The WBA further found that 58% of respondents are more confident in investing in Wi-Fi than they were a year ago
A new Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) report reveals that Wi-Fi 6, 6E and 7 will be among the top technology priorities for network operators,...
LitePoint exec: 'This is the first year we’ve ramped Wi-Fi 6E; it's shipping in high volumes'
According to IDC Research, 3.8 billion Wi-Fi devices are forecast to ship in 2023 alone, and of those, 473 million are expected to be Wi-Fi 6E devices. The firm...
According to Broadcom, the Wi-Fi 6/6E market is 'fully saturated'
Wi-Fi 6, or IEEE 802.11ax, was certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance in the fall of 2019, and unlike past upgrades, this generation highlighted efficiency by introducing multi-user concepts, rather than focusing solely on faster speeds...
Network equipment vendor HFR has said it will supply a “converged private 5G and Wi-Fi 6E network” for a new industrial complex “in the metaverse” at the Kyungnam Techno-Park in the coastal city of Changwon in the southeast of South Korea. The Kyungnam/Changwon development...
Wireless communications have transformed nearly every application space, from smart home security and personal computing to mobile phones, audio, and video streaming, and factory-floor automation. Benefiting from decades of rapid innovation, almost every electronic product on the market today is a connected device.
The technologies...
Qualcomm has been approved as the first Automated Frequency Coordination System Administrator (AFCSA) for commercial operation of Wi-Fi 6 systems in Canada.
QUalcomm said that its AFC system is "immediately available" for operations in Canada. It's also waiting for approval from the U.S. Federal...
In the 3-year period since the FCC opened the 6GHz band for unlicensed use in the U.S, the 6GHz Wi-Fi momentum has been nothing short of phenomenal - with adoption around the world and a device ecosystem spanning key market segments, 6GHz Wi-Fi is...
The installation is scheduled to be completed this month and includes approximately 900 of Extreme’s Wi-Fi 6E APs
Comcast Business and Extreme Networks have partnered to provide Oracle Park — the home to the San Francisco Giants — with a Wi-Fi 6E-ready network, making the sports venue the first...
The fourth quarter of 2022 saw record shipments of enterprise-geared wireless LAN (WLAN) devices, mostly Wi-Fi devices, with volumes topping 10 million in the period, according to research firm Dell’Oro Group. Revenues spiralled upwards, alongside, to reach $3 billion, also a record. Cisco shipped...
Dream Las Vegas will house 531 hotel rooms, 12,000 square feet of meeting and event space and a 20,000-square-foot casino
Boingo Wireless has been selected to design, build and manage extensive DAS and Wi-Fi 6E networks at Dream Las Vegas, a new hotel and casino...
Value-add applications supported by the Nokia WiFi Beacon 10 include cybersecurity and gaming optimization
For many communications service providers (CSPs), offering Wi-Fi connectivity is table stakes. But, in an era of hybrid working, latency-sensitive applications, and rapidly evolving technologies, carriers have a two-fold challenge: keep...
AFC is a spectrum use coordination system designed specifically for 6 GHz operation
BARCELONA, SPAIN - Cisco has announced that it will integrate Federated Wireless’ Automated Frequency Coordination (AFC) solution into its wireless 6 GHz-capable access points. The pair said the collaboration will help bring Wi-Fi 6E capabilities...
Automated Frequency Coordination, or AFC, is a spectrum use coordination system designed specifically for 6 GHz operation
Telecoms software and hardware provider Airspan has selected Federated Wireless as its Automated Frequency Coordination (AFC) service provider for its latest Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) product line.
The new solutions...
Forty-four percent of service providers, technology vendors and enterprises plan to adopt Wi-Fi 6E in the next 12-18 months: Report
In October, the Wireless Broadband Alliance released its Annual Industry Report for 2023 and found that 53% of service providers, technology vendors and enterprises have...
Automated Frequency Coordination (AFC) is a spectrum use coordination system designed specifically for 6 GHz operation
In order for unlicensed Wi-Fi 7 (or 802.11be) devices to play nice in the 6 GHz band with the licensed users already occupying that band, the Federal Communications Commission...
When Wi-Fi 6 Extended, which refers to the ability to operate Wi-Fi in the 6 GHz band, was announced, the industry rejoiced for it was the first time in 20 years that Wi-Fi technology was allocated additional spectrum. Users are still in the process...
There’s been talk in some corners that Wi-Fi 6E is a “niche” generation of Wi-Fi. Nothing could be further from the truth. Wi-Fi 6E is the most significant development in the history of Wi-Fi and offers incredible value to enterprises.
That said, I understand why...
Barcelona-based antenna company Ignion has launched a digital-twin prototyping tool for IoT devices with up to five radios. The latest version of its Antenna Intelligence Cloud (AIC) product, which ostensibly removes the need to start with a physical prototype, supports design simulations of IoT...
Federated Wireless has been conditionally approved as an automated frequency coordination (AFC) system operator by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), to go alongside its role as gatekeeper for CBRS spectrum access for private cellular deployments in the US. The firm has already struck commercial...
'This is good news and real progress': FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Office of Engineering and Technology announced the conditional approval of thirteen proposed automated frequency coordination (AFC) database systems in preparation for the testing phase of 6 GHz Wi-Fi operations.
AFC...
The Wireless Broadband Alliance also reported that 53% of respondents have already deployed Wi-Fi 6
In its Annual Industry Report 2023, the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) found that 53% of service providers, technology vendors and enterprises have deployed Wi-Fi 6, and an additional 44% said...
TIP OpenWiFi is an open source-based architecture that enables multi-vendor, interoperable Wi-Fi networks
Boingo Wireless has become the first Telecom Infra Project (TIP) participant to adopt TIP OpenWiFi to help it quickly expand its commercial Wi-Fi 6E network. By leveraging TIP’s solution, Boingo can mix...
Extreme Networks deployed four Wi-Fi 6E access points in a 1,400-square-meter venue on the campus
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) revealed today that a recent proof-of-concept trial that tested both Wi-Fi 6E and OpenRoaming achieved an impressive maximum download speed of 1.7 Gbps. The trial, which...
Learn about Wi-Fi 6E and the other Wi-Fi standards in this Keysight white paper. Understand the new regulatory requirements for wireless IoT devices and ensuing measurement challenges.
