T-Mobile turn 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.

Comments

Old news. In stock already at T-Mobile, and has been for about a month. You can get it now on upgrade; I believe the RRP is £99.99. Posted by OK!, UK
I'm finding a similar gadget for my mobile broadband.
I'm in the Philippines using Globe Visibility. Posted by cheftonio, philippines
Not much of a networking device if it only supports 3 users at a time. Posted by MataHari, South Africa
Recomended for 3 users at a time, not limited to 3 users.
This is due to bandwidth concerns, the average connection speed at present is only around 1mbs - try sharing that with more than 3 users. lzr Posted by Tetsujin, UK