CALIFORNIA, USA: Netgear Inc., a provider of networking solutions, announced a technology collaboration with Ericsson resulting in the launch of the new Netgear MBRN3300E 3G mobile broadband router with internal 3G radio.

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Netgear will showcase the MBRN3300E during the GSMA Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona February 15-18.

Michael Clegg, vice president and general manager, Netgear Service Provider Business Unit, said: "This collaboration furthers our position with mobile operators, and the resulting mobile platform can be migrated to higher speeds and enabled with added features going forward. It is a clear win-win partnership."

Mats Norin, vice president, Mobile Broadband Modules, Ericsson, said: "Mobile broadband connectivity over HSPA in routers opens up new opportunities in yet-untapped home, SOHO and semi-nomadic user scenarios. We are excited to deliver mobile broadband connectivity to a new segment, home network routers for Netgear."

Now available, the MBRN3300E router combines a 3G WAN with 802.11n wireless and Ethernet LAN. This mobile router sports 270 Mbps on the wireless LAN side and a full-featured firewall.