Airports handle a staggering amount of travellers each year. London Heathrow saw over 70 million people pass through its gates in 2012. At Beijing International, the figure was closer to 82 million and Atlanta International Airport hosted nearly 96 million passengers. These figures do not include friends, family, loves ones, the hundreds of thousands of
The ‘always on, always connected’ lifestyle is moving ever closer. Globally, smartphones are out-shipping PCs and as mobile devices grow in power, so too do the expectations of end-users. However, truly seamless connectivity has always been something of a Holy Grail. 3G networks are famously precarious at times and while Wi-Fi has done a stellar
The Shannon-Hartley theorem, otherwise known as Shannon’s Law, describes the maximum rate at which an amount of data can be transmitted within any given portion of spectrum. 4G technology is rapidly approaching the limits of Shannon’s Law meaning that it has reached the physical limit of wireless capacity of any given cell.
Wi-Fi as a technology carries a vast range of benefits; a fact underlined by an ABI Research report which found 1.5 billion Wi-Fi enabled devices shipped in 2012. Historically, Wi-Fi has been faster than cellular data and from an end-user perspective, this has been the primary advantage of the technology. Wi-Fi hotspots have filled the
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.
ICP is one of the most important key drivers to standardize and facilitate global Wi-Fi roaming. There are many benefits of ICP that encouraged True to participate. Firstly, the program will enable participants to not only assess the level of Wi-Fi service capability, but also allow them to benchmark themselves with other global players. Secondly,
