With the loss of unlimited mobile data, consumers need to be more mindful of their behaviors. With that said, the one decent byproduct of data caps is that sharing the data can be both easy and affordable.
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2015/09/15
Verizon launches NETGEAR Jetpack AC791L -- the carrier's first 4G LTE-A mobile hotspot
With the loss of unlimited mobile data, consumers need to be more mindful of their behaviors. With that said, the one decent byproduct of data caps is that sharing the data can be both easy and affordable.
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Internet par la lumière : le Li-Fi devient réalité
2015/09/14
New AT&T gadget turns your car into a Wi-Fi hotspot
2015/09/12
Découvrez l'Angleterre sans stress au départ de Calais!
Tous les dimanche du 5/07/2015 au 06/09/2015, vous vous invitons à découvrir Douvres avec un accompagnateur du centre linguistique Britannique qui vous escortera et vous guidera à la Découverte de cette ville, jumelée avec Calais.
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Gogo gets OK to speed up in-flight Wi-Fi
Xirrus addresses both bleeding edge and low-cost segments with two product launche
2014/07/15
Hands on: TP-Link Archer D7 802.11ac router
While 802.11ac routers were thin on the ground when the 802.11ac spec was announced, the good news is that there is now a growing number of options available. I got to spend some quality time one - TP-Link's Archer D7 802.11ac capable router/ ADSL2+ modem.
Wondering why you should get excited about 802.11ac? Here's why. It's the 5th generation of Wi-Fi and if industry hype is to be believed, it is faster and more scalable. When networking pundits say faster, they're really not kidding either.
802.11ac is designed to offer theoretical wireless speeds of up to a whopping 1.3 gigabits per second, (which is over twice the theoretical maximum of the current defacto Wi-Fi standard, 802.11n). In addition to muscular throughput speeds, it should also theoretically handle more simultaneous connections - up to eight MIMO data streams at once (802.11n typically maxes out at four).
Then there's beamforming, a nifty feature that can beam a concentrated wireless signal to a specific location. Not all 802.11ac routers will support it, but it looks like just the thing for fixing interference and coverage deadspots.
Having finally got my hands on both an 802.11ac capable router and notebook (a Macbook Air) I was itching to see how well it worked in practice....
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Zain to offer high-speed Wi-Fi to customers at Avenues Mall
Zain, the leading telecommunications company in Kuwait, announced that it will be providing high-speed Wi-Fi Internet coverage to customers at the Avenues Mall in Kuwait.
The company’s Wi-Fi coverage will extend across the entire mall, which is the most visited in Kuwait, before the end of the year.
Possessing the most advanced wireless network in the country, Zain entered into an agreement with the Avenues Mall to provide its customers with high-speed Wi-Fi, and offer them the convenience of remaining connected to their smartphones, tablets, and other electronic devices while in the mall environment.
The Avenues Mall is one of Kuwait’s and the Middle East’s most active and dynamic shopping destinations, having been visited by almost 42 million visitors in 2013. This enormous number of shoppers encouraged Zain to provide superior quality high-speed Wi-Fi service to the retail center.
Zain explained that Wi-Fi technology offer a wide range of features that enrich the user’s overall experience. For instance, Wi-Fi provides an enhanced indoor coverage range, as well as improving smart devices’ battery life while connected to the internet. In addition, customers can enjoy unlimited download on their smartphones and tablets when connected to a Wi-Fi network.
Zain is dedicated to remaining the leading telecommunications provider in Kuwait, and as such is constantly looking to innovate its technologies and the services it provides. This encouraged the company to further extend its gratitude to its loyal customers by providing them with high-speed Wi-Fi at Kuwait’s largest and most prominent shopping destination.
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2014/07/11
Vodafone Selects Alcatel-Lucent Public Access Small Cells | Light Reading
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that it has been selected by Vodafone Group as a Supplier of Reference for LTE metro cells with integrated Wi-Fi capability. The award is part of Vodafone’s investment program, Project Spring. Small cells are a critical component in the rollout of LTE ultra-broadband services, augmenting the existing network as well as adding capacity in areas of high usage by offloading traffic from the macro network to provide the best possible customer experience.
Vodafone’s award to Alcatel-Lucent signifies the operator’s commitment to developing multi-vendor heterogeneous networks (Hetnets) in order to provide the best possible customer experience. The use of small cells will enable Vodafone to bring connections closer to the end user, ensuring an exceptional mobile ultra-broadband experience including enriched multimedia services wherever consumers are located.
Key Facts:
- Vodafone has named Alcatel-Lucent a Supplier of Reference for small cell and Wi-Fi technology.
- The award adds Alcatel-Lucent as a supplier to Vodafone’s Project Spring organic investment program.
- As supplier of reference, Alcatel-Lucent can bid on business in all Vodafone countries with its Metro Cell Outdoor small cell products.
- This award consolidates the long term small cells partnership between Vodafone and Alcatel-Lucent, initiated years ago through the deployment of Alcatel-Lucent residential and enterprise small cells in multiple properties for Vodafone, followed more recently by Alcatel-Lucent´s latest generation of small cells trial in the Netherlands.
- Alcatel-Lucent’s market leading small cell portfolio has over 115 contracts in over 45 countries.
Luis Martinez Amago, President of Alcatel-Lucent’s EMEA region, said: “Vodafone Group is taking a leadership role with the deployment of small cells throughout their global properties and by serving as an industry reference with the deployment of a multi-vendor heterogeneous architecture. In being named a Supplier of Reference, Vodafone has given Alcatel-Lucent a strong endorsement that our small cells will help them to deliver high quality service to their customers. We are grateful for the opportunity to help Vodafone deliver an extraordinary and differentiated ultra-broadband experience for their customers.”
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New York Seeks to Avoid Wi-Fi Disruption After Gowex’s Fall
New York City authorities are seeking ways to avoid a disruption of free public Wi-Fi services after Spain-based provider Let’s Gowex SA said it will declare insolvency after having falsified financial accounts.
The city has a contract worth $245,000 with Gowex, one of the organizations picked last year to provide mobile Internet access across its five boroughs, said Ian Fried, a spokesman for the city Economic Development Corp. It has paid the company about $185,000 of that amount so far, he said.
The city government set up free-of-charge wireless corridors last year to cater to tourists and visitors and help attract businesses, and said it’s planning to expand coverage. Wi-Fi connections are becoming more important as they offload traffic from mobile networks and frequently offer higher bandwidth.
In Manhattan, coverage includes areas of Flatiron district and Roosevelt Island. Corridors also run along East Fordham Road from Grand Concourse to Arthur Avenue in the Bronx, areas of downtown Brooklyn, Long Island City in Queens and St. George commercial district in Staten Island.
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The Gowex contract runs through Sept. 2016. The other partners in the program are neighborhood-improvement groups Downtown Alliance, whose sponsors include JPMorgan Chase & Co., Flatiron 23rd Street Partnership and Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Gowex’s collapse won’t affect Wi-Fi service in a downtown Manhattan corridor overseen by the Downtown Alliance, a non- profit organization, said Maria Alvarado, a spokeswoman for the group. The Downtown Alliance uses a different vendor to provide the service, she said in an e-mail.
Jenaro Garcia, the founder and chief executive officer of Gowex, stepped down July 6 after taking responsibility for presenting fake accounts for at least the past four years. Garcia had previously said a report from research firm Gotham City Research LLC claiming Gowex was overstating its earnings contained “lies.”
Deutsche Telekom AG, Europe’s largest phone company, said yesterday it was reviewing its network-sharing deal with Gowex.
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Ever wanted a projector/mobile hotspot combo? Sprint’s got you covered
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In the age of Chromecast and other over-the-air streaming methods, folks aren’t exactly yearning for a portable pico projector. Going one step shy of putting said projector into a phone (looking at you, Samsung), Sprint today introduced the LivePro, a combination mini projector and mobile hotspot powered by Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. Sharing YouTube clips with your friends and family while on the go just got a little more weird.
Sprint is calling it a “world’s first,” but we’re left wondering if it was even necessary. Sprint has us asking that question quite often, so it’s nothing out of the usual. The projector portion features a “10-inch to 10-foot projection display” and the 3G/4G hotspot can offer up to 8 WiFi connections simultaneously. A 4-inch touch display gives access to that Jelly Bean user interface and the gadgets 5000mAh battery can even be used to charge a smartphone. Sprint (by way of ZTE) really thought of everything with this one.
The most ironic part? The projector support WiFi Miracast to wireless broadcast video content to the projector. OK, we get that this could be useful when there is no compatible TV nearby, but let’s be real. I suppose we get the angle that this could be a useful business tool, but most modern offices have more than enough equipment on hand to make easy work of showing slides at a meeting.
In short, the LivePro is a device that attempts to do everything you never needed it to do, and it doesn’t do it cheap. When purchased via a Sprint Easy Pay plan, the LivePro will run $18.75/month for 24 months, or $450 total. Welcome to the framily, LivePro!
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2014/06/25
Virgin Trains to Offer Free Wi-Fi Along its Railway Routes
UK based railway operator, Virgin Trains has pledged to offer free WI Fi in its trains as part of its franchise renewal agreement.
In a statement, the company said that all 76 of its Pendolino and Super Voyager trains will be equipped with "superfast WiFi", which Network Rail intends to support by providing track-side infrastructure.
The company said that this would be the first major intercity deployment of 4G technology on the UK rail network and provide free WiFi to all customers.
It didn't elaborate on how fast its "superfast" service would expect to be, nor when it would be made available to customers though.
The new West Coast franchise will run until March 2017.
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2014/06/06
Englewood free Wi-Fi launches in downtown area
Englewood, New Jersey has deployed an 802.11ac public outdoor Wi-Fi network that brings free Wi-Fi to residents and visitors. The Englewood free Wi-Fi service spans a mile of indoor and outdoor areas of downtown and has client speeds of up to 100Mbps, according toAckrion, the Massachusetts-based company that deployed the network. The Englewood network uses the latest outdoor Wi-Fi technology with independent dedicated 802.11ac radios for serial backhaul, as well as 2.4GGhz and 5Ghz 802.11ac 3×3 MIMO for client access. The network is sponsored by the Englewood Economic Development council, the Bergen Performing Arts Center, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center and Englewood Public Library.
Below is a map that shows the area where you can find the Englewood free Wi-Fi service.
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