Hotspot usage continues to burn brightly, will top 120B connects in four years, says In-Stat

THE HOTSPOT MARKET continues to surge forward with strong growth in footprint and usage driven by wireless and broadband providers embracing Wi-Fi as both a competitive differentiator, and an enhancement to core services. According to new research from In-Stat, this trend will continue, and usage is expected to increase to nearly 120 billion connects in 2015.The report Wi-Fi Hotspots: The Mobile Operator's 3G Offload Alternative found that Asia Pacific has emerged as the preeminent hotspot market, largely due to recent renewed investment in venue deployment. It also predicts that hotspots will continue to be a key factor in mobile operators' data offload strategy.Other key...