| As we enter the new decade, it promises to be | | | | by 2012. This will definitely make the Internet |
| quite a ride for Internet Service Provider companies. | | | | accessible to all, whether it will be free or at |
| The Internet is definitely a big market with lots of | | | | subsidised rates is not know yet. Broadband allows |
| people vying for its attention and trying to get on it. | | | | for a much faster and better Internet experience, |
| With so many smart phones out there including | | | | including music and video streaming, downloading, |
| Blackberry's 9700, Apple iPhone 3GS and Google's | | | | video conferencing and voice calls over the Internet. |
| Nexus One amongst others, 2010 promises to be the | | | | Till 2012 when everyone is expected to have |
| year of the Mobile Internet. | | | | broadband in their homes, Mobile Internet is beginning |
| The first commercial dial-up Internet Service Provider | | | | to enjoy the spotlight. It is a service which allows |
| was in 1989. That opened up the World to the | | | | one to connect to the Internet using a mobile phone |
| Internet. But most people did not actually get on to | | | | phones via their Mobile Network Operator (usually |
| the Internet until the mid to late 1990s. It was an | | | | available for extra charges). It is very handy as it |
| evolution for the Telecommunication Industry, | | | | provides Internet access on the go and is usually |
| bringing with it a lot of potentials and expectations | | | | always fast, depending on the Network Operator's |
| which it lived up to, for a time. Now the speed when | | | | signal level. Some mobile phones also have the |
| compared to other rivals is quite lacking, as dial-up | | | | modem feature which lets the phone to act as a |
| internet allows for only the basic things on the | | | | gateway to allows Internet connection to PCs and |
| Internet and highly unsuitable for video streaming or | | | | Laptops. Web Designs and Developers are also |
| downloading music. | | | | assisting the Mobile Telecommunication Industry by |
| The first Cable Internet services rolled out in the late | | | | designing and developing websites and applications |
| 1990s. By 2000 the first ADSL services was made | | | | which are more suitable and accessible for mobile |
| available. This was the beginning of a lasting friendship | | | | phones. |
| between the Internet and broadband. Although | | | | There are also countries where majority of the |
| broadband started out at as expensive and restricted | | | | population who access the Internet do so via their |
| to some locations only, it eventually spread out and | | | | mobile phone. Countries like this still have a lot of |
| due to the competitiveness of the market, | | | | people on dial up internet connection because the |
| broadband has become more attainable to the | | | | broadband is still too expensive for the average |
| average family. In the United Kingdom, the | | | | home or not available at all. Hence, they rely on |
| Government wants every house to have broadband | | | | Mobile Internet to say connected to the Internet. |