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Wi-Fi hotspots are "telephone boxes of the broadband era" claims Ericsson exec - Tech Digest
Mobile broadband offerings are growing at such a rapid pace, and becoming affordable enough to make Wi-Fi hotspots irrelevant, according to Ericsson's Chief Marketing Officer, Johan Bergendahl. "Hotspots at places like Starbucks are becoming the telephone boxes of the broadband era," he claimed at a recent conference in Stockholm. Quite a different viewpoint from the likes of Apple, then, whose latest offerings -- the iPhone and MacBook Air -- rely heavily on the availability of Wi-Fi to perform at their best...
Andy Merrett