Blog Tag - Wi-Fi

China on Course for Full 5G Rollout, Includes Beijing Satellite City Xiong'an as Pilot City
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode. China looks to be on course to offer a commercial 5G network at roughly the same time...
Beijing Busses to Get Free Wi-Fi. Uh-huh.
As much as we'd like to believe this one, for now we'll file reports that 90 percent of Beijing's public buses will receive free Wi-Fi by the end of...
Back to the Future: Wi-Fi to Become Available at the Forbidden City
Shortly after announcing that the Forbidden City will be opening up 75 percent more of the palace by the end of this year, one of the world's most...
Beijing to Create 400 Free Wi-Fi Areas. Whatever.
Beijing claims it will establish 400 free Wi-Fi areas using a total of 13,000 access points in order to allow greater connectivity. These areas will...
Public Buses Get Free Speedy Wifi Hotspots
Beijing's public transportation system just rolled out superfast Wi-Fi – but unfortunately only on the bus systems. The good news: it works, and 12,...
Talking Travel: USD 291,000 Per Year for an Airbus A320 Captain
Greetings from 10,000 meters. Sometimes in order to make deadlines, it's necessary to use inflight Wi-Fi. United Airlines charges USD 16.99 for the...
New Citywide Wi-fi to Launch (but will it actually work?)
Surf’s up: the Beijing Government will launch a new, free wi-fi network called “My Beijing” later this month. According to China.org (via Techcrunch...
News You Might Have Missed: Great Losses and Not-So-Great Freebies
Beijing is like a sneaky thief. While pretending to give with one hand, it's busy stealing something away with the other – like your TV programming...
PSB Crackdown on Beijing Cafe Wi-Fi
Café-goers attempting to surf the net at one of Wudaoying Hutong’s many venues might be out of luck following new measures by the local PSB to...
Surf’s Up - Free Wi-Fi Cafes Around Town
It’s cold out, but that doesn’t mean you should stay holed up at home. Beijing has many cozy and creative venues offering free Wi–Fi access where you...