Qualcomm reignites home mesh market with four new Wi-Fi 6/6E platforms
The four new chips are aimed squarely at meeting the huge hike in Wi-Fi demand with more features, faster PHY, and a more compact form factor.
Google Orion WiFi interview: “The future of telecom is in networks of networks”
Google Orion Wi-Fi director Raj Gajwani sits down with our Claus Hetting to discuss all the details of the new offload initiative.
Roundup: NETGEAR posts big gains, Istanbul’s huge muni Wi-Fi network, Comcast’s and Aruba’s work-from-home service
More headline Wi-Fi news from an eventful week across the industry. Enjoy.
EU & CEPT countries ‘highly likely’ to release 6 GHz to Wi-Fi in early 2021, expert says
The tribulations of releasing the 6 GHz band to Wi-Fi within the EU and CEPT have been many. But it now seems final roadblocks have been cleared.
Qualcomm: “Wi-Fi 6 is the beginning of a total rethink of the smart home”
The challenge facing Wi-Fi today includes connectivity for collaborative work, school, entertainment, and tele-medicine at home.
Roundup: CommScope connects light field TV with 6E, Boingo deploys Wi-Fi 6 in Brazil, and AirTies tops 25 million homes
As usual the world of Wi-Fi never stands still. Here’s the Wi-Fi news we picked up on from the past week. Enjoy.
Korea first country in Asia to release 6 GHz band to Wi-Fi
The Republic of Korea becomes the first Asian country to adopt 6 GHz Wi-Fi and only the third country in the world to release the band following the US and the United Kingdom.
Wi-Fi Alliance upgrades ‘Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Vantage™’ to support Wi-Fi 6, WPA3
Expect the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Vantage™ program to become increasingly important as Wi-Fi 6 continues to deploy around the world.
Roundup: Nokia’s ‘self-optimizing’ Wi-Fi 6 mesh & Aptilo Networks gets acquired
Here are a couple of important news items from the week that passed. Enjoy.
A paradigm shift in connectivity: Thousands attend the Virtual Wi-Fi World Congress
The Virtual Wi-Fi World Congress was a spectacular popular success with viewers tuning in from across the world. A paradigm shift is in the making with Wi-Fi 6 and 6 GHz.