Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 6:45 am Post subject: BROADBAND INTERNET : Hutch unveils USB modem
BROADBAND INTERNET : Hutch unveils USB modem
Published on March 24, 2005
Wireless device allows phone calls via laptops
Hutchison-CAT yesterday introduced its advanced USB (Universal Serial Bus) modem, enabling both desktop and laptop computers to connect wirelessly to broadband Internet services and even make calls to telephones.
Nirundon Tanongsakmontri, the company’s vice president and head of business products, said the wireless broadband USB modem was aimed at both corporate and individual users of laptop and desktop computers.
However, the device can access the Internet only in the 25 provinces of Central Thailand that the Hutch data network covers at the moment. Hutch’s network is undergoing a nationwide expansion.
Nirundon said his company’s services are expected to grow along with the surging number of broadband Internet users, which is expected to reach 500,000 this year, up from 200,000 last year.
The total number of Internet users in Thailand is estimated at 10 million currently, already a big jump from 6.9 million last year.
The advanced USB modem will also cash in on rising demand from users of laptops, sales of which are expected to reach 250,000 units this year, said Nirundon.
The modem, which costs around Bt5,900, enables Internet connection at a speed of 153 kilobits per second.
The company is featuring two promotions: a Bt999 monthly fee for unlimited Internet access and a Bt499 monthly fee for Internet access of 200MB.
Earlier Hutch launched a data card that can enable laptops to connect to high-speed Internet services wirelessly. But it can be used only with laptops and does not allow users to make phone calls from their laptop.
Nirundon said Hutch had stopped marketing the data card so it could focus instead on the cheaper advanced USB modem.
Mobile-phone operator Advanced Info Service has offered a similar wireless broadband USB modem since late last year.
Hutch will distribute the modem through its shops and more than 21 branches of IT superstore operator IT City.
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