Portable USB internet access plugin - Yahoo! Internet Key

According to foreign media reports, mobile operator 3 Group under the Hutchinson Whampoa and Yahoo! expressed this Friday that the two companies have released a new portable mobile broadband access product.The Yahoo! Internet Key is a portable USB modem plug-in which enables users to access the Internet anywhere through "3" network. The two companies expressed that the volume of the plug-in is less than a palm, eliminating the necessity of using wired connection or wireless Internet, and it can be plugged into any desktop or notebook computer.The two companies also expressed that the plug-in will provide Internet access services at a rate lower than fixed-network broadband.This product will be launched in Italy first, but the two companies plan to promote its sales across Europe in 2009.Sina.com.cn