Pedro Mouta - Senior Manager, WBA Project Management Office Since 2017, WBA members have been leading the convergence and coexistence of licensed and unlicensed technologies, with a specific focus on 5G and Wi-Fi convergence. WBA’s work is ongoing and remains accurate and precise on the initial assessments of opportunities and challenges with RAN Convergence.
Paris, January 18th, 2024 - Wifirst, the leading WiFi infrastructure operator for professionals, has acquired Hotsplots, a key player in the German WiFi market (17,500 hotspots). After joining the Next 40 at the beginning of 2023, this strategic acquisition, backed by its solid, long-term investors (CAPZA, AMUNDI, Bpifrance, Socadif), will enable Wifirst to continue its
Houston-based company continues to enhance global connectivity solutions through transformative partnership HOUSTON (January 16, 2024) – WorldVue, the trusted platform which empowers guest-centric properties around the globe to leverage technologies such as video entertainment, digital infrastructure, wireless connectivity, and smartphone applications , announced its partnership with OpenWiFi to enable global deployment of Telecom Infra Project
Signify BrightSites ‘drops in’ on the action at La Quinta, California skatepark. X-Park, La Quinta, California’s 40,000 square foot, state-of-the-art skatepark now has the high-speed, high-capacity broadband connectivity visitors need to ‘catch air’! Signify has revolutionized the skatepark experience by delivering seamless, wireless network coverage through the skatepark’s outdoor lighting infrastructure. The park’s
Dear WBA Community, The OpenRoaming federation, a transformative initiative designed to enable automatic, scalable and secure connections onto private wireless networks continues to revolutionize the adoption of roaming. This blog details key developments championed by WBA’s OpenRoaming Work Group over the second half of 2023. User Experience and Device Support: In October,
With 93% of event-goers recognising live events offer an experience they can’t get at home, venue owners have huge revenue opportunities if they can up their connectivity game 11 December 2023 | London, England New research by Boldyn Networks reveals that advanced connectivity will transform the fan experience of the future. According to the study Sports, Gaming and
Boldyn Networks and Roma Capitale have signed the agreement to build #Roma5G, the city's first advanced 5G infrastructure, open to all mobile network operators Project includes coverage of all metro lines, installation of more than 2200 small-cells, public Wi-Fi with 850 access points in 100 squares, installation of 1800 IOT sensors, and 2000 5G CCTV
San Jose, CA – December 8, 2023 – Allied Telesis is pleased to announce that its advanced Wi-Fi 6 Access Points (APs) have been proven to interoperate with OpenRoaming™ – an exciting technology that makes it easy to connect to over 3.5 million public hotspots worldwide. OpenRoaming is an international public wireless LAN connection standard
London, UK, December 7th, 2023 — Following the release of the WBA Annual Industry Report 2024, Tiago Rodrigues, CEO of the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), has revealed ten predictions for 2024 and beyond that he believes will change the way wireless technology is used by communities and businesses across the world, including improved connectivity, efficiencies
Latest WBA cross-industry report also shows major investment in OpenRoaming and city-wide Wi-Fi planned for the next 12 months as the global hotspot total surpasses half a billion London, UK, November 29th, 2023 — Wi-Fi 6, 6E and 7 top the list of wireless technologies that network operators, ISPs, device and chipset vendors, enterprises and
