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Netgear rolls out new 3G/4G mobile broadband router line-up

By | February 18, 2011, 9:43am PST

Summary: Mobile World Congress 2011 has finished up, but here’s one of the overlooked announcements of the week. Netgear brought a whole new line-up of 3G/4G mobile broadband routers to display in Barcelona.

Mobile World Congress 2011 has finished up, but here’s one of the overlooked announcements of the week. Netgear brought a whole new line-up of 3G/4G mobile broadband routers to display in Barcelona.

Ideal for either the home or a small business, each of the new routers support 3G and 4G LTE connections with enabled devices via 10/100 Ethernet and 802.11N Wi-Fi.

The most basic is the quad-band MBR1200 with 3G HSPA+ support and rates up to 21Mbps. The 3G DC-HSPA+ ready MBR1310 and MBR2000 speed things up to 42Mbps, and the MBR1517 makes the jump to 100Mbps with LTE connectivity.

No word on pricing or availability just yet.

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