If you have ever wondered how many Wi-Fi hotspots in the world then some recent research from Wi-Fi provider iPass could go some way to answering the question. Their new study says that in the next 4 years the number of hotspots around the globe will increase to over 340 million. This would work out as one for every 20 people on the planet. At the moment, there are expected...
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Broadband network provider Virgin Media will be setting up free Wi-Fi to Underground stations in London for the duration of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. The company, who won the contract to supply free broadband to commuters, will be fitting 120 tube stations with Wi-Fi. But once the Olympic Games are over, it will begin charging users by the minute. Around 80 tube stations...
Boingo Wireless, the biggest Wi-Fi provider in the world, has released the results of its study regarding Wi-Fi use. According to the study called WiFi Snapshot, 58.9 percent of devices that connect to the Wi-Fi network are tablets or smartphones. The data comes from 60 airports in Europe and North America, and around 400,000 Wi-Fi hotspots worldwide. With the 58.9 percent,...
Dubbed as the “must have” app for those iOS device users who travel a lot to other countries by developers, the Skype Wi-Fi app is now ready for Apple’s mobile OS. The service, formerly known as Skype Access, lets people tap into a public Wi-Fi network to check their emails of make Skype per-minute charged calls instead of subscribing for an hour or day...
A few days after Virgin Media’s Neil Berkett announced his plans of providing London with free Wi-Fi service, the city’s Director of Environment and Digital London, Kulveer Ranger, said that buses in London will be fitted with Wi-Fi. The move will be part of Mayor Boris Johnson’s campaign to improve internet connectivity in the city. In May last year,...
Virgin Media is now discussing with London authorities about providing a free Wi-Fi service to the public, using bandwidth that is not being used while people are at work. In an investor’s call last week, Virgin Media’s Chief Executive Officer Neil Berkett said that the company is in “advanced negotiations” with some London boroughs about giving...
Ok, so you go to the big city for a few days and don’t want to miss out on reading your email, watching YouTube videos and seeing what everyone is up to on Facebook. How and where can you now do it without spending a lot of time and money in Internet cafes? 1. While at the Tube station. As well as “strenuously avoid any eye contact” and “puzzle over the strange...
Plans to equip the London Underground with Wi-Fi for the London Olympic Games in 2012 have started with 16 underground stations switching from private Wi-Fi usage reserved for staff use to public access this week. One of the first stations to receive the upgrade was Charing Cross, the BT Openzone trial has been reported as a great success and it has now been rolled out...
Boris Johnson said that he wanted the underground to enjoy access to networking for commuters travelling via the system and while that may not quite be here yet, BT has started rolling out its Wi-Fi network system called OpenZone to include underground stations starting with the Charing Cross station. The 6 month trial is being paid for and established by BT giving all...