Wireless Technology

Jaringan WiFi dunia ternyata tumbuh cepat tiap hari karena popularitasnya yang makin meningkat sebagai media akses Internet berkat ponsel Smartphone yang umumnya telah terpasang WiFi modemnya.

Tercacat saat ini ada 56 juta Titik Akses WiFi (Access Points) di seluruh dunia, dengan penambahan datanya sebesar 100.000 tiap hari melalui perangkat software scanning untuk WiFi.

Di Asia terdapat HotSpots WiFi, namun umumnya diselenggarakan oleh paar operator telekomunikasi, dan hanya sedikit oleh penyelenggara lainnya. Di Singapore HotSpot WiFi diberikan secara gratis, sedangkan di neagar2 Asia lainnya layanan itu berbayar.

------------ sumber: Telecom Asia ----------------------

Wi-Fi networks are spreading throughout the world, proving an increasingly popular method for wireless access to the internet, according to a new report from Wi-Fi crowdsourcing company WeFi.

And with handset makers developing more smartphones with embedded Wi-Fi, using Symbian, Android and other smartphone platforms, the handset is catching up to the laptop in terms of Wi-Fi data consumption.

Wi-Fi networks are becoming ubiquitous, the report states - WeFi's Wi-Fi scanning client software has now detected over 56 million access points worldwide, with around 100,000 unique Wi-Fi networks added to its database per day.

While hotspots are proliferating across Asia, according to Canalys analyst senior Tong-Yen Lau, the development of Wi-Fi networks is fragmented in the region.

"Singapore on one side of the scale offers free Wi-Fi access across the whole island, whereas countries like China and South Korea are still building up Wi-Fi networks," he said.

According to ABI Research VP for forecasting Jake Saunders, Asia is quite an open Wi-Fi market, "but in terms of number of Wi-Fi hotspots, the market tends to be dominated by incumbent telecom operators."

There are a number of specialty Wi-Fi providers in the region, he said, but with a few exceptions their presence is small.