11 May 2010

WeFi Releases Q1 Data Report on Wi-Fi Usage
80% Symbian Users Consume Less Than 100 Mb

WeFi, creator of the world's largest community-based Wi-Fi network, released today the first of what will be quarterly reports on global Wi-Fi usage. Report covers Wi-Fi usage during the first quarter of 2010, and includes statistics on Wi-Fi user behaviour over various devices and operating systems.

Titled “Wi-Fi Analytics Report: An Analysis of Global Wi-Fi”, the report includes both statistics and analysis from WeFi on a variety of issues related to wireless internet, including statistics on Wi-Fi users over various mobile devices and mobile operating systems, cellular data offloading unto Wi-Fi networks, average duration of use when a user is connected to a public Wi-Fi hotspot, Wi-Fi internet usage mobility, and more.

The report covers data usage over full-size notebooks, netbooks, and mobile devices using Symbian or Android operating systems (see more information about platforms in the report). The unique data – available solely through WeFi - is based on information gathered from over 56 million Wi-Fi access points in WeFi’s database of hotspots around the world.

WeFi acquires the Wi-Fi access point data by aggregating the Wi-Fi usage statistics of nearly 5 million mobile devices and laptop where the WeFi client software is installed. WeFi’s database represents more than 10% of the total estimated Wi-Fi access points across the world.

Zur Feldman, Chairman and CEO of WeFi said: “As internet use becomes increasingly mobile, with smartphones, netbooks, and new devices being used in libraries, coffee shops, universities and hotels, there is an increased interest among mobile operators, wireless internet providers, as well as average users in studying just how and where users are connecting. Leveraging our number of users and our large database of Wi-Fi access points in over 220 countries, WeFi has been analyzing the available data and we are excited to share this information with the public.”

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