MiFi

MiFi is a brand name to describe a wireless router that acts as a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot device.

For other uses, see Mifi (disambiguation).

In many countries, including The United States, Canada, and Mexico, Inseego Corp. (previously known as Novatel Wireless) owns a registered trademark on the "MiFi" brand name; in the United Kingdom, mobile operator Hutchison 3G owns the "MiFi" trademark. Novatel Wireless has never offered an official explanation for the origin of the name "MiFi"; it has been suggested that it is short for "My Wi-Fi".

A MiFi device can be connected to a cellular network and provide Internet access for up to fifteen devices. Novatel Wireless introduced the first MiFi device in the United States in May 2009. In the UK, Hutchison 3G's "MiFi" is a similar product from Huawei with the same name.

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