BROWSING: wi-fi offloading

RIO DE JANEIRO--With the influx of people into Brazil for the 2016 Rio Olympics, mobile data use is expected to be 50% greater than in London for the 2012 games. In preparation for this, Linktel, operator of Brazil’s largest independent network of Wi-Fi hot spots,...

With the advent of LTE-U and LAA, Wi-Fi may face radical change -- or will it? RCR looks at the status of the Wi-Fi ecosystem and its near-term future, from the latest standards work and increasing speeds to the use of Hotspot 2.0/Passpoint for...

Although I missed many interesting sessions while attending customer meetings at the recent Wi-Fi Global Congress, I feel the industry is maturing and many vendors are rethinking their strategies to best tap into the growing opportunity. Some like Benu and Aptilo are forming alliances...

Boingo is a global provider of Wi-Fi, distributed antenna systems and small cell services with access to more than 1 million Wi-Fi hot spots in more than 90 countries connecting more than 22.8 million users. The company deploys its network in multiuser venues such...