07/01/2011
Giga Om
Japan’s KDDI has seen the future of cellular service, and Wi-Fi has a starring role. The mobile operator will build out a Wi-Fi network composed of 100,000 hot spots and a WiMAX overlay that will take traffic off the cellular network when needed and will integrate seamlessly with the carrier’s existing 4G network. Given [...]
02/15/2011
Total Telecom Online
WiFi offload, earlier LTE rollout key to solving mobile data overload, according to Chinese operator; plans to deploy 1 million hotspots.
The capacity crunch caused by increased mobile data usage is as acute in China as it is elsewhere in the world, but the country’s largest mobile operator is working on solutions. Key to [...]
12/28/2010
International Business Times
AT&T Inc. (T) said it is expanding its Wi-Fi access in New York around Times Square and introducing it in San Francisco, near the waterfront.
The carrier is also expanding its new hotzones near Rockefeller Center and St. Patrick’s Cathedral. AT&T plans to launch its next Wi-Fi hotzone in San Francisco’s popular Embarcadero Center.
The [...]
12/16/2009
Wall Street Journal
A senior AT&T Inc. executive dismissed speculation that the telecommunications carrier is planning to change the way it prices data plans for its wireless customers, but said it will give customers incentives to limit their use of its wireless network for surfing the Internet or downloading mobile applications.
“We have not made any decision [...]
12/15/2009
FierceBroadbandWireless
Verizon Wireless customers who have Mobile Broadband and Global Access mobile data plans will now be able to access thousands of WiFi hotspots in the U.S., Canada and Mexico for no additional charge. The plan covers customers who access the Internet via Verizon’s USB modems, PC cards and netbooks; however, the plan does not cover [...]
