Apple reportedly looking to adopt 802.11ac 5G Gigabit Wi-Fi this year
Dan Graziano, reporting for BGR.com:
Apple may be looking to incorporate support for 802.11ac Wi-Fi specification into the company’s products this year, according to a report from AppleInsider. The new standard offers three times the speed of the 802.11n standard, capable of achieving speeds of over 1 Gigabit per second. The Cupertino-based company is expected to “rapidly deploy support” of the new standard into AirPort base stations, Time Capsules, the Apple TV, notebooks and possibly mobile devices, according to the report.
Apple have a track record for successfully pushing new technologies to market, though the iPhone was late to receiving 802.11n. It’ll be interesting to see if their adoption of 802.11ac pushes the technology to become a widely used standard.
(via @ianisted)
