Day 1 – Wi-Fi NOW USA

Building a Billion-User WiFi Network

claushetting — Sun, 05 Mar 2017 21:15:42 +0000

Without a viable alternative, large enterprises and service providers have been stuck with proprietary WiFi hardware and a controller-based WLAN architecture that make WiFi networks costly and their management complex.

Mojo Networks is revolutionizing WiFi through the power of cloud and open standards to make WiFi networks remarkably easy to manage and reliable at massive scale and incredibly cost effective. In this talk, we’ll look at a case study of Reliance JioNet WiFi, a massive pan-India public WiFi network, powered by the Mojo Cloud and software disaggregated WiFi access points.

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Monetizing Public Wi-Fi: A New York City Subway Case Study

claushetting — Sun, 05 Mar 2017 20:45:37 +0000

With the increasing dependence on mobile devices, consumers have come to expect wireless connectivity wherever they go. Free Wi-Fi is an amenity that the public needs now more than ever before.

But are businesses able to profit from the network despite remaining a free service to consumers? We will explore how companies can use a layered monetization approach when delivering free public Wi-Fi service by investigating successful deployments such as New York City subway Wi-Fi.

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Wi-Fi NOW Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony & Reception

claushetting — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 11:28:21 +0000

At this year’s Wi-Fi NOW USA we want to honour two of the greats of our industry by inducting to individuals into the Wi-Fi NOW Hall of Fame.

In this session we will announce and celebrate our first ever Hall of Fame inductee.

For more about the Hall of Fame, see this link.

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Debate: The Wi-Fi future of the enterprise & cities

claushetting — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 11:22:38 +0000

In this debate we’ll zoom in on the opportunities & challenges in Wi-Fi for enterprises & cities: How can the need for managed services be addressed effectively? What are the most promising monetization strategies right now? How can deployment aesthetics be balanced against performance and cost?

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The Connected City and Concealed Outdoor Wi-Fi

claushetting — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 11:08:30 +0000

Mobile device users, consumers, and connected IoT devices continue to drive the need for ubiquitous Wi-Fi. Expanding Wi-Fi into challenging city-wide outdoor environments requires new solutions to both deploy Wi-Fi successfully and ensure that Wi-Fi infrastructure blends into the environment. We’ll get all the details from Tessco’s Jeff Lime.

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City Wi-Fi with Intersection & LinkNYC

claushetting — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 08:24:21 +0000

LinkNYC is right now probably the most ambitious and exciting City Wi-Fi project in the world providing free high-performance Wi-Fi to millions of New Yorkers and tourists to the Big Apple. We’re delighted that Molly Fowler is joining us for a deep dive into the vision and strategy for blanketing cities big and small with Wi-Fi – and how to monetize such projects.

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Four Great Innovations in Enterprise Wi-Fi

claushetting — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 08:16:44 +0000

The Wi-Fi industry is bursting with innovation – especially in the areas of monetization, security, and managed services. In this speed presentation segment we’ll hear from four of the most promising.

Zenreach is transforming how free guest Wi-Fi is managed and monetized at all kinds of public venues. After setting up the portal in just minutes, Zenreach empowers venues to use the service to collect customer data and to set up the right targeted marketing campaigns. We’ll get the full story from Zenreach’s Andrew Borella.

Multi-award-winning TitanHQ is taking on one of the most important challenges in Wi-Fi: Security. The technology is DNS filtering and the company has already racked up a long list of Tier 1 clients. Get the inside story on why DNS filtering is the effective path to secure Wi-Fi with TitanHQ’s Conor Madden.

Extreme Networks is famous for being the Official Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi Analytics provider for the NFL Super Bowl LI. The company has also been positioned as ‘Visionary’ in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for wired and WLAN for the second year in a row. Find out why from Extreme’s Mike Leibovitz.

Tens of thousands of customer signups and a sharp increase in customer visits: Those are just some of the results of venue Wi-Fi from Turnstyle. The Canada-based startup is already one of the world’s leaders in intelligent venue Wi-Fi engagement & marketing. Get the details from Turnstyle CEO Devon Wright.

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Connected Spaces to Predictive Environments: What’s Next for the Digital Home

claushetting — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 07:38:13 +0000

We are at the dawn of the age of predictive computing, and WiFi has become the uncontested connectivity fabric for the home, thanks to its low cost, high performance and extended range. In this talk, Andrea will discuss how WiFi is enabling the shift towards natural interactions with our intelligent homes, interpreted by highly personalized deep learning and anticipating our intents rather than reacting to them.

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Afternoon expo and networking Break

claushetting — Sun, 07 Aug 2016 10:20:30 +0000

Enjoy refreshments and visit all the great companies exhibiting in our expo area!

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Debate: The future of in-home Wi-Fi – who will win and why?

claushetting — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 06:48:38 +0000

The in-home Wi-Fi market – aka ‘the connected home’ – is possibly one of the most dynamic and exciting in tech right now: With lots more spectrum and new technology emerging the race is on to win the hearts, minds, and pocketbooks of consumers.

How will carriers address the need for ubiquitous Wi-Fi in the home? What’s the role of the big Internet companies? Will promising startups grab market share? How do we make sure that consumers get the performance that they want and need? How will security be managed across multiple IoT devices? Can Cloud management extend home Wi-Fi tech to SMBs? Can AI and SON resolve quality & management issues?

We will uncover the opportunities and challenges by asking some of the world’s leading experts and open up for questions from the floor.

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