Wi-Fi Global Congress 2013 – Day 1 Afternoon Roundup
The afternoon session was kicked off by Richard Webb, Directing Analyst at Infonetics Research, who spoke to delegates about the latest carrier Wi-Fi market trends and operator strategies before introducing BandwidthX CEO Pertti Visuri, who spoke on how operators and Wi-Fi service providers can ensure the best value from Wi-Fi. One innovative new project highlighted
Wi-Fi Global Congress 2013 – Day 1 Morning Roundup
This year’s Wi-Fi Global Congress event in London was opened up by JR Wilson, Wireless Broadband Alliance Chairman and VP, AT&T. JR gave delegates an overview of how next-generation Wi-Fi is set to revolutionize internet access across the globe, how Wi-Fi roaming is now very much open for business and where new opportunities lie for
ICP Operator Q&A – True
ICP is one of the most important key drivers to standardize and facilitate global Wi-Fi roaming. There are many benefits of ICP that encouraged True to participate. Firstly, the program will enable participants to not only assess the level of Wi-Fi service capability, but also allow them to benchmark themselves with other global players. Secondly,
ICP Q&A – NTT DOCOMO
NTT DOCOMO joined this commercial Wi-Fi roaming program to effectively meet the objectives of the ICP and exchange technical and commercial information. We wanted to contribute to the structure of the standard frameworks (a set of technical and commercial templates), as we saw that this would be beneficial to us and every operator to utilize
Project and Program call to action
WBA Programs & Projects update 2012 was a remarkable year for WBA’s Programs & Projects with consistent growth in member participation and over 165 meetings held. The level and pace of this activity led to a successful closure of more than 80% of the ongoing projects. These projects ranged from NGH trial related activities to
New partnerships
A number of exciting industry collaborations are in place for 2013: GSMA-WBA Joint Taskforce Phase 2, to address the topics of Signaling Optimization and Seamless Session Transfer with IP preservation Small Cell Forum-WBA Joint Whitepaper on Integrated Small Cell and Wi-Fi CableLabs-WBA Joint Taskforce to align roaming frameworks
