Over 19,000 people accessed the free Wi-Fi service at Lord's cricket ground during England's famous Ashes win, according to lords.org. The Marylebone Cricket Club, the ground's owner, struck a partnership with wireless internet provider The Cloud to launch Wi-Fi at the stadium over four days in July. This granted a speedy service to spectators during the second test in the
More than a third of the world's population now uses the mobile web on a daily basis, according to new research. Figures gathered by the Future Foundation earlier this week have also suggested that more than half of the world logs on to the mobile internet at least once a week. The figures represent a
Nine in ten Brits (90 per cent) will aim to keep up with goings-on in their working life by checking their business emails whilst on holiday. That's according to a new survey from Ipsos and Pullman, the owner of Accor hotels, which signalled a huge opportunity for accommodation providers to edge ahead of the competition by offering free Wi-Fi to
China could soon be connecting to the internet through lightbulbs. Scientists in Shanghai have invented a lightbulb which produces a 150 Mbps Wi-Fi signal and it's believed that this technology could represent a more efficient method of connecting to the web. The 'Li-Fi' bulbs have a microchip that produces web signals through light frequencies rather than radio waves.
Internet provider Comcast has launched a network made up of over 1,000 Wi-Fi spots in Utah, USA. According to desertnews.com, Comcast's Xfinity Internet customers will be able to connect to any of the hotspots completely free of charge. People who aren't customers can use the service too but they will be restricted to free access only twice
The city of St. Catherines in Niagara, Canada has expanded its free Wi-Fi service even further to a sports centre. According to bulletnewsniagara.ca, free Wi-Fi is now available at the Seymour-Hannah Sports and Entertainment Centre thanks to Skyway Wi-Fi, who also supplies free Wi-Fi to other amenities in the city. Now visitors can
A team of researchers have tested their new technology which allows them to create a Wi-Fi network underwater. According to bbc.co.uk, researchers from the University of Buffalo in New York are aiming to create a system standard that would allow underwater interaction and data sharing easier. This is because that although wireless communication underwater has been around
A Wi-Fi connection with a world-record speed of 100 gigabytes per second has been created by scientists in Germany. The team, based at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics (IAF), achieved this feat by applying a photonic method to generate radio signals at the transmitter and using fully integrated electronic circuits in the receiver.
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
