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WiFi-Sharing Apps

Open Garden Turns Your Smartphone Into a Wireless Router

— May 31, 2012 — Tech
The Open Garden app is a new smartphone application designed to boost sagging WiFi signals. The app effectively lets your mobile device act as a router. The Open Garden app was created by a San Francisco-startup of the same name.

Once the app is installed, it broadcasts a device's wireless signal across a 20 meter (65 foot) area. There are few restrictions on the devices that can run the app, but they do need to at least have 3G/4G connectivity, or use a WiFi hotspot or femtocell base. The app is designed primarily for offices with sub-par wireless connections, letting everyone in the office contribute to the quality of the Internet. The Open Garden app could also be used to boost home wireless connections; it would be especially effective in small homes filled with the latest tech.
Trend Themes
1. Wireless Communication Sharing - The Open Garden app allows smartphones to act as wireless routers, indicating the trend towards affordable and easy wireless communication sharing.
2. Increased Wifi Accessibility - The Open Garden app reflects the trend towards increased accessibility of WiFi, by enabling users to share their WiFi connection.
3. Expansion of Phone Capabilities - The Open Garden app reflects the trend of smartphones further expanding their capabilities and taking on functionalities of other electronic devices.
Industry Implications
1. Telecommunications - The telecommunications industry can benefit from the Open Garden app by offering WiFi sharing services to customers as part of their subscription packages.
2. Office Supply - The Open Garden app can be disruptive for the office supply industry as it enables companies to provide efficient and cost-effective WiFi sharing solutions for employees.
3. Real Estate - The Open Garden app could be disruptive in the real estate industry as it could offer a unique selling point with regard to properties with poor WiFi coverage by enhancing network connectivity.
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