Wifi Roaming

Some of you may have read my post a week or so ago entitled Wifi is too Fiddly. Well, according to this press release on Engadget it seems that the GSMA and WBA agree with me. It is nice to feel vindicated.

Essentially they are proposing that SIM based authentication could be utilised to connect to WiFi access points. Thus your mobile service provider could setup some access points in areas where there is very high data usage and shift users onto this, thus freeing up the radio network for voice traffic and users outside the wireless range. Areas like airports and train stations immediately spring to mind for this type of hand off.