Following yesterday’s vote made by the Alliance Board Directors, the WBA is pleased to announce the continued appointment of J.R. Wilson, Vice President of Partnerships & Alliances for AT&T Mobility, as its Chairman, a position he has held for the past two years. Chris Bruce, Director of BT, will also remain as the Alliance’s Co
Hotel giant Marriott has been fined $600,000 (£375,716) for jamming guests' Wi-Fi at one of its establishments in America. The Gaylord Opryland in Nashville, Tennessee blocked conference attendees' personal Wi-Fi networks, then charged them huge amounts for using the hotel's own connection, reported independent.co.uk. Visitors were required to pay as much as $1,000 per access point to get online, as the Marriott
Company works with 13 other WBA members from across the globe to help lay the groundwork that will enhance the user Wi-Fi experience. (Toronto, ON) September 17, 2014: On August 27, 2014, sister companies, BAI Canada Inc. and Transit Wireless, subsidiary of Canadian-owned BAI Group joined the WBA in its efforts to unite the ecosystem
Consumers in South Africa who fancy a cold beverage will now be able to connect to free Wi-Fi as well, after Coca-Cola installed routers in several of its vending machines. The scheme, a partnership with British Telecom, sees the soft-drink supplier testing Wi-Fi-enabled vending machines in Qunu, Umtata and Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga. If these locations are successful,
Some 1,000 payphones in Australia will now provide those nearby with an internet connection, as Telstra is turning them into free Wi-Fi hotspots. The new network will be switched on from November, just in time for the busy Christmas period. The phone booths chosen for Telstra's trial are located in popular tourist locations, such as Brisbane's Queen
The WBA has announced new measures to accelerate the deployment of Community Wi-Fi networks where subscribers allow part of the capacity of their residential gateway to be open to casual use. The WBA has published a whitepaper that details Community Wi-Fi service levels, network architectures, and implementation details, as well as sharing case studies from
Alliance Joins Forces with over 20 Major Industry Players and a number of Industry Associations to Produce Best Practice Guidelines and Highlight Use Cases San Francisco & Singapore – September 24th, 2014 – The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), the industry association focused on driving the next generation Wi-Fi experience, today announced new measures to accelerate
All council schools in Cardiff are now connected to wireless internet in what is believed to be the largest single Wi-Fi network in Western Europe. Some 126 council schools across the city are benefitting from the scheme, which cost a total of £3.6 million. The new Wi-Fi is particularly important for those schools with outhouse buildings separate
American telecoms firm Verizon Wireless has followed in the footsteps of its competitor AT&T by announcing plans to introduce Wi-Fi calling in 2015. The company says the service will become available around the middle of next year, despite previously claiming that it wasn't interested in diverting customers away from standard mobile connections. Fran Shammo, Verizon's CFO, confirmed
The WBA today announced significant advances in Next Generation Hotspot (NGH) deployments including 12 live commercial NGH deployments from WBA member operators from the US (Boingo, Towerstream, Time Warner Cable), Asia (KT, NTT DOCOMO, SKT, Telkom Indonesia), Europe (Orange), South America (Linktel) and the Middle East (Mobily), supported by infrastructure vendor members such as Aruba
