New WBA report describes why Next Generation Hotspot & Passpoint™ are key enablers for providing identity and authentication and simplifying device provisioning Singapore, 30 March 2017 –The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has today launched a new white paper outlining the key priorities for operators and technology vendors, and the monetization potential for unlicensed technologies for
London/San Jose – 17th November 2016 – The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) today announces winners of its annual Industry Awards. The WBA Industry Awards 2016, taking place at the San Jose Wireless Global Congress, recognize and celebrate excellence in wireless innovation. The winners of the 2016 WBA Industry Awards are: Best Next Gen Wi-Fi Operator
EE has launched a new wireless solution which will help retailers gather data about their shoppers while they browse the internet. According to telecoms.com, customers wanting to use the free in-store Wi-Fi will have to agree to EE's terms and conditions, which state the retailer can use their data anonymously. Called Connected Retail, the managed solution
Residents and visitors in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will soon be able to benefit from free Wi-Fi, as the service will be rolled out across 100 important locations in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. According to gulfnews.com, parts of Dubai already have free Wi-Fi available, including downtown. This service was provided by developer Emaar in collaboration with the telecoms
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
It could soon become law for all tourism-oriented businesses in Quezon City to offer their customers free Wi-Fi. Local councillor Karl Edgar Castelo has drafted a bill which would affect all cafes, restaurants, bars and short-term accommodations in the Philippines city. Industriesnews.net reports that this includes pension houses and lodging houses. The bill states that all these establishments
Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the fastest growing regions for internet traffic in the world, with South Africa at the heart of the data explosion. Mobile data in South Africa grew 490 per cent year-on-year from the point it was introduced in 2007 to 2010. The Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast (2012-2017) projected that
Access to the internet is playing an increasingly important role in society and nowhere is this more true than in developing regions. Not only does it have a very tangible impact on employment, productivity and GDP but it has an almost immeasurable impact on the underlying fabric that weaves society together.
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 hotspots could be appearing in lamp posts, traffic lights and other pieces of street furniture across the UK if government plans go ahead, reports cnet.co.uk. As part of the government's Urban Broadband Fund, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) can spend £150 million to create super-connected cities with 80Mbps internet connections or
