We recently had the opportunity to speak with Chris Bruce, Co-Chair of the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) and Director of International Consulting Services at BT Global Services. BT is a multinational telecommunications company with head offices in London, UK. It has operations in around 180 countries; is the largest provider of fixed-line, mobile and broadband
Landatel will distribute Fon’s solution to help installers to operate WiFi network deployments in municipalities Fon, the world’s leading WiFi technology provider, and Landatel Comunicaciones, wholesaler of communications systems and value-added services, have announced an agreement to offer Fon’s WiFi Service Management Platform (WSMP) to any Service Provider (SP) interested in managing access services over
Despite being sill defined, 5G is becoming a priority for telecom operators as 5G comes with the promise of unseen services and a broad range of new use cases and business models ranging from enabling autonomous vehicles to smart agriculture and factories. 5G is expected to push the digitization of the economy further due to
Latest WBA whitepaper reveals that Wi-Fi is the leading unlicensed technology under the 5G umbrella Singapore, 6 September 2017 – The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has published its initial assessment into how Wi-Fi and other unlicensed technologies will contribute to the 5G framework definition. The whitepaper explores the opinions of more than 65 companies across
Picture this: you’re on summer vacation in Barcelona, and while walking throughout the city, you’re able to seamlessly and securely roam between various Wi-Fi networks. Essentially, you’ll be able to enjoy consistent connectivity at all times – this is the City Wi-Fi Roaming Project! From June until the end of August, residents and visitors of
Over 60 cities and organizations support WBA’s City Wi-Fi Roaming project, bringing connectivity to 17 cities across the globe this summer Singapore, 18 July 2017 – As part of the ongoing celebrations to honor World Wi-Fi Day 2017, the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has announced that its City Wi-Fi Roaming project will run for a
The Wireless Broadband Alliance hosts the Wireless Global Congress twice a year and is a highlight for operators, network management providers, city planners, device manufacturers, and other companies in the wireless ecosystem. Our most recent Congress took place this past May in London, and as our first major event of 2017, it was a runaway
