By WiFiNovation The San Francisco International Airport (SFO) announced the completion of a comprehensive upgrade to the airport’s free Wi-Fi network. In response to customer feedback, passengers can now connect ad-free with one click by accepting the terms and conditions.“We are proud to offer an improved free Wi-Fi experience at SFO,” said Airport...
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By WiFiNovation WiFi is preparing to ride the unlicensed 900 MHz band, reports EE Times. Chips for the upcoming IEEE 802.11ah standard are expected to hit the market starting in 2015. They will have to compete with numerous other protocols for home and building automation in the unlicensed 900 MHz band, including Zigbee...
02 Sep
WebRTC & carrier WiFi: a similar story of "desirable fragmentation" for telcos">WebRTC & carrier WiFi: a similar story of "desirable fragmentation" for telcos
By WiFiNovation Operators should pursue multiple strategies, in different parts of the organisation, for exploiting both WebRTC & WiFi – with the “official” 3GPP/GSMA view of the world being only one of those approaches. So, WebRTC should not just be confined to the domain of telcos’ Labs or IMS/core-network groups. It should independently...
By WiFiNovation Across Africa demands are changing, access models are changing and consumers are blurring the lines between corporate and personal spaces – becoming more With more than 650 million mobile users in Africa and with 50% of Internet connections being exclusively channelled through mobile devices, Africa is the second biggest mobile market...
01 Sep
Target tightens focus on mobile as in-store shopping tool">Target tightens focus on mobile as in-store shopping tool
By WiFiNovation Target is giving its mobile applications a significant boost with location-based features, pointing to the critical role that in-store experiences are playing for retailers in taking their mobile efforts to the next level.Target has updated its iPhone app to include new in-store features, and a similar app update will roll out...