WiFi industry visionaries have been forecasting a looming explosion of WiFi connected devices for several years now. Being an industry insider, I have viewed this with both anticipation and a healthy dose of skepticism.
Now, however- I believe it has arrived.

Today, all Wi-Fi technologies are designed to operate in unlicensed wireless band. The two spectrums currently used are around 2.4 GHz, called the ISM (or Industrial, scientific and medical band) and 5 GHz in the UNII (or Unlicensed National information infrastructure band). There are specific differences between the two bands.

Well here we go again, another major security breach where many users’ passwords have been exposed.

For most, wireless service has the built in perception that it may not work everywhere, all the time. This goes for mobile phone services as well as Wi-Fi networks.

Gartner said - "By 2015, 80% of newly installed wireless networks will be obsolete because of a lack of proper planning". So what should you take away from that statement? Itís that designing Wi-Fi to support high densities of laptop, tablets and smartPhones is nothing like it was as little as 12 months ago.

I constantly get this question and its one of the few times my canned answer of 'it depends' is actually 100% valid.

Let’s face it, we live in a world where wireless is fast becoming the preferred or only means of accessing your applications or content. Mary Meeker’s latest Internet Trends report, provides fascinating insight into the latest developments including the observation that mobile traffic accounts for 10% of all Internet traffic worldwide.

When I give presentations on Wi-Fi technology in front of a live audience, I usually do an informal poll about recent experiences people have had with Wi-Fi service. Was it positive/neutral or negative during their most recent hotel stay, their most recent convention/trade show, and where they work. Invariably, the audience responds polar opposite for the first two categories compared to the... Read More »