Australians will get a sneak peak at what the country's largest public Wi-Fi network is going to be like at the Floriade flower festival this year. The CBRfree network, which is being rolled out across Australia over 2014 and 2015, will be delivered by iiNet to the flower festival across September and October. Seven wireless access
Rail passengers travelling on one of the country's busiest routes will now be able to access free Wi-Fi during their journey. The free service will be available on South West Trains-Network Rail Alliance Class 444 'Desiro' trains travelling on the main line route from London Waterloo to Weymouth and Portsmouth. Every weekday, more than 30,000 people use
T-Mobile, one of the US' biggest mobile operators, is to provide customers with free wireless routers in an attempt to improve their cell reception. The company announced its plans on Wednesday, saying the move would help expand its services to areas where reception is either patchy or non-existent. According to the firm's CEO, John Legere, the majority
Mobile internet browsing could soon become much quicker - at least for Apple users - as the new iPhone 6 will be able to achieve speeds at least three times faster than the current model. The state-of-the-art model, which has just been announced by Apple, will include 802.11ac Wi-Fi. This means it can reach speeds of 433 Mbps,
Tourists are increasingly accessing the internet whilst they're on holiday Down Under, new data from Tourism Research Australia reveals. Between 2013 and 2014, tourist internet use rose by 13 per cent, with the majority choosing to access it via their smartphones (43 per cent). A further 34 per cent used a tablet device to get online,
American cable firm Comcast has started pushing its own advertisements to users of its nationwide network of Wi-Fi hotspots. As well as reminding consumers that they're connected to Comcast's Xfinity service, the company will promote certain products by injecting JavaScript into the portal pages that users must pass through to establish connections, gizmodo.com reports. While
Bosses at Camden's famous Market can now accurately track customer activity after new Wi-Fi infrastructure was installed in the area. As well as giving shoppers better access to the web, the newly implemented network will be used by CamdenMarket.com to gather valuable behavioural data. This is likely to include customer locations, as well as useful
Broadcom has unveiled a new double antenna-supporting mobile 5G Wi-Fi chip which it says will offer users download speeds as high as 650 Mbps. The new release, dubbed the BCM4358, provides 2x2 MIMO (multiple-input and multiple-output) capabilities for mobile devices. It follows the company's first-generation 5G Wi-Fi offering, the BCM4354, which was first unveiled at February's Mobile
Hotel Wi-Fi Test has launched a new browser extension so that people using comparison sites can easily see how fast an internet connection is expected to be before they book. The browser extension is currently available for anyone running Chrome or Firefox, though it's unknown whether it will be released for Safari or Internet Explorer users, reports
More than a third of Brits take Wi-Fi availability into account when choosing a hotel, the results of a recent study show, with professionals increasingly eager to keep up with work while away. After questioning 1,000 UK workers about their holiday tech habits, cyber-security firm ESET found that 34 per cent have Wi-Fi near the
