[SFDXA] Get Ready For 'Super Wi-Fi' To Be A Big Thing In 2013 - Business Insider

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  Get Ready For 'Super Wi-Fi' To Be A Big Thing In 2013

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By this time next year, thousands of people will be using a new 
longer-range kind of Wi-Fi commonly called "super Wi-Fi."

Super Wi-Fi isn't really Wi-Fi, a form of wireless networking which uses 
unlicensed spectrum. Instead, it's a new kind of wireless network 
running on unused or underused spectrum known as "white spaces." It's 
championed by the likes of Google 
<http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/google> and Microsoft 
<http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/microsoft>.

After a long, protracted battle  with broadcasters, who first opposed 
the new tech, it got the official okay from the FCC 
<http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/federal-communications-commission> 
last December. Since then there's only been a few pilot networks where 
people can use it.

But progress is being made. A key company in the Super Wi-Fi industry is 
Spectrum Bridge. It just announced a new program 
<http://www.spectrumbridge.com/ourcompany/pressreleases/12-08-29/Spectrum_Bridge_Launches_TV_White_Space_Certification_Program_to_Help_Radio_Manufacturers_Navigate_FCC_Approval_Process.aspx> 
to help equipment makers get white-spaces radios approved to be sold. 
That means that Super Wi-Fi is on track to be more widely available in 2013.

This follows news from June, when the Advanced Internet Regions 
University, (AIR.U) said 
<http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/thinking-tech/airu-to-connect-universities-with-8220super-wi-fi-8221/12143?tag=content;siu-container> 
that it will deploy Super Wi-Fi on university campuses across the 
country starting next year, too.

Super Wi-Fi is exciting because it is stronger and more powerful than 
existing Wi-Fi. It will be especially important for rural areas and 
other dead spots where broadband wireless isn't available. If it can get 
a TV signal, the area can have high-speed Internet access.

This is expected to become a $1 billion market, similar to the Wi-Fi 
industry.

*Don't miss: The Next Billion-Dollar Wireless Industry Has Officially 
Launched 
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