Customers at over 120 railway stations in France will soon be able access free Wi-Fi whilst waiting for their train to arrive, the Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF) has announced. According to connexionfrance.com, Lille-Flandres and Avignon stations will be piloting the Wi-Fi service next month and it is hoped that another 40 stations will
By Dan Warren, Senior Director of Technology, GSMA Wi-Fi and Cellular are competing technologies, right? To be honest, I’m not sure anyone believes that anymore and even a cursory glance at this month’s selection of news articles illustrates this point nicely. Wi-Fi Offload allows customers to get better connectivity and operators to better manage their
Having to pay for Wi-Fi access one of holidaymakers biggest pet peeves, as a new survey has revealed that 38 per cent dislike putting money down in order to get online whilst abroad. According to dailymail.co.uk, the survey, which was conducted by Thistle Hotels, also found that 51 per cent of tourists state that free
President Barack Obama has vowed to expand free Wi-Fi internet access to 15,000 schools around the US so that 20 million American students will be able to get online in the classroom. According to nbcnews.com, speaking at an event in Maryland earlier this week on Tuesday (4th of February), the president announced that $2 billion worth of funding from
The Wi-Fi network at the MetLife Stadium on Super Bowl Sunday proved popular with fans, as between them they used 3.2 TB of data - around 50MB per person an hour. According to computerworld.com, a new tool called Purview from Extreme Networks was used by the National Football League to analyse how the Wi-Fi network was
Businesses are losing billions of pounds each year by refusing to look into more cost-effective ways of hooking their travelling employees up to the internet. This is according to a new report from US mobile services provider iPass, cited by information-age.com, which claims that solutions like Wi-Fi can cut the £4.8 billion businesses spend on keeping their
Birdstep Host Workshops with the Wireless Broadband Alliance And Has Presence Within The Swedish Pavilion OSLO, Norway – February 3, 2014 – Birdstep Technology (www.birdstep.com), a leading provider of Smart Mobile Data and Secure Mobility services, today announced its participation in the WBA Carrier Wi-Fi Summit (Hall 8, Theatre District, Area B) during Mobile World
Glasgow City Council has stated that BT will install anywhere between 50 and 80 Wi-Fi access points in the city, so that residents and visitors will be able to get online for free during the Commonwealth Games. According to heraldscotland.com, the council wishes to hurry the operation, so that the service will definitely be ready
