Aberdeen is set launch the Accelerate Aberdeen Super Connected Cities programme which will invest money in making the city a more technology friendly place. The scheme will make £600,000 available, half of which will be invested in the city's wireless infrastructure and the other half on the boosting the network's connectivity, recombu.com reports. Aberdeen will
The city of Ahmedabad is set to receive free Wi-Fi in eight localities in a bid to make it a smart city, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has announced. This was revealed to celebrate the city's 603rd birthday and is part of Gujarat's 'e-Nagar' project, which aims to see 53 towns across the region receive
The mobile network Sprint is set to launch a service which will allow users who have certain handsets to send SMS messages and make phone calls for free by using the Wi-Fi networks available to them. The Wi-Fi Calling feature will initially only be available to customers with a Samsung Galaxy Mega and a Samsung
The Russian city of Sochi is currently playing host to the Olympic Winter Games and has been dubbed the first 'truly connected' Olympics by a Forbes journalist. It has welcomed over 40,000 athletes, journalists and Olympic staff for the duration of the Games, theregister.co.uk reports. Not only does the city's Wi-Fi network have to be
Those looking to travel across France will soon benefit from the installation of free Wi-Fi at 40 of the country's busiest train stations, it has been announced. The Wi-Fi network is due to be installed in time for the summer in a bid to improve the service of France's state-owned rail company, SNCF. The rail
Free Wi-Fi access in African shopping malls is set to become increasingly common over the course of 2014, Ruckus Wireless has suggested. The firm carried out market research which suggested that there is likely to be big growth in Wi-Fi connectivity across the region. It also said that global public Wi-Fi hotspots are forecast to
Edinburgh is due to become the first city to offer a free Wi-Fi service on all of its buses and trams, after the installation is completed later in 2014. The aim of the project is to improve the service for residents and tourists alike, providing them with better connectivity whilst out and about. The capital's
Nepal has announced its plans to make itself a free wi-fi zone in order to compete with its neighbours, India and China, which are two of the most technologically developed nations. China currently dominates the global ICT hardware industry, while India is a world leader in software development. It is thought that making the entire
Computer scientists have developed Wi-Fi gesture recognition which can be used to turn the lights on and off in another room, or adjust the air conditioning. Scientists from the University of Washington scientists have developed a system whereby you no longer need cameras or sensors for gesture recognition; you can use your Wi-Fi. The Wisee
