By Claus Hetting, WiFi NOW CEO & Chairman
Cisco took a total of three trophies at the Tenth Annual WiFi NOW Awards Gala last night, while other winners included Spectrum, Qualcomm/Xiaomi, Morse Micro, Bouygues Telecom, QuantalRF, Helium, Wyebot, and Plume – see the full list below. More than 43 companies and 75 entries were nominated for this year’s awards.
Last night’s traditional WiFi NOW Awards Gala revealed the eleven winners of this year’s prestigious WiFi NOW Awards. The full list can be found below. The evening’s highlights included Cisco winning a total of three awards for the Cisco Campus Gateway, Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul, and the CW9179F AP as well as Morse Micro winning the Best Wi-Fi IoT Award for the sixth consecutive year.
Among service providers, Spectrum won a WiFi NOW Award for the second year in a row for their home gateway 5G backup solution, while Bouygues Telecom won Best Wi-Fi Service provider for their BBox Wi-Fi 7 gateway and service. Huge congratulations to all our winners and indeed to all our outstanding WiFi NOW Award participants. WiFi NOW Awards have in recent years become highly prestigious and winning an award gets harder every year as competition intensifies. We thank everyone who helped make this year’s awards memorable – and we wish everyone a happy holiday season.
★ Award for Affordable Connectivity: Helium for Helium Plus
★ Best Wi-Fi IoT Product: Morse Micro for MM8108 Wi-Fi HaLow SoC
★ Best Service Provider Wi-Fi Solution: Plume for Plume Haystack
★ Best Enterprise Wi-Fi Solution: Cisco for Cisco Campus Gateway
★ Best In-home Wi-Fi Product: Spectrum for ‘Invincible WiFi’ [name updated January 24, 2026]
★ Best Wi-Fi Service Provider: Bouygues Telecom for the Bbox Wi-Fi 7 line-up & service
★ Best Wi-Fi Innovation: Cisco for Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul
★ Best Wi-Fi Startup: QuantalRF for CMOS-based FEMs
★ Best Consumer Wi-Fi Router: Qualcomm/Xiaomi for Xiaomi BE10000 powered by Qualcomm
★ Best Wi-Fi Testing or Tools Platform: Wyebot
★ Best Wi-Fi Deployment Solution: Cisco for the CW9179F hyper-directional AP for large venues
/Claus & the WiFi NOW Team.
