By Claus Hetting, WiFi NOW CEO & Chairman
Bouygues Telecom’s excellent home Wi-Fi service is reinforcing the company’s position as one of the most successful broadband operators in Europe: Last month the company released three new Wi-Fi 7 products and also revamped its existing Wi-Fi 7 tri-band gateway. Bouygues Telecom’s strong focus on getting Wi-Fi right is paying off as the company for the seventh time in a row has been selected as France’s best home Wi-Fi service by nPerf. The company won the WiFi NOW Award for Best Service Provider in December of last year.
Good things come to operators that prioritise excellent Wi-Fi. Case in point: France’s Bouygues Telecom. In December of last year, Bouygues Telecom won the WiFi NOW Award for Best Wi-Fi Service provider and last month, the company was once again elected as offering the best Wi-Fi service in the country. Bouygues Telecom’s work to serve customers with the absolute best Wi-Fi services now continues with the release of three new Wi-Fi 7 products, all fully Wi-Fi Alliance certified.
The list of releases includes a new dual-band Wi-Fi 7 gateway – called the BBox WiFi 7 – plus the BBox 5G WiFi 7 (also dual-band) that connects to 5G FWA for backhaul. Both gateways include new Wi-Fi 7 dual-band extenders. Bouygues Telecom has also rebranded the tri-band gateway that won the WiFi NOW Award, now named BBox WiFi 7 XT. The BBox WiFi 7 XT connects to another new product: A set-top box equipped with an NPU that will convert video signals to 4K and HDR as required. The new set-top box is – as far as we know – the world’s first Matter certified device of this type.
Innovation: BBox 5G WiFi 7 gateway & maintaining the number one ranking
Bouygues Telecom has equipped the BBox 5G WiFi 7 (powered by MediaTek) with a 4×4 MU-MIMO radio configuration and screen that displays 5G signal strength because the placement of 5G FWA gateways within the home are often governed by where the best 5G signal can be found. The device’s stronger Wi-Fi radio and antenna configuration was selected to deliver compensation for more challenging gateway placements, Bouygues Telecom says.
“We’re super excited about our new releases above all because our results prove that getting Wi-Fi right really matters. We’re now at 50% market share for our 4G/5G Wi-Fi 7 gateways in France as well as the undisputed top operator as far as Wi-Fi is concerned. We’ve also been meticulous in making sure our gateways and extenders are designed according to the highest eco-friendly standards compliant with the ‘Green Product Mark,’ a certification of TÜV Rheinland. We will continue to push the envelope in developing some of the world’s best gateways together with our partners,” says Davor Males, Wi-Fi Expert at Bouygues Telecom.
Bouygues Telecom’s ranking as number one in Wi-Fi for France is a result of testing and analysis by nPerf, an independent French telecommunications company specialized in measuring and analysing the quality of internet connections globally. The nPerf report can be found here.
At a recent press conference, the company also highlighted the importance of certification: “Wi-Fi certification is important to us and to our customers. This certification is the reason of the success of Wi-Fi since its beginning in 1999. We don’t consider this certification a simple formality. It represents a proof of quality and a guarantee of interoperability for all the Wi-Fi devices in our customer premises,” Bouygues Telecom said.
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