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mobile phones as modems to connect to computers and other devices
that can be used to surf the Internet.

This is done through the use of Universal Service Base (USB) cable, Bluetooth

or Wi-Fi hotspot.

Wi-Fi Router

Mobile Internet works with radio waves, similar to wireless broadband. Most
people don’t realize that their cell phones are actually a type of a radio.

There are several different ways that data can be sent over the cell signal. You’ve

heard the terms General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Enhanced Data rates
for Global Evaluation (EDGE), 2G, High-Speed Downlink Packet Access
(HSPA) or 3G+, 4G and more recently, LTE. Each of those methods has a
different way of sending data. 2G is an older, slower method and LTE is the
newer faster method. Service providers sometimes call mobile Internet as
Wireless Mobile Broadband.

Internet Service Provider (ISP)

An Internet Service Provider (ISP) is a company that is able to provide you with
access to the Internet. Your ISP makes the Internet a possibility. In other words,
you can have shiny computer with a built-in modem but without a subscription
with an ISP, you won't have a connection to the Internet. Therefore, an ISP is
your gateway to the Internet and everything else you can do online.

Examples of Internet Service providers in Ghana include:
MTN Ghana
Vodafone Ghana
Airtel Ghana
Glo Ghana

Zip–Net
Africa online