The geographic boundary covered by a Wi-Fi (802.11) wireless access point. Typically set up for Internet access, anyone entering the hotspot with a Wi-Fi-based laptop, smartphone or tablet can ...

A hotspot - sometimes also called a mobile hotspot, public hotspot, or Wi-Fi hotspot - is a location with a Wi-Fi network, outside of your home or office, where you can connect to the internet.

Mobile hotspots create a small Wi-Fi network that allows you to connect multiple devices to the internet anywhere that you have a cell signal, but figuring out which to get can be confusing.