Bell Mobility to Release HSPA+ Turbo Stick and MiFi 2372

8:41 pm on October 27, 2009 | Category: Wireless Technology, Mobile Devices, Wi-Fi, Cellular

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Bell Mobility said today that it will introduce two new mobile broadband products on November 5, to coincide with the launch of its HSPA data network.

The first new product is Novatel’s U998 HSPA+ Turbo Stick, which plugs into the USB drive of a laptop or netbook computer, allowing it to access the internet wirelessly at speeds of up to 21-Mbps.

Bell also plans to introduce the MiFi 2372, a portable router that accesses the HSPA network and converts the signal into a Wi-Fi hotspot that can be accessed by as many as five devices (including laptops, smartphones, iPods, etc.).

The new Bell products will directly compete with Rogers Wireless’ HSPA+ Rocket Sick and Rocket Hub, respectively. Pricing details have yet to be released.

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    1. Ya great, you can hit your 500meg cap in less than 5 min at full use /cheer. These mobile sticks need to offer normal broadband usage plans Until then I don’t believe they are really useful for the average Internet user. bell charges over 100.00 a month once you download 3 GB.

      Comment by dan31 — October 28, 2009 #

    2. “Pay through the nose” is a phrase people should get comfortable with if they intend on buying these products. -Read the fine print, you’ve been warned.

      Comment by Celly — October 29, 2009 #

    3. Just because Telus announced that they are launching their service on November 5th, doesn’t mean Bell is following the same date.

      Where in the News Release do you see a date of November 5th? All I have read was November.

      @dan31 Good Luck trying to get lower prices. They should really have a system like Europe where they get charged for Speed and not the amount of data. O well… Welcome to Canada!

      Comment by catdogburger — October 29, 2009 #

    4. I had both the Rogers HSPA+ and the Bell HSPA+ sticks. The Bell stick had much better speeds than Rogers, however there appears to be a problem with Bell’s Mac edition software. First it isn’t included on the stick, you have to go download it from a site, secondly, it would either not connect, or when it did, it would crash my Mac. Rogers Stick I had opportunity to test it in major cities across Canada (Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Victoria) and I was never able to get speeds above 3.5 with full strength HSPA+ networks. I hope Bell is able to resolve it’s issues with Mac soon.

      Comment by Test Drive — February 22, 2010 #

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