<p><a href="http://www.sanjoseca.gov/index.aspx?nid=3689" target=new><img src="http://www.sanjoseca.gov/images/pages/N3689/WickedlyFast.jpg" align=right hspace=10/></a><a href="http://www.ruckuswireless.com/press/releases/20140604-ruckus-expands-partnership-city-san-jos%C3%A9-extending-popular-wickedly-fast-wi">Ruckus Wireless today announced</a> the expansion of its partnership with <a href="http://www.sanjoseca.gov/index.aspx?nid=3689">the City of San José</a> with the extension of their Wi-Fi network throughout <a href="http://www.flysanjose.com/fl/about.php?page=newsroom/releases&subtitle=Newsroom+|+News+Releases">Mineta San José International Airport</a> (SJC) and the <a href="http://www.sanjose.org/content/about-team-san-jose">San José McEnery Convention Center</a>. </p>
<p>These two new extensions of the network provide visitors with a single, reliable, free, high-performance public Wi-Fi network throughout heavily trafficked indoor and outdoor public areas of San José. </p>
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<p>The Wi-Fi upgrade at the Airport incorporate 58 <a href="http://www.ruckuswireless.com/products/zoneflex-indoor">Ruckus ZoneFlex Smart Wi-Fi access points</a> that extend the range and speed. Ruckus claims up to a four-fold increase in speed, and twice the coverage of the old system. Gigabit fiber connections supply the facility and advertisements have been eliminated over the free Wi-Fi service.</p>
<p>At the Convention Center, over 225 high capacity have been deployed, incorporating the company’s <a href="http://www.ruckuswireless.com/technology/beamflex">patented BeamFlex™ technology</a> to increase range and performance.</p>
<p>“As the Capital of Silicon Valley, we are pleased to expand our Wickedly Fast Wi-Fi network to our airport and newly-renovated convention center,” <a href="http://www.sanjoseca.gov/index.aspx?NID=203">Mayor Chuck Reed said</a>. “These two facilities are key drivers of economic activity, and equipping them with the most advanced wireless technologies available will greatly aid their ongoing efforts to attract new business. </p>
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<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotspot_%28Wi-Fi%29#Hotspot_2.0">Hotspot 2.0</a> is a new set of protocols to enable cellular-like roaming. A variety of partnerships are developing nationwide and world-wide, including:</p>
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<li>The “<a href="http://www.cablewifi.com/">CableWiFi</a>” network identifier (SSID) allows devices to auto-connect to a “CableWiFi” hotspot when in range. Comcast alone will install <a href="http://corporate.comcast.com/comcast-voices/building-the-largest-wi-fi-network-in-north-america">eight million Xfinity WiFi hotspots by the end of the year</a> available <a href="http://corporate.comcast.com/news-information/news-feed/comcast-to-reach-8-million-xfinity-wifi-hotspots-in-2014">in public locations across the country</a>, from shopping centers, commuter stations, parks and sporting venues. Xfinity Homes will now contain two SSIDs, enabling consumer cable WiFi boxes to “share” their WiFi, helping the MSOs compete with mobile carriers.
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<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/help/126760650808045">Facebook Wi-Fi</a> is <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57605745-93/why-facebook-is-giving-out-free-wi-fi-for-check-ins/">a partnership between Cisco and Facebook</a> that allows Wi-Fi users to log into access points, using Facebook credentials. <a href="http://newsroom.fb.com/Key-Facts">Facebook said it had 819 million monthly mobile users</a> (73%) out of its total 1.15 billion users in Q2 2013. It’s primarily driven by advertising revenue.
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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FON">Europe’s Fon WiFi community</a>. Uses a $59 Fonera WiFi router. Fon claims to have the largest Wi-Fi network in the world, <a href="http://corp.fon.com/blog/#.Unk6IhA9ss0">with over eight million hotspots as at July 2013</a>.
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<li><a href="https://nghtrial.boingo.com/">Boingo launched “Passpoint Secure”</a> networks at more than 20 airports throughout the United States using the Cisco Hotspot 2.0 network. <a href="http://blogs.cisco.com/sp/boingo-takes-next-generation-hotspot-from-roadmap-to-real-life/#more-141972">Cisco, AT&T and Accuris partnered</a> to bring <a href="http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/service-provider/service-provider-wi-fi/index.html">a Hotspot 2.0 network to MWC 2014</a> this year.
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<li><a href="http://www.ipass.com/">iPass</a> has launched a cloud-based Business Traveler Service 2.0, marking iPass’ transformation into a cloud company utilizing a Software-as-a-Service delivery model, coupled with an app based approach. <a href="http://www.ipass.com/blog/">The service is available at 3,000 airports, 22 airlines, hotels and public areas worldwide</a>. A single log-in enables users to obtain automatic access and authentication on smartphones, tablets and laptops in over 120 countries.
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<li><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2148240/exclusive-google-mulling-wifi-for-cities-with-google-fiber.html">Google is considering deploying Wi-Fi networks in cities covered by Google Fiber</a>. The disclosure is made in a document Google is circulating to 34 cities that are the next candidates to receive Google Fiber in 2015.
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<li><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/21/google-plans-low-cost-high-quality-wi-fi-networks-for-small-and-medium-sized-businesses-report-says/">Google is apparently planning to offer subsidized, commercial-grade Wi-Fi hardware to small and medium-sized businesses</a>, reports TechCrunch, including doctors’ offices, restaurants, and gyms. A Hotspot 2.0 feature would streamline signing in. The hardware would be the only cost involved, and use the businesses’ existing Internet connections, unlike the Google-provided Wi-Fi networks running at Starbucks.
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<li><a href="http://www.cloud4wi.com">Cloud4Wi</a> released <a href="http://apps.cloud4wi.com/">a new software development kit </a>(SDK) to enable third-party developers to design apps for its Wi-Fi marketplace platform, to deliver greater network value to organizations with Wi-Fi. Cloud4Wi is launching the new SDK at Cisco Live, Cisco’s annual IT and communications conference, at Moscone Center in San Francisco this week.
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<li><a href="http://www.ruckuswireless.com/">Ruckus Wireless</a> has announced their <a href="http://www.ruckuswireless.com/press/releases/20140520-ruckus-launches-virtual-smartcell-gateway-carrier-class-wlan-management">virtual SmartCell Gateway</a> (vSCG) as a followup to the <a href="http://www.ruckuswireless.com/products/smart-wireless-services/sams">Smart WiFi Access Management Service</a> (SAMS) it <a href="http://www.ruckuswireless.com/press/releases/20140415-ruckus-unveils-smart-access-management-public-cloud-service">unveiled last month</a> for small and midsized businesses. It’s designed for mobile and cable network operators, managed service providers, and large enterprises that want to move their WLAN management to the cloud.
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<p><a href="https://fiber.google.com/about/">Google Fiber</a> is Google’s “fiber-to-the-premises” project to install and provide residential broadband high-speed internet service to U.S. cities.</p>
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<p>In February this year, Google announced its intention to further expand its fiber project and invited 34 cities, <a href="http://www.sanjoseca.gov/Blog.aspx?IID=34#item">including San José along with Palo Alto, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, and Santa Clara</a>, to participate. </p>
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<p>Related articles on Dailywireless include; <a href="http://www.dailywireless.org/2014/04/04/google-fiber-going-wireless/">Google Fiber Going Wireless?</a>, <a href="http://www.dailywireless.org/2014/05/05/whats-inside-googles-fiber-huts/">What’s inside Google’s Fiber Huts?</a>, <a href="http://www.dailywireless.org/2014/02/19/google-fiber/">Google Fiber Expands to More Cities</a>, <a href="http://www.dailywireless.org/2012/07/26/google-fiber-launches-in-kansas-city/">Google Fiber Launches in Kansas City </a>, <a href="http://www.dailywireless.org/2014/03/31/fcc-authorizes-high-power-at-5-15-5-25-ghz/">FCC Authorizes High Power at 5.15 – 5.25 GHz</a>, <a href="http://www.dailywireless.org/2013/11/05/ad-sponsored-wifi-initiatives-from-gowex-facebook/">Ad-Sponsored WiFi Initiatives from Gowex & Facebook</a>, <a href="http://www.dailywireless.org/2013/06/10/comcast-creates-hotspot-2-0-national-network/">Comcast Creates Hotspot 2.0 National Network</a>, <a href="http://www.dailywireless.org/2013/02/21/fcc-moves-to-add-195-mhz-to-unlicensed-5-ghz-band/">FCC Moves to Add 195 MHz to Unlicensed 5 GHz band</a>, </p>

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<p>AT&T said <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732717/000073271714000048/qa8k.htm">in a regulatory filing</a> Tuesday that if it’s allowed to buy satellite broadcaster DirecTV, <a href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/att-says-directv-deal-would-let-it-build-fiber">it will expand fiber connections into more homes</a>. AT&T said it would upgrade 2 million additional locations with fiber, and expand high speed broadband coverage overall to 13 million locations, <a href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/att-says-directv-deal-would-let-it-build-fiber">reports the AP</a>.</p>
<p>AT&T said it expects to save $1.6 billion a year by linking up with DirecTV. The biggest savings would come from lower costs for TV programming. </p>
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<p><a href="http://about.att.com/story/att_to_acquire_directv.html">AT&T announced in April</a> that it could build out Gigapower in 25 cities in its local-phone operating territory, depending on discussions with local authorities and projections of demand. </p>
<p>Today, AT&T supplies 16.5 million homes and businesses with fixed broadband connections, mostly using their high-speed DSL service called <a href="http://www.att.com/shop/u-verse.html#fbid=4E8C8_qwrat">U-verse</a>.</p>
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<p>DirecTV’s board of directors agreed last month to sell to AT&T for $48.5 billion, but the deal needs approval from regulators. Expanding broadband access and raising speeds is a federal policy goal, so AT&T’s offer could interest regulators at the Federal Communications Commission.</p>
<p>It hasn’t said how many homes and businesses that involves, making it difficult to assess the relative size of the newly proposed 2-million-location increase.</p>
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<p>Comcast has 22.6 million pay-TV subscribers to AT&T’s 5.6 million U-verse subscribers, while Time Warner has 11.4 million TV subscribers and DirecTV has 20.3 million, <a href="http://www.leichtmanresearch.com/press/051914release.html">according to Leichtman Research Group</a>.</p>
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<p>The gap between Comcast and AT&T is closer in broadband, with Comcast having 21.1 million cable modem subscribers to AT&T’s 16.5 million subscribers, mostly using DSL.</p>
<p>AT&T has never even hinted that they may be interested in DirecTV rooftops as a potential platform for delivering mobile broadband.</p>
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<p>Dish, by contrast, is expected to <a href="http://www.dailywireless.org/2014/05/13/dish-to-launch-commercial-fixed-wireless-in-july/">Launch Commercial Fixed Wireless in July</a>. <a href="http://newsroom.sprint.com/news-releases/sprint-and-dish-to-trial-fixed-wireless-broadband-service.htm">Dish announced in December plans to enter into a fixed mobile broadband trial with Sprint</a>. It’s similar to <a href="http://about.dish.com/press-release/corporate/dish-and-ntelos-launch-fixed-wireless-broadband-pilot">Dish’s deal with nTelos</a>. The Sprint trial network is expected to start by mid-2014 in Corpus Christi, Texas.</p>
<p>Dish is still looking for a partner to host its AWS spectrum. It also has <a href="http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_25724014/dish-eyes-launch-netflix-like-niche-video-service">cleared deals with Disney for a streaming video service</a> that could cost $20-$30/month.</p>
<p>Related Dailywireless articles include; <a href="http://www.dailywireless.org/2014/05/13/dish-to-launch-commercial-fixed-wireless-in-july/">Dish to Launch Commercial Fixed Wireless in July?</a>, <a href="http://www.dailywireless.org/2014/04/23/dish-networks-testing-innovative-wireless-technology/">Dish Networks Testing Innovative Wireless Technology</a>, <a href="http://www.dailywireless.org/2014/04/08/comcast-wifi-in-merger-mix-with-twc/">Comcast: WiFi in Merger Mix with TWC </a>, <a href="http://www.dailywireless.org/2014/03/31/fcc-authorizes-high-power-at-5-15-5-25-ghz/">FCC hikes power in the lower 5 GHz band</a>, <a href="http://www.dailywireless.org/2014/02/19/google-fiber/">Google Fiber Expands to More Cities</a>, <a href="http://www.dailywireless.org/2014/03/31/fcc-authorizes-high-power-at-5-15-5-25-ghz/">FCC Authorizes High Power at 5.15 – 5.25 GHz</a>, <a href="http://www.dailywireless.org/2013/11/05/ad-sponsored-wifi-initiatives-from-gowex-facebook/">Ad-Sponsored WiFi Initiatives from Gowex & Facebook</a>, <a href="http://www.dailywireless.org/2013/06/10/comcast-creates-hotspot-2-0-national-network/">Comcast Creates Hotspot 2.0 National Network</a>, <a href="http://www.dailywireless.org/2013/02/21/fcc-moves-to-add-195-mhz-to-unlicensed-5-ghz-band/">FCC Moves to Add 195 MHz to Unlicensed 5 GHz band</a>, <a href="http://www.dailywireless.org/2012/01/10/free-broadband-in-france/">Free Broadband in France?</a>, <a href="http://www.dailywireless.org/2013/03/27/city-of-santa-clara-gets-free-wifi-with-meter-reading/">Cities of San Jose and Santa Clara Get Free WiFi</a>, <a href="http://www.dailywireless.org/2013/07/24/free-wifi-for-31-sf-parks/">Free WiFi for 31 SF Parks</a>,</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.ericsson.com/ericsson-mobility-report">Ericsson expects total mobile subscriptions will grow from 6.8 billion in in the first quarter of 2014 to 9.2 billion by the end of 2019</a>, according to the company’s annual “<a href="http://www.ericsson.com/news/1790097">Mobility Report</a>” (<a href="http://www.ericsson.com/ericsson-mobility-report-june-2014.pdf">pdf</a>). Mobile broadband subscriptions are predicted to reach 7.6 billion by 2019.</p>
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<p>In two years’ time, in 2016, the number of smartphone subscriptions will exceed those for basic phones and by 2019 the number of smartphone subscriptions is expected to reach 5.6 billion, according to Ericsson.</p>
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<p>North America is likely to dominate LTE subscriptions through 2019, says Ericsson. Europe will only see LTE subscription penetration of 30 percent compared to 85 percent in North America the same year.</p>
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<p>By 2019, China is expected to reach more than 700 million LTE subscriptions, representing more than 25 percent of total global subscriptions for LTE.</p>
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<p>North East Asia operators will cover fully 95 percent of the population with LTE by 2019, with LTE subscriber penetration reaching 45 percent by then. </p>
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<p>Next year the total number of mobile subscriptions will exceed the world’s population. Mobile subscriptions have grown by 7 percent year-over-year, with 120 million net additions in Q1 alone.</p>
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<p>In two years’ time, in 2016, the number of smartphone subscriptions will exceed those for basic phones and by 2019 the number of smartphone subscriptions is expected to reach 5.6 billion.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.ericsson.com/news/1790097">To accompany the Ericsson Mobility Report</a>, Ericsson has created the Traffic Exploration Tool, for creating customized graphs and tables using data from the report. The information can be filtered by region, subscription, technology, traffic and device type. </p>

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