The future of mobile communication will be very different from what we see today, with wireless data traffic projected to increase 10,000 fold within the next 20 years, due to increased usage of smartphones, tablets, new wireless devices and the Internet of Things (IoT). To meet this ever-increasing demand in capacity and to support 5G [...]

Wireless access to data has become an everyday necessity for both consumers and enterprises. In the last 30 years alone, unfettered access to information has transformed entire industries, fueling growth, productivity and profits. WiFi technology, governed by the IEEE 802.11 standards body, has played a key role in this transformation, providing users with pervasive, low-cost [...]

The history of Wireless Communications started with the understanding or magnetic and electric properties observed during the early days by the Chinese, Greek and Roman cultures and experiments carried out in the 17th and 18th centuries. Here are some selected events in the development of Wireless Communications (material taken from the book History of Wireless, [...]