Secure, password-free Wi-Fi networks are one step closer today. The Wi-Fi Alliance is announcing plans to start tests for Wi-Fi Certified Passpoint devices and infrastructure equipment. Once deployed, Passpoint will let wireless networks authenticate users solely through SIM-based and non-SIM-based hardware methods. Carriers want to use the new Wi-Fi tech to offload cellular traffic from their crowded, spectrum-constrained networks. Likewise, the plus for customers is a smoother alternative to the annoying splash screens on public hotspots in airports and cafés.
The first Next Generation Hotspots should be coming in early 2013
Later, in Q4 of this year, carriers will begin trials on the first crop of Passpoint-enabled Next Generation...
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