The wireless sharing deal between O2 and British Telecom is set to end on 1 July. The end of the four-year partnership means that O2 customers are set to lose access to more than four million Wi-Fi hotspots across the UK. They will, however, still be able to connect to more than 8,000 O2 hotspots across
The United States' next-generation Wi-Fi sector is streets ahead of Europe's equivalent due to years of investment shortfall in the latter, according to ft.com. Investment in the US' wireless industry has increase by more than two-thirds in the past five years while comparable spending has decreased slightly in Europe, claims a report from mobile industry body
As the wireless industry moves towards ratified seamless Wi-Fi roaming, Marguerite Reardon of cnet.com looks at the new relationships that are likely to develop as a result. The most recent agreement signed between AT&T and Boingo has begun to pave the way for the new roaming partnerships that will come from seamless connectivity, says Reardon.
Wi-Fi will be key to realising plans for paperless prescriptions in the UK, it has been claimed. Sean Larner, who is international vice-president at wireless network provider Xirrus, has argued that these plans couldn't be realised without high-speed wireless technology being introduced across Britain's hospitals. Writing for publicservice.co.uk, he explained that Wi-Fi would allow doctors and nurses
Signing into a Wi-Fi hotspot isn't always the simple and easy process it seems, which is why the latest generation of wireless products is looking to banish this task to the history books. New roaming standards have been developed and now confirmed by the wireless industry as technology providers look to make accessing a Wi-Fi network more seamless for consumers. Derek Peterson, senior vice president
Samsung has made a breakthrough in the development of what may ultimately come to be 5G. The technology giant claims it has found a way to use higher frequency millimetre-wave Ka bands, allowing mind-boggling amounts of data to be transferred at ultra fast speeds. Samsung has said that the technology could be up to 100
Manchester City are all set to install Wi-Fi at their Etihad Stadium for fans to access during matches, reports techradar.com. The Premier League club says it will install a connection in the coming weeks which will allow fans to tap into a range of online services via their smartphones and tablets. By hooking up to the high-density network, fans will be able to stream
Boingo Wireless has released an update to its Wi-Finder iOS app which allows users to purchase Boingo subscriptions directly from their Apple account. Fortmilltimes.com reported that by using the updated app, users will have access to Boingo's 600,000 global hotspots with a single account. Boingo, which launched in 2001, was the first global Wi-Fi operator and
The deal between Germany's Deutsche Telekom and crowdsourced Wi-Fi hotspot provider FON shows that the telecoms giant is firmly hedging its bets on a Wi-Fi offload strategy, according to zdnet.com. Last month, Deutsche Telekom announced that it would partner with FON, with the aim of providing 2.5 million hotspots by 2016. FON's global network of
Argos has announced it is to trial in-store Wi-Fi at its stores to diversify its offering, scotsman.com reports. The high street mainstay recently announced it is to ramp up its customer service profile in a bid to compete with nearest rival Amazon. One of these is provision of free, in-store Wi-Fi that could be used
