Eighty-six per cent of broadband data use in US households will be on Wi-Fi devices by 2017, according to a new market report. The report, entitled 'U.S. Home Broadband & Wi-Fi Usage Forecast, 2012-2017', found that Wi-Fi will account for more than 75 per cent of total bandwidth by 2015, up from 55 per cent
Researchers at MIT are confident they can now create a device that can see through walls and sense if there is a person there - just like Superman. With 'Man of Steel' currently in cinemas, it would appear the perfect time for Professor Dina Katabi and her graduate student Fadel Adib to unveil their innovation. The
The UK government has admitted that there will be a delay in the rollout of the rural broadband target, according to guardian.co.uk. Original plans were to get superfast broadband to 90 per cent of the population, including rural areas, by 2015 but that target has now been delayed by another two years. Households will now have
Festival goers will be able to tweet, update statuses and send emails about their Glastonbury experience with ease this year, via the unusual medium of a converted tractor, guardian.co.uk reports. With the likes of The Rolling Stones, Arctic Monkeys and Mumford & Sons headlining, it's inevitable that revellers will want to share information from the
Cardiff city centre, alongside a number of public buildings, schools and buses in the area, will be the recipient of free high-speed Wi-Fi by 2015, reports bbc.co.uk. The UK government's Department of Culture, Media and Sport has handed Cardiff council £10 million as part of the government's Super Connected Scheme and, when the Wi-Fi is
New research claims 38 per cent of domestic flights in the US allow passengers to access Wi-Fi networks while up in the air, reports nytimes.com. The study also pointed out that the flights which are Wi-Fi-enabled tend to be longer routes, so this proportion actually accounts for around half of the flight time. Among the providers
More of a focus on seamless Wi-Fi off-loading could help mobile network operators improve their customer retention at a time when competition between carriers is fierce. That's the advice given by Torbjorn Ward, CEO at Aptilo Networks, who used his latest post at rcrwireless.com to highlight the major business opportunities that could be created though a roll out of carrier-class Wi-Fi services.
Operators in the United Arab Emirates could save 25 - 27 per cent on infrastructure costs over the next five years by investing in Wi-Fi. Mobile subscriptions are now outnumbering citizens in the UAE and the growth in demand is threatening to quickly outstrip supply. With mobile data accounting for nearly half of all subscriptions, local carriers
Jakarta, June 10, 2013 – PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk (Telkom), a leading internet and multimedia service provider in Indonesia, is going to participate in the Wi-Fi Global Congress, an annual event of the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) held on 10-13 June 2013 in London. This first participation is very important since Telkom has been sucessfully
