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WBA Annual Industry Report 2023
The last twelve months have been exceptionally rich for Wi-Fi both in terms of innovation and market adoption boosted by a favorable regulatory environment. There are more than 18 billion Wi-Fi devices in use today, and Wi-Fi generates an economic value of $3.5 trillion. Wi-Fi remains the dominant indoor technology and enjoys a momentum driven by a combination of factors. These include: the impact of the pandemic on internet usage (with Wi-Fi traffic doubling ); the game-changing addition of the 6GHz spectrum band around the world; the rapid commercial availability and market adoption of Wi-Fi 6/6E and the flurry of innovative services ranging from OpenRoaming™ to Wi-Fi sensing.
Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7 promises to supercharge deterministic Wi-Fi with new techniques— such as multi-link operation and time-sensitive networking—while leveraging spectrum dynamically with automatic frequency coordination. Industries from hospitality to healthcare and transportation to smart cities are embracing this predictable WiFi to support new use cases and business models.
To find out more, download the WBA Industry Report 2023.
WBA Membership Brochure
Become a member of the WBA and work with global Wi-Fi industry leaders to develop new technology and business opportunities.
In-Flight Wi-Fi Connectivity
“In-Flight Wi-Fi Connectivity: Improving Passenger Experience, Engagement and Uptake,” explores how airlines, service providers and other stakeholders can make it faster and easier for travellers to get and stay connected.
Wi-Fi Roaming Standard – WRIX Umbrella Document
WBA defines roaming set-up best practices for service providers and outlines the reasons for providing roaming services as well as suitable strategies to adopt. Standards are provided for the type of information needed from the Wi-Fi network, together with guidelines on how to exchange relevant information between involved parties. Moreover, WBA maintains a database of Operators roaming related data, including the WBAID that is solely provided and maintained by the WBA.
This WRIX Umbrella document is an integral part of the whole Wireless Roaming Intermediary eXchange (WRIX) Framework, developed by the WBA Roaming Work Group. This document defines the means by which operators may interconnect with each other, either directly or through their respective WRIX-is, for the purposes of providing wireless broadband roaming services to their end-users. It also provided a guidance for best practices of Wi-Fi Roaming and overview of WRIX interfaces and entities.
Wi-Fi Device Identification – A Way Through MAC Randomization
Until now, many Wi-Fi networks have relied on the original permanence of device MAC addresses to facilitate access to or management of the network.
Without a new way to identify devices on Wi-Fi networks, the networks will cease to be as manageable and/or as functional as they were. This will have customer experience impacts as well as financial ones.
