Using the Internet on Mobile Phone

BBC - The numbers of mobile phone users accessing the web is growing steadily. However, most mobile phone companies impose monthly data download limits and some stop customers using some net services - such as Skype or streaming video.

Some operators also levy extra charges if a customer exceeds the monthly data limit or downloads data, be it music or video, rather than just browse.

Operators had started to realise too that, for many, the mobile phone is the gadget they carry with them all day and may become the preferred way to access the net. Getting more people to use the web on their phone also helped drive them to spend more money on the portals operators have created. Link.