The WBA has announced new measures to accelerate the deployment of Community Wi-Fi networks where subscribers allow part of the capacity of their residential gateway to be open to casual use. The WBA has published a whitepaper that details Community Wi-Fi service levels, network architectures, and implementation details, as well as sharing case studies from
Alliance Joins Forces with over 20 Major Industry Players and a number of Industry Associations to Produce Best Practice Guidelines and Highlight Use Cases San Francisco & Singapore – September 24th, 2014 – The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), the industry association focused on driving the next generation Wi-Fi experience, today announced new measures to accelerate
All council schools in Cardiff are now connected to wireless internet in what is believed to be the largest single Wi-Fi network in Western Europe. Some 126 council schools across the city are benefitting from the scheme, which cost a total of £3.6 million. The new Wi-Fi is particularly important for those schools with outhouse buildings separate
American telecoms firm Verizon Wireless has followed in the footsteps of its competitor AT&T by announcing plans to introduce Wi-Fi calling in 2015. The company says the service will become available around the middle of next year, despite previously claiming that it wasn't interested in diverting customers away from standard mobile connections. Fran Shammo, Verizon's CFO, confirmed
The WBA today announced significant advances in Next Generation Hotspot (NGH) deployments including 12 live commercial NGH deployments from WBA member operators from the US (Boingo, Towerstream, Time Warner Cable), Asia (KT, NTT DOCOMO, SKT, Telkom Indonesia), Europe (Orange), South America (Linktel) and the Middle East (Mobily), supported by infrastructure vendor members such as Aruba
Global Deployments Ramping as 20 Carriers Demonstrate NGH Developments at Wi-Fi Global Congress San Francisco using latest Passpoint Equipment San Francisco & Singapore – September 22 2014 – The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), the industry association focused on driving the next generation Wi-Fi experience, today announced significant advances in Next Generation Hotspot (NGH) deployments including
Passengers flying with Virgin Atlantic will soon be able to enjoy on-board Wi-Fi of up to 70Mbps, thanks to a new partnership with Gogo. The deal means Virgin Atlantic is the first European carrier to use Gogo's 2Ku system. Moreover, the in-flight Wi-Fi is set to be much faster than Gogo's ground-based wireless broadband, which only reaches speeds of
The WBA is proud to announce the shortlist for the Wi-Fi Industry Awards 2014. The awards recognize outstanding achievement by operators, vendors and device manufacturers within the industry. They are open to the whole industry and have attracted entries from vendors and operators around the world, and across the public Wi-Fi ecosystem.
UK airports have been criticised after a Skyscanner report revealed that only two offer completely free Wi-Fi access. Birmingham and London City airport both have free unlimited Wi-Fi, meaning users can browse for as long as they like without the fear of having to pay or get kicked off.Edinburgh, meanwhile, only allows two hours of free Wi-Fi,
Passengers using the services of Addison Lee will have access to superfast internet from next year, after the London minicab firm announced plans to make 4G Wi-Fi available in all of its vehicles. The decision was made after a successful trial was carried out across a small section of the company's fleet. The connectivity will
