London is even closer to having blanket Wi-Fi coverage by 2012, following a major breakthrough.

Computer experts at an Irish university have created internet software that could clear busy Wi-Fi networks for passers-by, the PA has reported.

The software is a series of codes that can be installed onto the existing hardware and technology used for Wi-Fi networks.

According to its creators, the innovation will be commercially available from next year.

Director of the team at the Hamilton Institute, Professor Doug Leith said: "London is the one I'd be interested in talking to. They seem to have some momentum."

He added that the solution had come about because the team had shifted their attitude in order to find an answer to the problem which has been puzzling internet service providers for years.

"The key was to stop looking for complex solutions, think differently about the issue and come up with simple answers to the issues," Mr Leith said.

 Earlier in the year, the Mayor of London Boris Johnson promised that the UK capital would have wifi available everywhere from 2012.

However, previous experiments with citywide Wi-Fi, with Norwich, Dublin and Philadelphia previous failed proponents of the scheme.

The internet service provider Earthlink proposed blanket Wi-Fi for 11 cities in the US, but pulled out in 2007 after it said that it could not afford the cost of wiring and adapting the locations.

 

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