iPass, the world's largest commercial Wi-Fi network, via a joint study - Wi-Fi growth map - with analysts Maravedis Rethink unveiled a report on the worldwide deployments of public Wi-Fi hotspots. The report expects that there will be 47.7 million public Wi-Fi hotspots deployed globally by the end of 2014, growing to over 340 million in next four years. This brings nearly one Wi-Fi hotspot for every twenty people on earth by 2018, a vast increase from today's one Wi-Fi hotspot for every 150 people. Read More - http://www.policychargingcontrol.com/technology-and-solution-trends/2930-340-million-public-wifi-hotspots-by-2018-wi-fi-first-trend-emerging