T-Mobile broadband deal offers free laptop and dongle

by Alison Donnelly, Marketing 21-Aug-08, 15:00

LONDON - T-Mobile has become the latest mobile phone operator to bundle free laptops with a mobile broadband package as it follows in the footsteps of Orange and 3.

The operators are hoping to lure new consumers by giving away the free products with the stipulation that consumers must take on two-year contracts. The operators are offering the deals to coincide a peak season for laptop sales as college and university students begin their courses.

T-Mobile is offering a free Acer laptop and dongle to customers signing up to its £30-per-month Mobile Broadband Plus deal. It is also to bundle in 200 free text messages per month, which can be sent from the laptop.

3 is currently offering a HP laptop and 150 texts in its £30-per-month dongle deal, and Orange's free Asus laptop is available for £25 per month but with no free texts.

All of the networks are tying customers to two-year contracts.

Both Carphone Warehouse and Phones4U also bundle laptops ready to be connected to a broadband service.