Airports handle a staggering amount of travellers each year. London Heathrow saw over 70 million people pass through its gates in 2012. At Beijing International, the figure was closer to 82 million and Atlanta International Airport hosted nearly 96 million passengers. These figures do not include friends, family, loves ones, the hundreds of thousands of
Tourists can now examine the Wi-Fi speed of hotels in which they are planning to stay. A new website called hotelwifi.com has been created to help tourists ensure they select accommodation which meets their needs for wireless internet services. The service encourages guests at hotels, B&Bs and hostels to perform a Wi-Fi speed test on the website
Starbucks is a prime example of a company which has used Wi-Fi to create another stream of revenue, a marketing expert has claimed. The coffee giant is one of the biggest providers of Wi-Fi in the US, with over 11,000 active connections. Now, in order to log onto a free connection, users must bypass an embedded video
Harrington Square has become the next location in Cape Town to provide its visitors with free Wi-Fi access. According to iafrica.com, the service went live on October 11th. It comes as part of a collaboration between Cape Town Partnership, Connected Space, District Six Museum, Charly's Bakery, Woodheads and The Bank. The Company Gardens and St
A new study into Wi-Fi offload predicts major uptake across all regions by 2017. The report from analyst house igr-inc.com says that while the majority of Wi-Fi offload is currently consumer-driven, in that the end-user logs on to increase speed or reliability, technological shifts will cause a major uptake of carrier-driven offloading. This involves the carrier
A Los Angeles City Council committee is currently discussing plans to provide free Wi-Fi to residents and tourists across the city. According to cbslocal.com, the proposal will be looked over by the City Council's Innovation, Technology and General Services Committee and a final decision will be made in November. The proposal was put together by
Mountain View is set to ditch the free Wi-Fi provided by Google. Officials in the city have decided to replace the service with a new $130,000 system, following complaints that Google's service was poor. It had been suggested by residents that it was often difficult to connect to Google's Wi-Fi in the local library and
The world's first Wi-Fi enabled kettle will appear in kitchens across the world within a couple of months. The iKettle, which was made available for pre-order on Tuesday, allows users to boil it from a remote location using their smartphone. It could potentially spell the end of the annoying task of walking to the kettle and
ANZ Stadium, also known as Stadium Australia, is planning to supply Wi-Fi access to its customers in March next year. According to cnet.com, Telstra will provide high-speed internet access to the stadium for the next five years, allowing sports fans to watch videos and check their social media profiles whilst watching the game. Providing internet
As even more businesses see the benefit in allowing their customers to be "connected" at all times, Wi-Fi providers can only expect to see an increase in demand for their services over the coming years. That's the view of tech expert Shane Chorley, who believes the offloading of wireless internet and corporate managed Wi-Fi will grow to become commonplace around a range
