WBA Press releases

Boingo, Broadcom, Cisco & Samsung showcase WBA OpenRoaming™ at South America’s busiest airport offering a friction-free secure, world-class Wi-Fi experience London – May 18th, 2021 – The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) today announced that travelers, employees and retailers at Brazil’s São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport (GRU) are now able to access the world’s first at-airport

New OpenWiFi initiative from Telecom Infra Project adopts OpenRoaming Wi-Fi roaming standard to facilitate seamless Wi-Fi roaming connectivity London – May 5th, 2021: The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has announced that Telecom Infra Project (TIP), an initiative focused on accelerating the pace of innovation in the telecom industry worldwide, has adopted the WBA OpenRoaming™ standard

Saudi Arabia’s CITC Designates 1200 MHz of Spectrum for License-Exempt Use and Paves Way for Wi-Fi 6E & Wi-Fi 7 London – March 30, 2021: The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), the body leading development of next-generation Wi-Fi services, commends the the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) for their groundbreaking spectrum

New industry guidelines highlight critical role Wi-Fi will play in the long-term success of 5G.  Outlines convergence opportunities for optimizing business innovation and customer experience.  London, 26 January 2021 – Convergence between Wi-Fi and 5G access technologies is critical for enabling new breed of services, applications and experiences such as Industry 4.0, AR/VR, Connected Cities

OpenRoaming now offers the highest security currently available on a public Wi-Fi network London, 3 December 2020 – The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has today announced that users of its new OpenRoaming™ service will be granted enterprise-level security thanks to a partnership with infrastructure security experts, Kyrio®. The WBA OpenRoaming Service, which removes the barriers

London [19th November, 2020]: 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. As the Wi-Fi roaming standard was only introduced in late May 2020, this demonstrates a very rapid and widespread

Fremont, CA – November 17, 2020 – Selecting an intelligent multi-radio strategy is becoming increasingly important to succeed in a connected world, as illustrated in a new whitepaper released today by the LoRa Alliance® and Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA). The paper, “Wi-Fi & LoRaWAN® Trials - An Overview of Use Cases Across Regions Combining Two Technologies” provides

London, UK, November 2nd 2020: The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) today announced the winners of the 2020 WBA Industry Awards, which honors the most significant innovations and achievements from across the Wi-Fi ecosystem. The award winners were announced during the during the WBA’s Wireless Global Congress, which is being staged online between October 26th and

WBA leaders outline ambitious vision of Worldwide Wi-Fi Harnessing new standards to network the world with Wi-Fi spectrum London, UK, October 28th 2020: The newly re-elected leaders of the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) - the worldwide industry body dedicated to improving Wi-Fi services and standards – believe the world is on the verge of becoming

Spain becomes the latest country to join push for global Wi-Fi roaming, delivering a seamless and secure roaming internet experience with WBA OpenRoaming™ Users in Port of Barcelona, Port Vell, Barceloneta Beach and Palma de Mallorca City among the first to benefit, with 18 more cities to follow Cisco aid in deployment