With all the commotion being made over LTE these days, it’s easy to forget Wi-Fi. While it theoretically saves battery life, speeds up downloads, and eases network congestion, it’s often too much of a hassle to find an access point and log in — especially when you’re on the move. The Wi-Fi Certified Passpoint standard is aiming to solve that, giving users the ability to hop on networks automatically when they’re in range, without having to deal with the browser log-in windows. Devices can become certified through a variety of methods, either through software permissions or hardware such as SIM cards. Once certified, the devices will support WPA2 security and roaming agreements between providers.
Wi-Fi Certified Passpoint standard to provide automatic hotspot login
The Wi-Fi Certfied Passpoint program aims to provide devices with automatic login credentials for Wi-Fi hotspots. The program comes from the Wi-Fi Alliance, and will begin certification testing in July.
The Wi-Fi Certfied Passpoint program aims to provide devices with automatic login credentials for Wi-Fi hotspots. The program comes from the Wi-Fi Alliance, and will begin certification testing in July.
Carriers would no doubt love for this to take off — with global mobile data traffic predicted to quadruple by 2016, something will need to be done to ease the burden on congested networks. The program comes from the Wi-Fi Alliance, and will begin certification testing in July.
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