A new coalition is lobbying D.C. policy makers to open unlicensed spectrum for Wi-Fi and other uses as a means of boosting economic growth, creating jobs and spurring innovation nationwide. With members including the American Library Association, Best Buy, the ARRIS Group, Comcast the Consumer...Learn More

The number of states that offloaded at least 90% of their mobile data traffic to WiFi networks rose 875% in 2013, from four in 1Q 2013 to 39 in 4Q. Mobile apps are contributing to the surge in mobile data traffic volume, with ESPN, Instagram,...Learn More

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., February 12, 2014 – iPass Inc. (NASDAQ: IPAS), a leading provider of mobile services for enterprises and telecom service providers, today announced that it has grown its global Wi-Fi network by nearly 50% in Q4 2013, from 1,490,000 to 2,190,000 hotspots, more...Learn More

Aiming to bridge the digital divide in southern Virginia, non-profit wholesale open-access fiber network transport provider Mid-Atlantic Broadband Communities (MBC) Corp. and wireless ISP Gamewood Technologies Corp. have teamed up with India’s Vihaan Networks Ltd. (VNL) to bring a novel “Green Wi-Fi” microtelecom solution to...Learn More

A couple of announcements today illustrate the growing importance of WiFi in carriers’ wireless strategy as the carriers seek to shift traffic to WiFi to conserve licensed spectrum and to improve in-building coverage as indoor smartphone use increases. Devicescape, provider of a “curated” WiFi network,...Learn More

If Friday’s WiFi announcement from Cox Communications and Bright House Networks sounded familiar, there’s a good reason why. Cox and Bright House said Friday that customers of both companies would be able to use WiFi hotspots operated by either company. And if readers are experiencing...Learn More

Advances in broadband wireless networking and rapid wireless transfer technology will fuel explosive growth in shipments of high-speed wireless devices in the next five years, according to a market research report from IHS. Several high-speed wireless networking technologies that enable rapid transfer of data are...Learn More

Internet users in the U.S. are “addicted to speed,” according to the 3rd edition of Deloitte’s “Global Mobile Consumer Survey.” Not only are they willing to pay more for higher speed Internet access, they “toggle between Wi-Fi and fourth-generation (4G) wireless technologies to get the...Learn More

Mobile service operators are increasingly turning to carrier-grade Wi-Fi offload to cope with burgeoning mobile data streams, a trend that’s forecast to continue. Tier 1 mobile operators expect Wi-Fi offload to account for 22% of all data capacity added to their networks in 2013-2014, according...Learn More

A new program from AIR.U and Declaration Networks aims to make it easier for rural college and university communities to obtain wireless broadband connectivity using vacant TV broadcast spectrum known as TV white spaces. AIR.U, announced about 18 months ago, is a consortium of education...Learn More

Consumers could have an alternative to congested WiFi networks as the result of action taken by the FCC on Friday. In a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), the commission began a formal proceeding aimed at allowing Globalstar to deploy a terrestrial broadband wireless network that...Learn More

With more and more mobile data usage moving to Wi-Fi networks, policy makers should free up additional spectrum for unlicensed use, argues Time Warner Cable in a report issued in October. Within the next several years, more than two-thirds of mobile device traffic will be...Learn More