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WiFi: getting users out of the shell of minimal usage
TelecomTV
Date: June 14, 2013
With the WiFi Global Congress being held in London this week, it was an ideal time to catch up on the latest thinking on public/private Wifi via some of the participants.
15 iOS 7 Features Cribbed From Other Platforms
PCmag.com
Date: June 12, 2013
iOS 7 is the biggest redesign for Apple's mobile operating system in years. It's also coming when Apple is in a very different place than it was during the introduction of the iPhone.
Comcast to Build Major 'Homezone' Network
TMCnet
Date: June 10, 2013
Comcast is the first major U.S. ISP to begin building a public Wi-Fi network using each consumer ISP connection as a wireless access point. The move essentially creates a Comcast-branded Wi-Fi network such as pioneered by Fon or Devicescape.
Samsung Galaxy S 4 (U.S. Cellular)
PCmag.com
Date: June 7, 2013
U.S. Cellular is really the little carrier that could. While it's only available to about a third of the U.S. population, it consistently wins our Readers' Choice awards for its excellent coverage, call quality, and customer service. Now it also carries the Samsung Galaxy S 4, the most powerful phone in America, for a refreshing $99.99 with contract. And, following U.S. Cellular's typical policy, it's doing so with refreshingly little bloatware.
BandwidthX launches Wi-Fi marketplace
Rethink Wireless
Date: June 6, 2013
An interesting new twist in the increasingly strategic world of carrier Wi-Fi - BandwidthX has created a service called Bandwidth Market, which allows mobile operators to buy Wi-Fi capacity on demand.
Software Aims to Maximize Cellular Offload to Home Wi-Fi
TMCnet
Date: June 6, 2013
Readers may have seen various market research reports showing that a substantial amount of smartphone and tablet traffic is carried over Wi-Fi rather than cellular networks, and many researchers expect that percentage to increase moving forward as cellular network operators gear up Wi-Fi offload plans.
Devicescape Shows New Approach to Magnifying Network Capacity-Reach
TMCnet.com
Date: May 29, 2013
Devicescape, a provider of a wireless networking software, recently announced that David Nowicki, the CMO, would present something new at CTIA 2013. After placing free Wi-Fi connectivity in the city of Las Vegas on May 22, Nowicki gave a presentation called “Magnify Capacity-Reach and Elevate User Experience” at 12:15 PM last Wednesday at the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association.
Wi-Fi offloading morphs to integration as operators strive for more control
FierceBroadbandWireless
Date: May 22, 2013
Just a few years ago, Wi-Fi offloading was all the buzz as operators searched for a quick solution to ease their network congestion.
Study: Wi-Fi more cost-effective than small cells
FierceBroadbandWireless
Date: May 21, 2013
Per-bit total cost of ownership of Wi-Fi hotspots is about half that of small cells for LTE and 10 percent of 3G small cells, according to a new report developed by Senza Fili Consulting and commissioned by Wi-Fi Alliance.
CTIA: AT&T Works on Wi-Fi Integration
Light Reading
Date: May 21, 2013
AT&T has been a leader in Wi-Fi offload, but now it's looking to do more with the unlicensed spectrum than just dump data.
Wireless Charging Sector Frustratingly Fractious
IT Business Edge
Date: May 17, 2013
The northeast has entered that two- or three-week period of beautiful weather, upon which we will look back in nostalgia in just a few weeks. In any case, it’s great to enjoy. And it’s Friday, time for a wrap-up of important news and commentary from the past week.
Devicescape Handles 1.5B Wi-Fi Connections Monthly
Light Reading
Date: May 17, 2013
Devicescape today announced that the number of device connections to amenity Wi-Fi hotspots via its Curated Virtual Network (CVN) has grown by 50 percent in the preceding 12 months.
Devicescape Unleashes Free, Automated Wi-Fi Across Las Vegas During CTIA
Las Vegas NV Blog
Date: May 16, 2013
Devicescape today formally announced the - immediate availability of MagniFi CTIA, a free (no cost) app for Android devices in that will enable conference attendees to utilize an expansive network of complimentary Wi-Fi hotspots across Las Vegas NV during CTIA 2013, to be held May 21-23.
Devicescape coaxes smartphone users onto their own home Wi-Fi networks
GigaOm
Date: May 16, 2013
A lot of people who own smartphones never bother to link them to their home Wi-Fi networks when available, according to virtual hotspot provider Devicescape.
Devicescape: 30% of Smartphone Users Not on Home Wi-Fi
Converge! Network Digest
Date: May 16, 2013
The number of device connections to amenity Wi-Fi hotspots via Devicescape's Curated Virtual Network (CVN) has grown by 50 percent in the last year.
Smartphone Software That Automatically Enables Wi-Fi When Within Range
cellular-news
Date: May 16, 2013
Wi-Fi roaming services provider, Devicescape has developed a mobile app that can automatically switch on dormant Wi-Fi capabilities when a user is within range of their home Wi-Fi router.
Devicescape serves 1.5 billion mobile WiFi connections monthly
total telecom
Date: May 16, 2013
Devicescape today announced that the number of device connections to amenity Wi-Fi hotspots via its Curated Virtual Network (CVN) has grown by 50 percent in the preceding 12 months.
Devicescape unveils Personal Curator
telecompaper
Date: May 16, 2013
Devicescape has announced Personal Curator, an offering that helps mobile operators maximise use of home Wi-Fi networks while simplifying network connectivity.
Devicescape serves 1.5 billion Wi-Fi connections monthly
telecompaper
Date: May 16, 2013
Devicescape has announced that the number of device connections to amenity Wi-Fi hotspots via its Curated Virtual Network (CVN) has grown by 50 percent in the preceding twelve months.
How BT is going to set its LTE spectrum to work
TelecomTV
Date: May 13, 2013
As the headlines had it, BT is going to move back to play in mobile, which it hastily evacuated when if faced a debt crisis early last decade.