By Claus Hetting, WiFi NOW CEO & Chairman
ISPs now providing majority of home Wi-Fi routers in the US, says Parks Associates
A report released this week by the analysts at Parks Associates reveals that 71% of consumers use Wi-Fi routers and gateways provided by their ISPs (in most other markets home gateways are nearly always provided by ISPs but the US has traditionally always been different in this respect). The finding is a result of a survey of 8,000 US Internet households.
Parks Associates says this is a new trend coinciding with the introduction of Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7 routers, where previously more consumers reported owning their own equipment. From a technical point of view: Managing and optimising home Wi-Fi networks by ISPs – to ensure QoE – can in practice only be done with ISP-provided gateways, which means the new finding is good news for home Wi-Fi QoE.
We’re excited that Elizabeth Parks, President & CMO of Parks Associates, will be speaking at Wi-Fi World Congress USA on April 29 on the topic of “Present and Future of Smart Home IoT, Smart Building IoT”. For more go to this link to get your ticket while spaces last.
Web3 Wi-Fi hotspot provider Karrier One to offload AT&T mobile traffic
Web3 startup Karrier One this week announced they’ve struck a deal with AT&T Mobile for offload of mobile traffic to the Karrier One network of Wi-Fi hotspots. Karrier One is using auto-connect Passpoint technology to automatically connect AT&T mobile subscribers to Wi-Fi. “This will enable seamless and secure Wi-Fi connectivity in premium global destinations, reducing costs, enhancing network performance, and ensuring subscribers have connectivity where they need it most,” Karrier One says in their press release here. Participating Wi-Fi hotspot owners receive Karrier One crypto tokens for offloading data (read more here).
Current market-leading Web3 Wi-Fi hotspot service is Helium. We’re delighted to welcome Helium to Wi-Fi World Congress USA in the form of Mario Di Dio, GM of Network at Helium.
Pavlov Media lands Asset Living as new major managed Wi-Fi services client
Pavlov Media – a major US-based provider of managed broadband services including Wi-Fi – has landed a contract with property management company Asset Living. Pavlov Media will be providing bulk managed Wi-Fi services to Asset Living, a leader in third party property management with more than 288,000 multifamily residential units under contract. Pavlov Media is the parent company of NetExperience, a leading software and Cloud SaaS provider within the OpenWiFi open-source Wi-Fi community.
Pavlov Media President Glenn Meyer will be speaking at Wi-Fi World Congress USA on April 30. Don’t miss this exceptional opportunity to meet one of the most important leaders in the MDU and Wi-Fi space.
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