Comcast Corp, one of America’s largest cable and telecoms firms, hopes to activate one million Wi-Fi connections by the end of the year, zacks.com reports.
The goal is part of the Xfinity initiative, which is set to result in the creation of the largest wireless internet network in the US. The news comes after Comcast announced that it reached a major milestone by having more than 350,000 hotspots activated at the end of 2013.
The company’s focus on providing Wi-Fi started to intensify last year when it sold the wireless spectrum it had acquired to Verizon Communications. It is thought that the hotspots have become one of its primary ways of making its services available to subscribers.
A large number of the activations have been around towns and cities on the country’s east coast.
The firm’s senior vice president for the Greater Boston region, Steve Hackley, was quoted by wsj.com as saying: “Our customers are turning to Wi-Fi more than ever because they want high-speed access to keep up with can’t miss communications or enjoy favourite TV shows on the go.”
Mary McLaughlin, who holds the same role for the Western New England Region, added: “Xfinity Wi-Fi gives our qualified customers the benefit of free access to thousands of hotspots where they can stay connected and surf online anytime.”
