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
In a move that underscores the importance of WBA OpenRoaming™, Google has unveiled Orion Wifi, a new platform for Wi-Fi Roaming developed in Area 120, Google’s in-house incubator for experimental products. Orion Wifi lets public venues – stores, office buildings, stadiums and other locations – sell Wi-Fi capacity to cellular carriers. Orion Wifi is
WBA targets billions of devices to automatically link to millions of networks globally Boingo, Broadcom, Cisco, Google, Intel and Samsung among first to embrace OpenRoaming™ to power new opportunities in the 5G era Operators, venues, identity providers and equipment vendors invited to join global Wi-Fi roaming consortium to deliver automatic and secure connected experience on
WBA supports the decision of the FCC to open the 6 GHz band for Wi-Fi use and confirms early tests show Wi-Fi 6E’s unprecedented speeds and hyper-low latency London – April 23rd, 2020: The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), the body leading development of next generation Wi-Fi services, today supports the decision by the Federal Communications Commission
Widespread Wireless Industry Support of OpenRoaming as Industry Standard London, March 19, 2020 – The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) today announced its intention to take over ownership and management of OpenRoaming as a global wireless industry standard. The move, in line with the WBA’s history and leadership on Wi-Fi Roaming services and interoperability, is designed
Delivers major speed improvements in data throughput and low latency Extends Wi-Fi 6 into 6GHz spectrum to unleash full capabilities Broadens potential and opens new use cases for Wi-Fi networks London 3rd March 2020: Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), the worldwide industry body dedicated to improving Wi-Fi services and standards, today announced the first phase of
WBA’s Wireless Global Congress will co-locate in 2020 Events gather world-leading Wi-Fi and IoT experts under one roof London 29th January 2020: The importance of Wi-Fi technology to IoT deployments was emphasised today with the announcement that this year’s IoT Solutions World Congress in Barcelona (Spain) would also host the 2020 European edition of
Ontix and Global Reach Technology Deliver Hybrid Cellular and Wi-Fi Service For Exceptional Connectivity Across Popular Tourist Area London, United Kingdom, January 22nd 2020 - A new public Wi-Fi service is now available in Trafalgar Square, offering consumers enhanced connectivity in one of London’s busiest areas. Delivered by innovative wireless infrastructure provider Ontix, the outdoor
Proven reliability of high bandwidth and low latency IoT communications, next generation Wi-Fi delivers Mixed Reality and 4K video streaming across factory network London – December 5th, 2019: The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), the body leading development of next generation Wi-Fi services, today confirmed the successful completion of its phase one trial of Wi-Fi 6 infrastructure
