Telephony Unfiltered reports Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ, NYSE:VOD) wants you to buy a wireless netbook. To entice you, it is easing up on its data usage restrictions. The CDMA operator today announced plans to offer the HP Mini 1151NR netbook with embedded 3G in stores, starting Sunday, and while it isn’t doing away with data caps entirely, it’s increasing the megabytes allowed per month on some of its plans and lowering overage charges.
The new HP netbook won’t just have EV-DO Rev. A access, but UMTS access. The netbook comes embedded with a Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) Gobi software-defined-radio (SDR) chipset, which can tune itself to four GPRS/EDGE bands and three UMTS/high-speed packet access (HSPA) bands. Verizon Wireless is offering an international plan with the netbook starting at $130, giving 100 MB of use in 30 countries where VZW has international roaming agreements, as well as 5 GB of domestic usage. In the rest of the world, the charges are all pay-per-use.
