The continued expansion of wireless technology usage and ever-increasing user demand for content has led a diverse set of companies to creation of a new alliance.
This is a total of 18 Companies μεταξύ των οποίων οι Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications, Google και Microsoft, οι οποίες συνέστησαν μία μορφή συμμαχίας με στόχο την επέκταση της πρόσβασης στα δίκτυα Wi-Fi. The alliance is named WifiForward and according to the Wall Street Journal, it will try to push the US government into broader spectrum liberalization to meet the needs of content delivery.
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 content per month for 2013. From this data volume, 57% is trafficked over Wi-Fi networks. It is estimated that up to 2018, the volume of data consumed in the US per month per user will rise to 9GB, with 64% of this set being related to Wi-Fi networks.
Notable is the absence of mobile phone service providers from the ranks of the alliance. In particular, companies such as AT&T and Verizon they prefer to take advantage of the investments they made, in the recent past, in the creation of standalone LTE (4G) networks.
Instead, Google, which is leading the WifiForward, has made significant investments in Wi-Fi technology. Indicatively, in the United States, Google, in cooperation with other companies, has set up 250.000 hotspots (wireless access points on the Internet). In addition, Microsoft, like Google, believes that improving access to Wi-Fi networks will provide significant impetus in areas such as Cloud Computing and Web Services.
Source: naftemporiki.gr
