Free Mobile offers its customers the rocker 3G/Wi-Fi Community

While Free strengthened the capacity of its network to end the problems of voice calls at peak times, it announces today a technological innovation that should attract more than one.

The operator in turn launches 'Free Secure WiFi' or automatic connection and seamless to the Wi-Fi Community ADSL customers. Explanations. Free Mobile subscriber can connect automatically and without manipulation of open Wi-Fi DSL box operator present throughout (4 million hotspots).

"Mobile subscribers in Package Free and Secure FreeWiFi connected to receive unlimited access to the Internet without that reduce consumption data does not come fair use of 3GB addition, this service greatly improves indoor coverage data in particular areas dense, "the company said in a statement.

SFR claimed authorship of service

For the mobile user, you are guaranteed to never lose a true mobile broadband when not covered by 3G, for example, or when it wishes to limit its 3G data usage. Once a Free Wi-Fi network is detected, the smartphone connects to it.

The technology also helps relieve the mobile network for data traffic, while Free Mobile currently widely used in the roaming network partner Orange.

This service relies on the authentication protocol EAP-SIM. It is fully secure: each subscriber will automatically connect to WiFi network with an IP address community dedicated to him. The network connection does not require community input identifier, authentication is doing with the SIM card.

Obviously, the throughput of the ADSL subscriber has priority and is never impacted by the use of a third party.

Free stresses the first to commercially launch this service, including "through control of its 3G network to all IP and its technological edge." Recall however that SFR experiments exactly the same thing in the Southeast for several months and announced a national launch in June.

This service called Auto-Connect Wi-Fi is also based on the box and ADSL customers like Free, SFR claims 4 million box including Wi-Fi has been opened.

"We are the first to have worked upstream for a year, on this technology and have established a set of specifications with manufacturers of mobile" explains a spokesman for SFR. The operator does not hide his irritation also as to the authorship of this service claimed by Free ...

One thing is certain, Free returns to the field of innovation, land that competitors intend to reserve for themselves apart from the new entrant. If Orange and SFR have yet to advance, with 3G + to 42 Mb / s or 4G for 2013, Free Mobile does not intend to fall behind.

Still some issues ... Side of service quality, it is questionable how 'Free Secure WiFi' manage roaming. The rocker will she automatically when the customer goes through the 3G network of Orange (which is where most of the time) and not by the network of Free Mobile?

In addition, this service will he compatible with all OS and all mobile devices? To our knowledge, only five iOS (iPhone) and Blackberry OS 7 for now natively support the EAP-SIM ...