Efforts to make free Wi-Fi more widely available in the UK's biggest cities could play a part in boosting the country's regional economies while also protecting and creating jobs, it has been claimed. Broadband infrastructure projects are being orchestrated across the UK, with the organisers of many focusing heavily on making free Wi-Fi accessible to
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
Passengers on-board select Thai Airways International (THAI) aircraft can now browse the internet whilst they fly, as the airline has become the first in Thailand to offer on-board Wi-Fi connectivity. According to bangkokpost.com, THAI also claims it is the fifth airline in all of Asia to offer Wi-Fi to its customers. Nok Air and Thai AirAsia
Four London boroughs are gearing up to offer a free Wi-Fi service to residents in the area, according to whatmobile.net. Harrow, Haringey, Barnet and Brent are teaming up with infrastructure firm Arqiva to provide the hotspots. The discrete access points will draw from both 3G and 4G signals to provide Wi-Fi to passers by. The
One of the leaders of Outernet, an ambitious project which aims to beam free global Wi-Fi from space, says there is nothing stopping his team from achieving their mission. Aaron Rogers, Branko Vukelic, Edward Birrane and Syed Karim are looking to boldly go where no Wi-Fi provider has gone before by launching hundreds of 10cm cube-shaped
Organizations continue to collaborate on Carrier Wi-Fi solutions Singapore and Austin, Texas, February 17 2014 – Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) and Wi-Fi Alliance® will co-host a demonstration of Wi-Fi® roaming at Mobile World Congress next week in association with the WBA Carrier Wi-Fi Summit hosted onsite. Visitors to the demonstration will be able to experience
At the end of last week, the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) unveiled a comprehensive definition of Carrier Wi-Fi, to help drive closer alignment with its cellular counterparts. Carrier Wi-Fi is seen by operators as an important step to improving the Wi-Fi user experience, as it is increasingly used for cellular offload and delivering new services.
A new study has highlighted just how much mobile users rely on Wi-Fi to keep themselves updated whilst they're on holiday. As reported by irishtimes.com, a survey on Irish mobile customers from the European Commission shows that nearly half of holidaymakers will only use the internet to check their emails so long as they're connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot. Not only
By Lonnie Schilling, CEO of Birdstep and Anders Påls, Co-Founder and VP of Business Development of FOGG The ability to switch wireless devices such as tablets and smartphones automatically between Wi-Fi and a cellular service has so far been seen largely as a way for mobile operators to cope with proliferating traffic by getting data
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
