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Year 2007 was the year of the telecom industry consolidation. By far the single largest merger shook the mobile operators' status quo. Mikhail Fridman, Alfa Group's owner, which holds a large stake in VimpelCom, blessed a deal to buy Golden Telecom, one of the largest Russian alternative fixed line providers. The deal, which is worth USD 4.3 billion, created the first Russian mega mobile-fixed player. VimpelCom, the number two Russian mobile operator, which provides mobile services to over 65 million subscribers in Russia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Georgia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, decided to diversify its services into providing mobile broadband. Golden Telecom, which is traded on the NASDAQ and holds a large chunk of the Russian Internet, voice and data market, seems to be satisfied. In the meantime, Golden Telecom has announced that it plans to invest over USD 1 billion to expand its fiber-optic network to cover the territory with population of 65 million.

Broadband Internet continued to be the key driver of the telecom market. Nation-wide ADSL has remained one of the fastest growing segments of the broadband market. However, despite the dominance of DSL, wireless services over Wi-Fi or WiMAX connections are rapidly emerging as a cost-effective alternative to DSL. By the end of 2007, broadband penetration in Russia was estimated at 3.2%.

If you're coming up to the end of your contract or if you've been with the same broadband provider for over 12 months then the chances are you can move to another supplier at zero cost.

The key benefits of switching broadband providers is to increase speed and / or reduce monthly costs (And if you want to see what a difference increased speed makes why not see Broadband Speed) Not only that, many Broadband suppliers now offer value added services such as free wireless broadband routers to new customers.

A word of warning though. If you just cancel you're existing service and take out a new broadband contract then you'll end up without Broadband for several days at the least. You wouldn't do this with a mobile phone after all would you?

However Switching Broadband providers is a simple process, as the majority of the main Broadband providers have signed up to a code of practice which is designed to make the process of changing Broadband suppliers as easy as possible.

An individual should have proper knowledge about Wireless broadband's usage in order to obtain the maximum benefit. In bad weather conditions like rainfall and storm, the router receives a very weak signal. Hence, one should not get frustrated, as this is natural. Also, the router has to be kept in the line of sight(LoS) of the provider's antenna. If this is not done, the signal quality can be very poor. If despite all this, the signal continues to be below par, try placing the router at a slightly higher place. Also, the quality of signal received also depends on the quality of the router.

Leading broadband providers like AOL, BT, BE, Virgin Media, PlusNet and Sky offer routers, free of cost or at slashed prices, as a part of their deals. These deals can be availed by paying a monthly fee for a pre-decided time period. A few providers also charge an installation fee. To cater to the high-end multimedia users, unlimited download plans are also provided.

One has to be very careful while using wireless broadband. Since data (radio waves) travels via the aerial medium, it is vulnerable to be caught by anyone in the vicinity of the router. To guard against this, data should be sent in an encrypted format and an anti-virus software must be used. Also, ensure that the router has an effective in-built firewall to filter out unwanted or malicious packets of data