Wi-Fi continues to be the telco growth story of the decade: IDC reports 8.6% year-on-year enterprise WLAN growth while MarketsandMarkets forecast the Wi-Fi (public) hotspot market to reach a whopping $3.3 billion by 2020 – a CAGR of 17%. Here are our top 10 reasons why this is happening: 1 – ‘It’s the economy, stupid’: The […]

I get this comment a lot of the time. True, some conferences offer free attendance (but still require an even more scarce resource: your time!) My experience with those is that generally, they’re not worth it. In that sense you always get what you pay for. But more to the point – this is post about why I […]

Facebook wants gigabit wireless everywhere. And they’ve hatched a plan to make it happen. Menlo Park, California: For the time being the copious stream of advertising dollars that built Facebook’s vast campus continues to flow to Menlo Park. In the longer term, Facebook’s web dominance will depend on more users getting access at higher speeds. That’s why the company’s Connectivity Lab is sinking serious resources […]

It’s a megatrend in the making: Advertising, free Wi-Fi, and big cities. It’s all coming together not only in New York City’s flagship LinkNYC project but now also in the heart of Europe. Just in time for European Championship Football and – later this summer – the Tour de France, Paris now has it’s own […]