The recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was awash with WiFi players bustling for attention. Turkish WiFi mesh specialist AirTies boasted new operator trials, Comcast announced the deployment of new WiFi software, Linksys unveiled a tri-band router package, and Chinese manufacturer TP-Link entered the market with a double product launch. This year will be one of significant growth for carrier-controlled WiFi, as more and more operators begin to adopt the array of systems now available, particularly the various mesh networking technologies that have emerged in the past couple of years; and as consumer awareness is heightened still further by a new generation of retail offerings, such as Google’s recently launched WiFi Home Gateway. Wireless Watch’s sister service, Faultline Online Reporter, met…