A group of 18 organizations on Thursday announced the formation of WifiForward, a coalition that aims to persuade policymakers to open more unlicensed wireless spectrum for use by WiFi-enabled devices. Members include the American Library Association, Best Buy, Comcast, the Consumer Electronics Association, Google, Microsoft and Time Warner Cable. “WiFi traffic grows nearly 70 percent each year and adds tens of billions of dollars each year to the U.S. economy,” said Mike Roudi, Time Warner Cable’s SVP for corporate development.
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Heavy Hitters Go to Bat for WiFi
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. February 14, 2014 08:54 AMA group of 18 organizations on Thursday announced the formation of WifiForward, a coalition that aims to persuade policymakers to open more unlicensed wireless spectrum for use by WiFi-enabled devices. Members include the American Library Association, Best Buy, Comcast, the Consumer Electronics Association, Google, Microsoft and Time Warner Cable. “WiFi traffic grows nearly 70 percent each year and adds tens of billions of dollars each year to the U.S. economy,” said Mike Roudi, Time Warner Cable’s SVP for corporate development.