Wi-Fi

Research report projects 13.3 million public Wi-Fi hot spots by 2020 A new report from market analysis firm ABI Research tallies a total of 5.69 million public Wi-Fi hot spots …

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FCC planning reverse, forward auctions of Super Wi-Fi in 2016 AUSTIN, Texas – Unused television broadcast spectrum, sometimes referred to as super Wi-Fi, could be used to provide Internet access …

Boingo Wi-Fi hot spots to connect 40 million handsets Wi-Fi and distributed antenna systems provider Boingo signed a deal with a “tier one” American carrier that includes shipment of 40 …

BARCELONA, Spain – Alcatel-Lucent continues to focus on being a leading provider of high-speed mobile broadband services using small cell technologies across Latin America. In a meeting with journalists at this …

It is shaping up to be a very interesting 2015 in the world of wireless infrastructure. As operators and investors evaluate how to play their cards this year and beyond, there are …

Heterogeneous networks have been brewing for a few years now, but 2015 will be the year they become mainstream as several core components reach maturity. The starting point came with …

Hewlett-Packard is buying Wi-Fi access point vendor Aruba Networks for $2.7 billion. The network-equipment giant said the shift to mobile is taxing its enterprise network infrastructure and that the Aruba …

Alcatel-Lucent is demonstrating software at Mobile World Congress that it says can combine standalone cellular and Wi-Fi networks into one unified wireless network. The company calls the solution Wi-Fi boost …

BYOD: Evolving Best Practices for Validating APs and Controllers This white paper takes a timely look at the mobile “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) phenomenon and what wireless LAN (WLAN) …

For mobile operators, Wi-Fi represents both a challenge and an opportunity. Traditionally seen by many as competitive to cellular, Wi-Fi is now recognized as a way to maintain a more …

Need for #MWC15 Speed Each year, RCR Wireless News sends members of our team to Barcelona, Spain, to cover the  proverbial “Super Bowl” of the mobile industry – GSMA’s Mobile World …

LAA-LTE: Looking beyond coexistence The first time I heard about LTE in the 5 GHz license-exempt band, my reaction was: “Why do we need it? Wi-Fi works well, it’s cheap, …

Public Wi-Fi being tested in buses and subway cell build-out underway The city of Los Angeles Department of Transportation is looking to help keep riders connected by deploying cellular and …

P&O Ferries offers satellite/terrestrial Wi-Fi on shuttle boats U.K.-based P&O Ferries deployed a Wi-Fi solution designed to keep passengers connected as they make the 22-mile crossing of the English Channel …

Ethertronics launched its Active Steering EtherChip EC482 designed for multiple-input/multiple-output 5 GHz and Wi-Fi applications. According to the company, the chip can be integrated into any antenna system and is designed to provide …

Equipped with a hefty research grant, a professor in the U.K. is taking a novel approach to bringing Wi-Fi coverage to rural Wales: sheep outfitted with collars that transmit an …

Testing Wi-Fi offers a set of unique challenges in the indoor environment. Azimuth Systems has been working with a large chipset manufacturer on testing new technology that uses Wi-Fi, rather …

DAS will improve data, cellular by 2016 The city of Santa Clara, Calif., is looking to enhance cellular and Wi-Fi services by installing an outdoor distributed antenna system in busy …

Wi-Fi router comes in three-pack and covers whole home The new Eero router seeks to create small-scale Wi-Fi mesh networks by foregoing the traditional one-router home setup for a base …

Rotten Wi-Fi asks users to run speed tests Free, public Wi-Fi access is often a big draw for businesses like restaurants and cafes looking to keep customers busy browsing the …

Much has been written in the last week or so about Google’s “rumored” upcoming mobile virtual network operator play, including the reasons it will not be successful and the challenges …

Hotel fined $600,000 for jamming Wi-Fi hot spots After being fined $600,000 for jamming a guest’s personal Wi-Fi hot spot, Marriott Hotel Services will not press a petition against the …

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FCC enforcement advisory follows $600,000 Marriott fine Hotel operators cannot block guests from using Wi-Fi hot spots rather than the hotel’s network, according to a strongly worded “enforcement advisory” published by …