Wi-Fi looks set to play a growing role in mobile networks even as LTE and other new cellular technologies with higher capacity are deployed. Several networking vendors are using this week’s Mobile World Congress as a launchpad for hardware and software designed to make carriers’ networks faster and easier to use. Companies are also unveiling software for carriers to shift their subscribers from cellular to W-Fi networks automatically. The new technologies are hitting the market just as mobile operators start to upgrade their cellular networks to new equipment that offers more speed and capacity.”]
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