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
Posted by: Anasia D'mello
According to a Wireless Broadband Alliance cross-industry survey of service providers, equipment manufacturers and enterprises, almost four out of five (79%) have adopted or plan to adopt the WBA OpenRoaming standard. (more…)
November 19, 2020
Posted by: Anasia D'mello
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…)
Posted by: Anasia D'mello
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
Posted by: Anasia D'mello
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
Posted by: Anasia D'mello
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 1, 2018
Posted by: Anasia D'mello
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has published a new white paper highlighting how the capabilities of the latest generation of Wi-Fi, 802.11ax, are set to revolutionise the industry by enabling a new suite of opportunities that benefit operators, enterprises and end users. (more…)
September 20, 2018
Posted by: Anasia D'mello
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), together with The GSMA, Fira Barcelona and the city of Barcelona launched a successful next generation Wi-Fi (Passpoint™) deployment at Mobile World Congress 2018, demonstrating how advanced wireless hotspots can fuel connectivity for smart cities. (more…)
March 19, 2018
Posted by: Zenobia Hegde
As part of the ongoing celebrations to honor World Wi-Fi Day 2017, the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has announced that its City Wi-Fi Roaming project will run for a second year. (more…)
July 28, 2017
Posted by: Avadhoot Patil
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has launched a new white paper outlining the key priorities for operators and technology vendors, and the monetisation potential for unlicensed technologies for IoT. (more…)
March 30, 2017
Posted by: Avadhoot Patil