That being said, mobile routers are designed to be much more stationaryâ you set them up at home or in the office, and thatâ s pretty much it. This lack of portability comes with the trade-off ...

Consumer Technology Writer and heavy tech user Gareth Butterfield takes two of Netgear’s latest Nighthawk mobile hotspot routers on a few holidays to see if they’re worth the price ...

Portable WiFi—also called mobile WiFi or mobile routers—is exactly what it sounds like: small, easily transportable devices that act just like your WiFi router at home.

Mobile hotspot routers vary in price enormously. From the sub-£100 devices that perform only a little better than your smartphone to the high end kit that can cost north of £1,000, there's a lot ...

Since the mobile Wi-Fi routers have their own Wi-Fi, they can be used as a hotspot - for example, during family outings or conferences where many devices need an Internet connection at the same time.