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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The global market for small cell backhaul equipment will expand at a 48% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) out to 2018, growing from an expected $487 million this year to over $5 billion, according to a new report from ABI Research. Sub 6 GHz technology...
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Carrier-driven WiFi offload will take on a greater role in managing growing mobile data traffic in coming years as “WiFi offload is becoming a critical component of the Het-Net,” according to a new iGR market study of WiFi offload across six regions from 2012-2017. The...
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The explosion of digital devices and the need to distribute digital content throughout the home has led to a bevy of home networking standards. The nVoy program aims to make sense of it all and simplify the networking process by giving service providers and their...
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It didn’t get much publicity outside its local area, but last week’s launch of a gigabit wireless network in Blacksburg, Virginia is an important one. The network, launched by local technology incubator TechPad, will provide 802.11ac connectivity supporting individual connection rates as high as 1...
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Growing mobile data demand and technological advances have combined to spur growth in Carrier Wi-Fi this year. Carrier Wi-Fi access point shipments will reach 9.7 million units in 2018, according to a new report from ABI Research. Carrier Wi-Fi is providing cable service operators an...
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Which U.S. city is best connected when it comes to public Wi-Fi access? Examining so-called “amenity Wi-Fi” in two leading U.S. centers for innovation and technology, San Bruno California-based curated virtual Wi-Fi hotspot network provider Devicescape found that San Francisco beats New York City hands...
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LOS ANGELES – Sept. 19, 2013 – Boingo Wireless (NASDAQ: WIFI), the leading DAS and Wi-Fi provider that serves consumers, carriers and advertisers worldwide, today announced that the company has entered into an agreement to acquire Advanced Wireless Group (AWG), the second largest airport Wi-Fi...
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