The continued expansion of wireless use technologyand ever-increasing user demand for content, have led a diverse set of companies to form a new alliance.
This is a total of 18 companies including Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications, Google and Microsoft, which formed a form of alliance aimed at expanding access to Wi-Fi networks. The alliance is named WifiForward and according to the Wall Street Journal, he will attempt to pressure the American government in freeing up a wider range of spectrum to meet content delivery needs.
Up to now every company that participates in WifiForward, it pushed itself in the same direction. With the composition of the forces being attempted, hope for greater success is probable. By increasing the available spectrum for Wi-Fi transmissions, it will meet the ever-increasing needs in the United States.
According to Cisco Systems, the average American "consumes" 1,4GB of content per month, for 2013. Of this volume data 57% are trafficked via Wi-Fi networks. It is estimated that by 2018, the amount of data consumed in the US per month, per user, will reach 9GB, with 64% of this total coming from Wi-Fi networks.
Remarkable is the absence from the ranks of the alliance, companies providing mobile telephony services. In particular, companies such as AT&T and Verizon prefer to take advantage of their recent investments in the creation of autonomous LTE (4G) networks.
In contrast, Google, which pioneered the creation of WifiForward, has made significant investments in Wi-Fi technology. For example, in the United States Google, in collaboration with other companies, has created 250.000 hotspots (points wireless Internet access). In addition, Microsoft, like Google, believe that the improvement of access to Wi-Fi networks will give a significant boost to areas such as Cloud Computing and the provision of services via the Internet (Web services).
Source: naftemporiki.gr
