Every Wi-Fi generation since Wi-Fi 4 has tightened its demands on signal quality, and the RF front end has quietly paid for it in range, power, and calibration effort. Dr Ali Fard – who worked on one of the first Wi-Fi chips with digital predistortion – now argues that the correction loop has reached its limits and that the fix belongs in the amplifier itself.

Netduma puts intelligence directly on the home gateway to continuously measure what is happening, identify the root cause of problems, and in many cases fix issues locally and automatically. Here’s a summary of WiFi NOW’s recent Tech Watch interview with Netduma.

Ultra-wideband is already capable of remarkably precise indoor positioning. The bigger challenge is turning that precision into an industrial-scale system that is robust, scalable, and economical to deploy. Ciholas President & Founder Mike Ciholas explains how the company’s CUWB platform approaches that problem.

WiFi NOW has identified more than 85 commercial ISP Wi-Fi 7 deployments or offerings across Europe, Asia-Pacific, North America, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa – and the number continues to grow.

The previous parts of this series have examined why front-end modules matter, why filtering is becoming more difficult, how PA linearity and digital predistortion (DPD) affect RF architecture, and why the entire Wi-Fi radio chain ultimately needs to be designed as a system. So who supplies these technologies? The answer reveals a market that is becoming increasingly diverse.

This Part Four (see vendor map above) provides a practical overview of the leading solution providers, showing where their capabilities fit across the Wi-Fi validation lifecycle and where different approaches complement rather than compete with one another.

Wi-Fi offload is not returning because of a sudden technical breakthrough. What has changed is the commercial and network environment in which these technologies can be used. Today, mobile operators face a growing indoor coverage problem.

In the previous four parts of this series, we’ve explored how UWB delivers centimetre-level indoor positioning, enables intelligent spaces, and is emerging as a compelling communications technology. In this final part, we step back and examine the broader ecosystem: who is building it, how the pieces fit together, and why the convergence of these technologies matters.

Our view of the Wi-Fi sensing ecosystem including standardisation bodies, silicon vendors, software vendors, integrators, service providers, and more. This guide is based on publicly available information from primary sources, including IEEE documents, company publications, product announcements, and technical presentations available at the time of writing.

This ecosystem map is based on publicly available information, including official vendor documentation, regulatory filings, product announcements, and industry sources, as of July 2026.

This vendor capabilities map is based on publicly available information, including vendor websites, product documentation, technical presentations, regulatory filings, press releases, and industry announcements, as of July 2026. Capability classifications reflect products and solutions that have been publicly announced or are commercially available at the time of publication.

Our vendor / ecosystem / deployment maps and trackers show what companies constitute the OpenWiFi/OpenLAN ecosystem and also lists active network deployments across the world.

Airties is one of the pioneers of Cloud-managed residential Wi-Fi (including mesh) and today focuses exclusively on software for broadband service providers. RouteThis specialises in helping customer support agents, field technicians, and subscribers rapidly identify the root cause of connectivity issues.

Airties is one of the pioneers of Cloud-managed residential Wi-Fi (including mesh) and today focuses exclusively on software for broadband service providers. The company provides an AI-driven Connectivity Experience Management (CEM) platform that helps operators monitor, diagnose, optimise, and personalise the in-home broadband experience.

CUJO AI is a provider of AI-powered network intelligence and cybersecurity software for broadband service providers. The company’s platform helps operators understand the behaviour and performance of home networks and connected devices while enabling improved customer experience, operational efficiency, and subscriber-facing digital services.

Netduma develops intelligent traffic management software designed to optimise the user experience on home broadband networks with a particular focus on reducing latency and improving application performance. Netduma focuses on gateway-based traffic intelligence, using advanced QoS, application prioritisation, and bufferbloat reduction.