Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Crank up the Wi-Fi, bring in the femtocells
[ Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:53:50 GMT ]

AT&T says it now has more than 20,000 Wi-Fi hotspots around the country in places like Starbucks, Barnes & Noble, McDonald's, hotels and airports. The Wi-Fi service is free for iPhone customers, as well as for those who have certain other smartphones. The use of Wi-Fi helps ease cellular network traffic, and is being encouraged by several wireless carriers now.With increasing network congestion and data demands, wireless carriers are now welcoming, even encouraging, customers’ use of Wi-Fi on their smartphones and trying out devices called femtocells.


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