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Wi-Fi on the up
Posted by: eusty on Thursday, August 24, 2006 - 08:00 AM
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Finally the Wi-Fi phenomena seems to have caught on with
wireless provider, iPass, reporting that it has seen a sharp rise in Wi-Fi usage
in recent months.
The company reported that it has seen a 54
percent increase in the number of European Wi-Fi access connections initiated by
its users between January and June 2006. iPass believes this shows that more
firms in Europe are embracing mobile working, and giving their employees the
tools to work remotely.
| "The main factors [behind the rise in usage] are the
proliferation of the technology... wireless cards are now integrated
in most laptops and Wi-Fi hotspots are becoming much more
ubiquitous, but also the fact that users get more and more confident
using the technology based on their experiences connecting to their
home wireless LAN or their corporate WLAN." |
| Ken Greene, director iPass's technical consultancy |
The post popular locations where iPass users connect is
unsurprisingly airports, with hotels running second.
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