These include Sierra Wireless, Novatel Wireless, and a number of wireless chipset vendors.

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While all that was happening, Novatel's card business in Europe was under pricing pressure from competitor Sierra Wireless as well as a European competitor, Option.

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Since 4G supports high-speed broadband data services, the first devices we can expect to see are USB wireless modems from companies such as Novatel, Sierra Wireless, Huawei, and others.

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