Wi-Fi Now CEO says it comes down to performance, security
Smart home automation is one of the early hits in the developing consumer "Internet of Things." Personal assistants like Amazon.com’s Alexa can talk with your phone, utility sensors, appliances and more to help us live...
The Wireless Broadband Alliance is bringing key industry players together to answer those questions at Wireless Global Congress 2016, 27 – 30 June, Liverpool UK
The telecommunications ecosystem is changing quickly as service providers harness the power of big data and the Internet of Things...
Qualcomm, a major proponent of deploying cellular in unlicensed spectrum using the LTE Unlicensed technology, is developing LTE-U small cells with partners Samsung and SpiderCloud Wireless.
LTE-U is seen as a way for carriers to keep up with demand for mobile data, but, because the...
New York City's transit system is undertaking a major mobile-focused upgrade of its bus transportation system. The Metropolitan Transit Authoriry plans to add more than 2,000 public buses with Wi-Fi and device charging capabilities, with the new MTA buses expected to hit NYC streets...
Google opened its pay-as-you-go mobile service to the entire country and discounted the network's flagship handset, the LG Nexus 5X. Google's Project Fi, which relies on Wi-Fi with cellular backup from the Sprint and T-Mobile US networks, was initially available by invitation only before...
New entrants into the home broadband market – think Google Fiber, as well as various government-driven initiatives – are putting the pressure on cable and multiple-system operators. One new avenue for competition is adoption of DOCSIS 3.1 technology, which enables competition against more costly...
Smith Micro Software is buying out its primary competitor in intelligent Wi-Fi offload. The California company is purchasing Birdstep's software development and marketing arm for an undisclosed amount. Both Smith Micro and Birdstep help mobile operators offload traffic to Wi-Fi networks to ease network...
Boingo transforming from infrastructure provider to managed services provider
Mobile World Congress was decidedly a "5G"-oriented show, but Boingo Wireless CTO Derek Peterson was on hand to emphasize the long-term importance of Wi-Fi to the telecom ecosystem.
In an exclusive interview with RCR Wireless News, Peterson...
Xirrus wants to make Wi-Fi as secure and reliable as LTE
Most of us have seen headlines that say Americans value Wi-Fi more than food, friends and sex, at least in the short term. But if you read beyond the headlines, people actually value a...
Qualcomm talks LinkNYC and smart cities on this episode of HetNet Happenings
LinkNYC, an ambitious project to convert old New York City phone booths in public Wi-Fi access points, is still in the beta phase, but project backer Qualcomm is looking forward to the impact...
Equipment vendors often see the market for in-building wireless solutions through the lens of their own product offerings, but the "boots on the ground" who deploy systems may have a more holistic view of what works for enterprise customers. These installers and integrators are...
Apparently travelers aren't the only ones fed up with slow to non-existent in-flight Wi-Fi. In regulatory filings, American Airlines takes provider Gogo to task, essentially telling the company it needs to improve the service or the airline will take its business to competitor ViaSat.
From...
Fifteen years ago, nearly every PowerPoint presentation about wireless had a slide predicting data traffic taking off like a hockey stick. What might have seemed overly optimistic then looks like an underestimation now.
That’s one takeaway from Cisco’s latest Visual Networking Index Global Mobile...
The latest beta version of Apple's iOS 9.3 includes support for Voice-over-Wi-Fi (VoWi-Fi) for Verizon Wireless subscribers.
On the device side, Apple iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus all support the new VoWi-Fi service.
Essentially, if VoWi-Fi is enabled, the handset...
According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, e-commerce sales were up 15.1% in the third quarter of 2015. When compared to an 1.6% increase in total retail, it’s easy to see that brick-and-mortar stores are facing a serious competitive challenge.
However, brick-and-mortar stores have...
LinkNYC, an ambitious project to convert old New York City phone booths in public Wi-Fi access points, is still in the beta phase, but project backer Qualcomm is looking forward to the impact smart cities technology will have in an era marked by massive...
WiGig expected to increase enterprise Wi-Fi capacity
WiGig, or 802.11ad Wi-Fi, promises speeds of up to 4.6 gigabits per second, according to Qualcomm and Intel. Today, the two chipmakers said they have demonstrated interoperability between their WiGig solutions, laying the groundwork for an 802.11ad ecosystem....
New Yorkers can now enjoy blazing fast free public Wi-Fi. The first LinkNYC public Wi-Fi kiosks are now active on Third Avenue in the Big Apple.
The 300 Mbps capability is approximately 10 times faster than the average U.S. home Internet connection. The project, which...
The social network inked a bandwidth deal with BSNL
Facebook plans to start offering Internet services in rural areas across India after signing an agreement with Indian state-run telecom service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited.
Under the agreement, the U.S.-based social network acquired bandwidth from BSNL...
DOCSIS 3.1, the latest evolution in data over cable service interface specification, could be a game changer for the Internet and TV industry, providing multi-gigabit Internet speeds and interoperability among modem manufacturers and service providers. Many believe the new international telecommunications standard is the...
DOCSIS 3.1, the latest evolution in data over cable service interface specification, is now certified by CableLabs to run in modems from five key suppliers. The modems will be capable of providing multi-gigabit Internet speeds and interoperability amongst products.
Products from Askey, Castlenet, Netgear, Technicolor and Ubee Interactive have...
Wi-Fi Now Episode 18
On this episode of Wi-Fi Now, host Claus Hetting talks with Aleksander Kuzmanovic, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Northwestern University, who has created Wi-FM, a tool that helps improve Wi-Fi quality through FM radio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5knxG61DNU
Kuzmanovic, speaking of poor quality Wi-Fi, told a Northwestern...
The Wi-Fi Alliance is breaking new ground with the launch of what it terms a low power Wi-Fi solution called Wi-Fi HaLow. The Alliance says the solution will utilize spectrum frequencies below 900 MHz to enable low power connectivity, which it said will nearly...
New York City has made good on its pledge to begin construction of its free public Wi-Fi network in 2015. Installation began this week on LinkNYC’s first public access points at 15th Street and 3rd Avenue, near Union Square.
LinkNYC access points promise gigabit-per-second speeds,...
