Operator invests Wi-Fi fever beyond 3G

The author of this edition of the information Times reporter Pan Jingwen recently wi-Fi Alliance released a survey report that most of the young people go to Starbucks to drink coffee is actually drunk, not coffee, but the Wi-Fi internet.　　It is reported that, because more and more "Wi-Fi Control" appeared, the world's major operators to invest in Wi-Fi more than 3G enthusiasm. Investigating the popularity of Wi-Fi in the domestic young people you are going to drink coffee, by the way to use Wi-Fi internet, or to use Wi-Fi internet, by the way to drink coffee? The following data from the Wi-Fi Alliance apparently hurt the coffee shops. Recently, the senior Wi-Fi Alliance said that nearly 87% of young people in China would rather give up coffee or tea than give up Wi-Fi.　　In addition, 82% of young people spend more time using Wi-Fi than watching TV. According to the Wi-Fi Alliance, the survey was conducted in 2010, a total of 5OO samples in developed cities, targeted at the 18-Year-old to 35-year-old crowd. While many in the industry have questioned the reliability of sample surveys, the prevalence of Wi-Fi is an indisputable fact. According to the Wi-Fi Alliance, the world 2010 Years a total of 761 million Wi-Fi facilities, shipments of rapid growth. The 2010 number of Wi-Fi products was 61% higher than last year. Around 10% of the world's population is using Wi-Fi to connect with others.　　At present, more than 1 billion Wi-Fi equipment has been put into use in the world, only 2009 years in the factory about 580 million Wi-Fi equipment, the estimated 2011 of the factory volume will reach 1 billion, 2013 will continue to grow to 1.5 billion department. Industry global operators to speed Wi-Fi construction facing the Wi-Fi boom, almost all global operators are looking for this important technology once positioned as 3G complementary Wi-Fi technology. In the United States, At&t, which operates the iphone, has the largest Wi-Fi network in the United States, with more than 23,000 hotspots.　　To ensure an advantage over Wi-Fi networks, At&t works with other service providers worldwide to allow at&t users to roam over 125,000 hotspots worldwide. And in another advanced country in communications-Britain, the traditional ftns operator, BT-has done more "absolutely nothing".　　The operator, which does not even have a mobile phone business, simply gave up the handset business and was dedicated to laying nearly 2 million Wi-Fi hotspots across the UK. In China, the number of Wi-Fi hotspots reached 285,000 at the end of 2010.　　According to a 2009 statistic, the Chinese market shares nearly 7 million Wi-Fi handsets, a figure expected to reach 97 million in 2013. At present, the domestic three major operators in the national WLAN public hotspot launched a free experience activities, are in the country's major cities to build WLANs. Hot spots in major airports, railway stations or city commercial centersCurrently, there is basically a WLAN network coverage. Recently, China Mobile's chairman, Mr Wang, said during a meeting in the Asian Financial Forum that mobile will increase Wi-Fi investment this year. Mr Wang said increasing Wi-Fi was the fastest way to go, and last year the move had begun to implement the strategy, which would be further intensified this year, laying out a large number of wireless hotspots in densely populated areas. Mr Wang believes that, from the current perspective, investment is small and quick.