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Devicescape Offers a Wi-Fi Fallback Service to Mobile Carriers

GigaOm
Date: February 24, 2015

Devicescape has long offered a crowdsourced network of hotspots to carriers that have adopted a “Wi-Fi first” attitude, which aims to move as much traffic as possible of the expensive cellular network onto cheap public Wi-Fi. But Devicescape is now going after a different kind of carrier — one that wants to keep its customers on its 3G and 4G networks as much as possible and use Wi-Fi only as a last resort.

Devicescape Offers a Wi-Fi Fallback Service to Mobile Carriers

Yahoo Finance
Date: February 24, 2015

80% of Smartphone Data Consumption Globally Now Uses Wi-Fi

Ethernut
Date: February 24, 2015

Globally, Wi-Fi accounted for 80 percent of mobile and tablet data consumption, compared to data consumed on the mobile networks, at 20 percent, according to a new Mobidia report.

Extending Mobile Networks With Carrier Wi-Fi

Wireless Magazine
Date: February 20, 2015

Carrier Wi-Fi is giving service providers a means to cut costs and increase efficiency in a competitive market. It highlights an increasing focus on retention rather than ARPU, as well as opening up new revenue streams with services such as advertising.

Google, Cablevision Challenge Wireless Industry’s Business Model

Wall Street Journal
Date: January 26, 2015

Google Inc. and Cablevision Systems Corp. are preparing new cellphone services that would turn the wireless industry’s business model on its head, increasing pressure on companies already dealing with an intensifying price war. (Subscription required)

Google Wireless Service Aims to Switch Between Carriers, Sources Say

Wall Street Journal
Date: January 25, 2015

Google Inc.’s upcoming wireless service would aim to end subscribers’ reliance on a single carrier, instead giving them the ability to pick the best signal from a variety of sources, people familiar with the plan said. (Subscription required)