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154% mobile broadband growth in the US in Q4 2007

Fact recorded on: March 9, 2008. Categories: Broadband, Mobile usage, Wireless data.

The number of computers using mobile broadband technology to access the Internet grew by 154% in Q4 2007 versus Q4 2006.

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