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Articles tagged with: Starbucks and Hotspots
AT&T Sees Surge in Wi-Fi Connections
AT&T has reported dramatic growth in the number of Wi-Fi users and connections. The US firm reported Wi-Fi connections totaled 10.5 million in the first quarter of 2009 - more than triple the 3.4 million connections in the first quarter of 2008, and more than half AT&T's 20 million total Wi-Fi connections for all of 2008. more
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Wi-Fi Hotspots Stay Hot in 2008
Wi-Fi hotspots are continuing their torrid growth in 2008. According to ABI ResearchÃ's WI-FI Hotspots Forecasts, by the end of this year global hotspots will grow by 40% over 2007. The greatest growth and the largest number of hotspots continue to be found in Europe. While the UK has long led in European Wi-Fi hotspots, there is also marked growth in France, Germany, and Russia. more
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Sales of Wi-Fi phones up 60%, wireless LAN equipment up 20% in 2007
Worldwide sales of wireless LAN equipment, including independent and dependent access points and WLAN switches and controllers, hit $1.9 billion in 2007, up 20% from 2006, driven by the increased rollout of enterprise wireless LANs and accelerating upgrading to 802.11n, according to Infonetics Research's latest quarterly report. more
Related Tags: mobile-wimax, cisco, voip, smartphones, blackberry, wlan, 802.11n, 802.11g
T-Mobile Offers Free Wi-Fi to 3G Subscribers
T-Mobile UK has announced a tariff change which offers a combined 3G and Wi-Fi service to its customers. The new service enables free Wi-Fi access when combined with one of the company's mobile data tariffs. more
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Wi-Fi in handsets - bright future or dismal prospects?
The industry hype and level of discussion surrounding fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) would lead most casual industry observers to believe that in the near future all handsets will feature Wi-Fi capabilities, and that everyone will use their cellular handsets to make voice over IP (VoIP) calls in the home and the office. more
Related Tags: skype, voip, o2, ims, fmc, femtocells, hotspot, wlan, chipset
Cellular Handsets and VoFi Drive a Revolution in Wi-Fi Hot Spot
Worldwide Wi-Fi hotspots will grow to over 170,000 venues connected by the end of 2007 based on new research conducted by MultiMedia Intelligence. In addition, branded venues such as starbucks and McDonalds are becoming increasingly important in driving incremental usage. While Europe remains the leading region in terms of hotspot footprint, with 42 percent of worldwide locations, North America leads in worldwide usage, with 53 percent of connects in 2007. more
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GUEST COLUMN: Centennial takeover target following Islanet acquisition
Puerto Rico's telecommunications market is going through a transitional period right now which is forcing established companies to rethink their strategies for attracting new clients and revenues. This transformation is the result of external and internal influences on the market, all of which have a strong impact on a small country of less than 4mn inhabitants, which nonetheless boasts a high purchasing power (US$19,100 GDP per capita) compared to the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean. more
Related Tags: mobile-wimax, signals-telecom-consulting, sprint-nextel, fcc, 802.16e, movistar, centennial-communications, iptv
Survey Shows Users Confused Over Wi-Fi, 3G and GPRS / Wi-Fi"
Tatara Systems has published the results of business user research into wireless data communications usage, which shows that most users do not understand the differences between 3G, GPRS and Wi-Fi; that Wi-Fi use through hotspots is more popular than Wi-Fi use at home, and that laptop users buy coffee just so they can access hotspots. more
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