to reach five million connections by the end of the year.

Berg Insight forecasts that by 2011 there will be almost 30 million mobile broadband customers in Europe. The total value of the market will grow at an annual compound growth rate of 22.9pc over the coming five years to reach €3bn, it said.
Austria and Sweden are leading the way with hundreds of thousands of consumers signed up to affordable high-speed Turbo 3G network services delivering data rates up to 7Mbps. “Mobile operators like 3, A1 Mobilkom and Telenor are getting this right”, commented Tobias Ryberg, senior analyst, Berg Insight. “Ordinary people have already replaced their old bulky desktop PC with a new slim wide-screen notebook. Now, thanks to Turbo 3G, they can also connect to the internet anywhere for just €20 per month..”
By 2011 Berg Insight predicts that mobile network connectivity will have become a standard feature in mass-market notebook PCs just like WLAN is today. The emerging trend with fixed and mobile broadband access packaged as a unified service is expected to become prevalent among the leading ISPs, erasing the borders between the wired and wireless telecom service domains.
By Niall Byrne