WiFi is a heavily regulated part of the wireless spectrum in America, and as a result the rest of the world. Fortunately this week the FCC announced that they’re planning to make some new rules on WiFi networks so that there will be less wireless signal overlap which should offer a number of benefits. This is great news for a number of reasons and it is expected to be a big deal for the technology industry worldwide.

The exact changes the FCC hopes to implement are not official yet but they have said that the overall change will include some additional wireless spectrum licensing which will increase speed and range of all wireless routers substantially. This may only be legally binding in America but nearly all WiFi routers worldwide follow US FCC rulings so this is going to affect the wireless spectrum worldwide.

Experts are hopeful that a speed increase of around 40% will be seen from this small change and in the future the FCC hopes to continue making improvements to increase speed even more. No word yet on when the changes will become legally binding but when they do most manufactures are expected to jump on the bandwagon immediately.

Wifi has become a household word in much of the world, especially the US, and now it appears that in the coming year or two Wifi is going to become even more exciting and useful. Currently a system called “super Wifi” is being developed and even used in some locations and if things work as well as planned this new interface will bring wireless internet to millions of people with little effort required.

Traditional Wifi has trouble traveling more than 50 to 100 feet, which is good enough for most homes but terrible for group coverage, fortunately “super Wifi” is going to resolve this. Current expectations are that a single connection point or router will be able to provide high speed Wifi coverage to significantly larger areas covering entire neighborhoods or even cities.

Super Wifi is going to be a big deal for the internet industry because for once it will be possible to give millions of people wireless internet access without any additional hardware. This will not only mean big profits for the companies but also significantly lower prices for the customers. Things are still in the development phases in many ways but the current expectation is that Super Wifi will likely be spreading across the US and other countries in the coming year so things should be very exciting to watch.