After the excitement of yesterday’s awards ceremony, Day 2 of the conference program was kicked off by the WBA’s Co-Chairman Chris Bruce (BT) whose opening address recapped yesterday’s events, introduced the notion of a ‘Wi-Fi Onesie’ and gave an interesting overview of the UK wireless landscape. He revealed that 7 out of 10 people now
Wi-Fi Global Congress – San Francisco, US – 9th October 2014 – The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), the industry association focused on driving the next generation Wi-Fi experience, today announced the winners of the WBA Wi-Fi Industry Awards 2014. The awards recognize Wi-Fi innovations by operators, vendors, device manufacturers and new ventures within the industry.
After three days of workshops and closed meetings, today marked the launch of the WBA’s Wi-Fi Global Congress presentation program which boasted an impressive 450 attendees! This was kicked off by the WBA’s Chairman JR Wilson (AT&T Mobility), whose opening address gave an inspiring insight in to the industry achievements of 2014 and exciting projects
Today marked the first day of a number of promotional activities which centred around Next Generation Hotspot and Passpoint. Greg Ennis, Vice President of Technology for the Wi-Fi Alliance kicked off proceedings with the launch of Passpoint Release 2. He highlighted the strategic importance of Wi-Fi in today’s mobile world and revealed that there are
Enables Intelligent Wi-Fi Connectivity with Location based notifications, advertisements and deals San Francisco, USA | Oct 9, 2014 Elitecore Technologies, a leading provider of Wi-Fi Service Management Platform launches Elite Connect Mobile App, yet another masterpiece for the Carrier Wi-Fi segment. Elite Connect Mobile App lays down the marker for Carrier Wi-Fi technologies of the
Following yesterday’s vote made by the Alliance Board Directors, the WBA is pleased to announce the continued appointment of J.R. Wilson, Vice President of Partnerships & Alliances for AT&T Mobility, as its Chairman, a position he has held for the past two years. Chris Bruce, Director of BT, will also remain as the Alliance’s Co
Hotel giant Marriott has been fined $600,000 (£375,716) for jamming guests' Wi-Fi at one of its establishments in America. The Gaylord Opryland in Nashville, Tennessee blocked conference attendees' personal Wi-Fi networks, then charged them huge amounts for using the hotel's own connection, reported independent.co.uk. Visitors were required to pay as much as $1,000 per access point to get online, as the Marriott
Company works with 13 other WBA members from across the globe to help lay the groundwork that will enhance the user Wi-Fi experience. (Toronto, ON) September 17, 2014: On August 27, 2014, sister companies, BAI Canada Inc. and Transit Wireless, subsidiary of Canadian-owned BAI Group joined the WBA in its efforts to unite the ecosystem
