T-Mobile turns your 3G dongle into wireless router
Lets you share your mobile broadband on the go with others
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2 October 2008 0:59 GMT / By Stuart Miles
T-Mobile is hoping to power your home network with the launch of a new wireless networking device powered by your mobile broadband dongle.
Called the Mobile Broadband Share Dock the device, which will come bundled with a standard T-Mobile mobile broadband dongle, will allow you to set-up a wireless network anywhere you can find a power socket to share with colleagues or friends.
The dock is recommended for three users at a time and will give you full networking functions like sharing folders once you've gone through a quick setup wizard.
Unlike the dongle, you will need a power point to run the device and the bad news for non T-Mobile users is that it will be SIM locked for T-Mobile customers only.
Launching in the next couple of days, the Mobile Broadband Share Dock will cost £20 a month on an 18-month contract, however you will get the dongle in that price.
A T-Mobile spokesperson told Pocket-lint that current T-Mobile mobile broadband customers will be able to get it at varying prices (you need to phone the T-Mobile loyalty helpline) depending on their current contract.
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