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Mobile broadband is becoming increasingly prevalent in the marketplace, one expert at Ericsson has claimed.

The company's chief executive, Carl-Henric Svanberg, cited examples of high-speed packet access (HSPA) data traffic having quadrupled in some areas and continuing to accelerate.

Some mobile devices, such as those with wireless internet access from notebooks, enable users to use VoIP equipment, potentially making cheap calls around the world.

In addition, Mr Svanberg predicted that the mobility of the wireless web will be a key factor in its ability to bridge the digital divide that exists between developed nations and those less so.

"This is an exciting development in our industry. HSPA with speeds of 7.2 Mbps is now being launched and we will see embedded modems in early 2008," he remarked.

In a consultation last year on VoIP, Ericsson stated that the industry should be regulated in the same manner as fixed-line telephony and that this would be a key factor in globalisation.