In the 1990s the IEEE created the concept of an international standard for wireless networking (IEEE 802.11) which eventually became known as ‘Wi-Fi’. Over the next 5 years, more than 100 million internet connected devices were sold annually, creating a massive reliance for Wi-Fi by consumers in their day-to-day lives. Today there are over 8
Following the recent vote made by the Wireless Broadband Alliance Board Directors, the WBA is pleased to announce the continued appointment of Mr. JR Wilson, Vice President of Tower Strategy and Roaming for AT&T Services, as its Chairman, a position for the past 6 years. Dr. Derek Peterson, CTO of Boingo Wireless is newly elected
The WBA’s first major event of 2018, the Wireless Global Congress in Orlando, is just days away, and we at the WBA couldn’t be more excited for what promises to be one of the most significant wireless events of the year. Unlike other similar conferences, WGC Orlando brings together the leading players from virtually every
5G, the next generation of multi-access radio technologies, is anticipated to provide higher speed, greater capacity and lower latency to customers. The market practitioners are enthusiastic on about its great reactiveness, smart and much boosted capacity in supporting billions of connected devices and 'things'. WBA and our members believe Wi-Fi will be a core
By Tiago Rodrigues, General Manager of the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) This year at Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona a group of companies, many of them members of the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) together with GSMA, Fira Barcelona and City of Barcelona developed a pilot on Wi-Fi Roaming across a series of hotspots in Barcelona
This blog was submitted for publication by iPass. By now, I don’t know how many times you’ve heard it. Data is growing exponentially, with no end in sight. One of the main contributing factors: consumer video use. The challenge has been clear for some time now, how do we accommodate the resulting, increased demand for
In September 2017, Cisco, alongside the GSMA, WBA, Boingo Wireless, Accuris Networks, and BSG Wireless working together with key operators brought a record-setting Next Generation Hotstpot (NGH) deployment to the inaugural MWC Americas event. More than 60% of attendees’ Wi-Fi connections were automatically authenticated through NGH – in short, the deployment was very successful!
Owen Geddes VP Market Development, Devicescape "Giving any access point the ability to function as a beacon allows for in-venue engagement and measurement which is not dependent on the consumer logging-in or connecting to venue Wi-Fi. The result is far wider consumer reach across a huge footprint of locations." - Owen
With only 3 weeks until Mobile World Congress 2018 in the beautiful city of Barcelona, here at the WBA we are reflecting on the inflection point of the wireless world as we grow ever closer to 5G. In the 4th industrial revolution the story moves beyond connecting people and digital empowerment to the connecting billions
