By Claus Hetting, WiFi NOW CEO & Chairman
SoftAtHome teams up with Broadcom for Wi-Fi 8 on prpl
France-based SoftAtHome says it is strengthening its relationship with Wi-Fi chipmaker Broadcom ‘to accelerate Wi-Fi 8 readiness on prpl-based platforms’ – meaning on prpl open-source middleware platforms for home gateways. The statement came ahead of last week’s Mobile World Congress, where SoftAtHome was showcasing home broadband services running on Broadcom’s recently released Wi-Fi 8 platforms. SoftAtHome has already delivered Broadcom-based solutions including a world-first Wi-Fi 6E deployment with Orange’s Livebox 6 and a Swiss-first Wi-Fi 7 deployment with Swisscom. Broadcom’s Wi-Fi 8 reference designs integrated with SoftAtHome’s technology stack will be available in 2027 “enabling operators to continue in leading early market adoption,” SoftAtHome says. For more read here.
Helium’s carrier offload jumps 60% quarter-on-quarter, users grow 34%
Helium’s latest results show enormous promise as the Wi-Fi First MNO last week posted 60.7% growth in data offload volumes for 4Q2025 measured as quarter-on-quarter. The total volume of mobile data offloaded from carriers topped 4388 TB for the quarter. Other impressive numbers reported is a 32.4% increase in average daily users quarter-on-quarter to 1.6 million with a peak of 2.5 million on December 20, 2025. For more about Helium’s strategy, read here.
RUCKUS Networks deploys Wi-Fi 7 at LA FC’s BMO Stadium
Years ago RUCKUS Networks used to be one of the leading providers of stadium Wi-Fi – and now it seems the company is back successfully challenging its much larger peers in this highly competitive market. According to this press release RUCKUS Networks has now completed a Wi-Fi 7 deployment at BMO Stadium, which is a 22,000-seat open air venue located in Los Angeles’ Exposition Park.
BMO Stadium is the home of Major League Soccer’s Los Angeles Football Club. The deployment uses a mix of RUCKUS Wi-Fi 7 APs including the T670 for under-seat coverage and the T670SN “with hyper-directional antenna technology for precise high-density targeting in concourses and club spaces,” RUCKUS says.
TIP Brasil partners with U-All solutions for Wi-Fi offload in Brazil
TIP Brasil – a Brazilian wholesale telecoms service provider – says it has partnered with Brazilian Wi-Fi tech provider U-All Solutions “to operationalise the monetization of Wi-Fi networks and enable the automatic offload of mobile traffic,” according to this press release translated from Portuguese. The company says that the initiative is part of the ‘Babylon project’ and the first stage of a ten-year plan aimed at building the largest wireless connectivity network in Latin America. U-All Solutions is a Brazil-based provider of monetization solutions for Wi-Fi hotspots – read more here.
/Claus.
