Google would have plans to work together with businesses wi-fi hotspots focus: working with Ruckus Wireless, a manufacturer of wireless network equipment. In addition, could Google the required management software cloudgebaseerd want to make.
Thursday there were rumors that Google has plans to small and medium-sized businesses at large discounts with hardware and software to provide for the construction of public hotspots. A Google user-would have with only his account can access a wi-fi hotspot. Google would gain more insight in the browsing habits of its users. These data could partly also for the participating companies on request.
According to GigaOM Google partnered with hardware manufacturer Ruckus Wireless. Presumably, this company is the wi-fi-provide equipment for the setting up of hotspots. Furthermore, the companies, the management software for the wi-fi hotspots in the cloud want to let it run, making the management central can be carried out and, in theory, hundreds of thousands of hotspots are to be set. The wi-fi service should ultimately develop into a large virtual wi-fi network with potentially millions of nodes for which only one time login is necessary.
The wi-fi hotspots, Google would be free to use, but participating companies are responsible for the necessary bandwidth and the purchase of compatible wi-fi devices. The hotspots would use hotspot 2.0 technology, also known as 802.11 u, that it is easier to make roaming between different wi-fi networks and between wi-fi hotspots and mobile 3g and 4g networks.
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