The continued expansion of wireless technology and the ever-increasing demand for content by users have led a diverse set of companies to create a new alliance.
It is a total of 18 companies, including Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications, Google and Microsoft, which have established a form of alliance to extend access to Wi-Fi networks. 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.
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.
Αντίθετα, η Google, που πρωτοστατεί στη δημιουργία της WifiForward, έχει πραγματοποιήσει σημαντικές επενδύσεις στον τομέα της τεχνολογίας Wi-Fi. Ενδεικτικά, στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες η Google, σε συνεργασία με άλλες εταιρείες, έχει δημιουργήσει 250.000 hotspots (points ασύρματης πρόσβασης στο Διαδίκτυο). Επιπλέον, η Microsoft, όπως και η Google, θεωρούν ότι η βελτίωση της πρόσβασης σε δίκτυα Wi-Fi θα δώσει σημαντική ώθηση σε τομείς όπως το Cloud Computing and the provision of services via the Internet (Web services).
Source: naftemporiki.gr
