18 November, 2021 –The Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA), an organisation with over 400 companies working together to simplify and harmonise the Internet of Things (IoT) through technology standards, and Infineon Technologies AG, a world specialist in semiconductor solutions, announced Infineon will be joining the Alliance’s board of directors as a promoter member. Infineon will be represented on CSA’s board of directors by Skip Ashton, a longtime champion of standards in IoT having served in leadership roles with the Zigbee Alliance and Thread Group, and who currently serves as distinguished engineer for the company. (more…)
November 19, 2021
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The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has announced that users of its new OpenRoaming service will be granted enterprise-level security. This is as a result of a partnership with infrastructure security experts, Kyrio. (more…)
December 3, 2020
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Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), the worldwide industry body dedicated to improving Wi-Fi services and standards, has concluded five trial deployments of Wi-Fi 6 across diverse markets. The deployments show that Wi-Fi 6, with wider channels up to 160 MHz, and capacity up to 9.6 Gbps (compared to 3.5 Gbps in Wi-Fi 5), can enable nearly three times faster gigabit data rates. (more…)
November 19, 2020
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Mayor Sylvester Turner announced on Monday that the city of Houston has expanded its groundbreaking digital alliance with Microsoft to innovate in big data, artificial intelligence and the digital economy. Microsoft brings to Houston “Accelerate,” a new program designed to address economic recovery through skilling both underserved communities and re-skilling the many Americans impacted by COVID-19. (more…)
August 25, 2020
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According to a cross-industry survey conducted by the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), 90% of respondents are already planning to deploy Wi-Fi 6. The respondents include personnel from a global cross-section of over 200 telecommunications service providers, (more…)
October 1, 2019
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The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) reports that Tiago Rodrigues has taken the helm as CEO, following a unanimous vote at the wireless industry group. (more…)
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Demonstrations over the first two days of the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance’s (DSA’s) Global Summit have highlighted how alternative technologies are key to connecting the four billion people who still do not have access to the internet. The Global Summit will explore an extensive agenda covering the issues facing spectrum sharing now. (more…)
June 27, 2019
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At the Huawei Global Analyst Summit 2019, Huawei and Wi-Fi Alliance (WFA) held a media roundtable meeting with the theme of “Wi-Fi 6, Unlocking Business Value.” At the media roundtable, Huawei announced AirEngine as its new Wi-Fi brand, which will be applied to its full series of enterprise-class Wi-Fi 6 products. (more…)
April 22, 2019
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Iskratel, a European provider of broadband access solutions, has launched its Innbox G78 GPON home gateway – designed to improve Wi-Fi performance by up to 30% – and a new mesh Wi-Fi solution. (more…)
March 12, 2019
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The growth in Wi-Fi continues unabated, with increasing volumes of Wi-Fi devices and traffic, an adoption breakthrough in Next Generation Hotspot (NGH) Passpoint, and increasing confidence around the commercial deployment and specification of next generation technology Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax). (more…)
November 6, 2018
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