30% of Internet Users willing to pay for expensive

According to the study entitled Mobile Broadband Study 2010, compared to last year, costs incurred for the mobile Internet monthly fees rose 40 percent. In addition it also revealed that more than half of HSPA users interested in using the latest technology.

Of those surveyed, about 50 percent said they access the Internet while on the go. And one in five Internet users say the cable is ready to switch to mobile broadband.

User-specific mobile broadband, two-thirds of whom access the mobile internet services through a device smaller than a laptop.

Nokia Siemens Networks, which conducted the study said, an average increase in spending for Internet access are caused by two factors. The first is the increasing use of mobile broadband among existing customers. Second, is the high penetration of services in the segment of users who have excess income.

"Research shows that the demand for mobile broadband service is rising rapidly because it can deliver the desired connection, wherever users are," said Beppe Donagemma, Head of the West & South Europe, Nokia Siemens Networks, as quoted from PCWorld, 10 November 2010.

However, the quality of Internet experience needs to be improved to increase the adoption of mobile broadband. "Operators should prepare their networks to handle the types and volumes of data traffic in the future in order to sustain the growth of mobile broadband," said Donnagemma.

Mayorits those surveyed, said Donangemma, want to get data speeds and higher quality and wider network coverage. "As many as 58 percent of respondents expressed interest in high-speed mobile broadband technology and 30 percent do not mind paying top dollar for the service," he said.

The majority of current mobile Internet users want to use LTE for their internet speeds increase, and 31 percent of users intend to spend more time to access the Internet through mobile devices.

Interestingly, about 80 percent of users access the Internet through mobile broadband network from home. Instead of using cable-based broadband networks.