Though 3G in India is yet to be admired there is soaring insist for 3G facilitate data cards as public are using these with 2G data services which comes inexpensive.

Micromax Launches MMX 353G Data Card Preloaded with Google Chrome

Distant from Huawei and ZTE, numerous Indian companies have previously brought own-branded unlocked 3G data cards. Micromax, one of the foremost native Indian handset companies has brought a new model under its 3G-HSPA data card portfolio.

The latest HSPA data card from Micromax is named as 353G, and supports upto 7.2 Mbps HSDPA & upto 5.76 Mbps HSUPA as per 3GPP liberate 6 and backwardly friendly with UMTS, EDGE and GPRS i.e. the data card will work on slower 2G networks as well. The data supports network frequency bands of 850/900/1800/1900/2100 MHz.

The latest 353G is powered with Qualcomm MSM6290 chipset, and supports association mode of plug and auto installation with zero CD installation. 353G also comprise pre-loaded Google’s fast Chrome browser to offer greatest browsing practice to its users. It supports USB 2.0 high speed approach and AT Interface of 3GPP TS 27.005/3GPP TS27.007.

Distant from the data functionality with auto APN management 353G bid entire support of SMS, Contacts/Phonebook, Voice calls and USSD; synchronized data and sms will work on it.

It also has a microSD slot to be twice as maximum 16GB USB drive. This 3G data card supports all versions of Windows while Mac OS support limited to Intet CPU only. Presently it is accessible at Rs. 2000 as retail price.

Micromax expands its procedures to South East Asia, Middle East and Latin America.  The new 3G dongle is factory unlocked and supports more frequencies to provide seamless roaming in most of the countries.

Huawei, an important worldwide information and communications technology (ICT) solutions supplier, exposed the world’s nominal data card – the E369 at MWC 2012. determine a simple 8mm thin, the E369 data card is part of Huawei’s thinnest product portfolio, which consist of the world’s thinnest PC/CE module MU733 and MU739, the world’s thinnest mobile hotspot E5331 and the world’s slimmest smartphone Ascend P1 S. The E369, formed for UMTS 5 module world roaming, boats a super thin chic design and is accessible in eight different colors.

“As the leading provider of mobile broadband products, Huawei Device is taking the lead in designing and developing products that excels not only technologically but also aesthecially, bringing consumers a premium user experience. Thin, light and compact products not only look good but has a lower battery consumption, extending battery life expectancy,” said Wu Shi Min, President, Huawei Device Mobile Broadband Product Line.

The MU733 and MU739, the world’s slimmest PC/CE modules, are less than 2mm slim. The MU739MU733 in particular measures only 600mm2, making it the world’s smallest PA+ module. Not only are the MU733 and MU739 smaller and thinner than existing modules in the market, they consume less power and dissipate less heat. It can be widely employed in PC/CE electronic equipment, such as laptops, smart phones, tablet PCs, e-books, navigating devices and PDAs.

Huawei Device will launch E5331, the world’s slimmest mobile hotspot in May.

Matrix Cellular, the most important service contributor of international telecommunication services, has brought new data services for laptop uses. These services will supply country-specific Data Cards with 3G connectivity up to 1.8 mbps of mobile broadband speeds.

This is an accumulation to its accessible range of cost efficient telecommunication solutions for international travelers,

This latest data roaming service is reasonably helpful for business and leisure travelers seeking for cost proficient data solutions. Matrix Cellular customers can now pass through the world with no worry about the high cost of data roaming or Internet connectivity on their laptops.

“With the preamble of these new services we provide to a great section of data users who desire available and reasonable data services not only for their smartphones but also for their laptops.” said Arun Batra, Managing Director, Matrix Cellular.

Despite facing competition from GSM 3G dongles, CDMA operators are expanding their users base of dongles thanks to cheaper offering and wider coverage.

The Telecom Ministry has sought details from various CDMA operators, including Tata Teleservices and Reliance Communication, for offering high-speed Internet services without paying for spectrum.

This move comes after protests from GSMlobby, which makes it clear that these dongles (through which EVDO services are being provided) are a big threat for 3G GSM services, for which the GSM operators (including Tata and Reliance which also offer CDMA services) paid huge sums to acquire spectrum.

The CDMA operators are offering these services on 800 MHz band of spectrum for which they paid much lower amount – Rs 1658 crore, as it was given for 2G services. This means that they are able to price the services better. Moreover, CDMA is also better in terms of spectrum utilisation and that is a technological advantage that these operators have got.

CDMA operators started to offer these high speed data cards or dongles in 2008 itself much before the 3G spectrum was made available to the GSM operators.

Though CDMA operators are offering speeds of only 3.1 Mbps compared to the maximum speed of 21 Mbps by the 3G GSM operators, these services are popular as there are unlimited options starting at Rs 750 only and even the per MB charges are lower.

Moreover, the coverage is currently better for CDMA operators due to early mover advantage. Tata Teleservices has coverage in more than 350 cities and Reliance is present in more than 500 cities and MTS is present in 200 plus cities. While these numbers will be surpassed by 3G operators soon (given what they have claimed).

CDMA offers a distinct advantage as even where EVDO is not present, CDMA 1X (which is the 2G technology) offers better speeds than the GSM equivalent with speeds up to 126 Kbps speeds.

Moreover, none of the GSM players managed to get nationwide spectrum in the 3G auction held last year. Airtel has the maximum number of circles under its 3G services (13) whereas the three CDMA operators have a nationwide coverage.

The success of the CDMA dongles can be judged from the fact that MTS, which is the newest and the smallest CDMA operator, is said to be adding more than a lakh EVDO dongle customer every month and has already crossed a million mark. Tata Teleservices has 42 percent market share and is adding even greater numbers and so is the Reliance Communication which is the biggest player in this arena.

For operators, these numbers are very exciting as the dongle customers are high value customers with revenue per user being much higher than the mobile customers.

CDMA players are already upgrading their networks to EVDO Rev B, with MTS already rolling out service in Jaipur where it is offering speeds in excess of 14 Mbps, getting closer to the 3G speeds (most 3G GSM devices support only 7.2 Mbps speeds). Even Tata Teleservices and RCom are working on the Rev B networks.

If indeed spectrum auction happens for CDMA based 3G services soon, these operators will have more room to play and will have faster networks sooner than later, as in the current situation they fear they will run out of spectrum if they launch faster Rev B network.

CDMA operator will also be able to roll out faster network quickly as they have to make very little changes in their existing infrastructure for this upgrade.

However, CDMA services in the country are also facing multitude of problem which is resulting in less than optimal utilisation of their potential, and major among them being shift of focus by Tata and Reliance to their GSM services. Lack of open market CDMA handsets and poor perception among consumer about CDMA technology are major issues among others.

And these problems might derail the success so far achieved as and when GSM services start to become cheaper and GSM operators roll out networks in major cities (which is happening at much greater speeds than CDMA).