Wifi
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The Passalacqua hotel on the shores of Lake Como, Italy, is set to become one of the worlds first adopters of the latest WiFi standard, WiFi 7, with the support of CommScope. -
Neutral host provider Boldyn Networks (Boldyn) has signed a concession agreement with Roma Capitale, the municipality for the Italian capital.
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Liberty Global’s Virgin Media in Ireland is to try out a free Wifi network in the city of Dublin.
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The Wi-Fi Alliance has appointed Kevin Robinson as its new president and CEO, replacing Edgar Figueroa, who is retiring after 15 years.
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Blue Wireless is extending its portfolio to bring “reliable and secure” connectivity to field and frontline professionals.
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Nokia has deployed a passive optical LAN solution for Orange in over 20 sites in France, the operator has announced.
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The city of Dublin is planning to install 150 access points across the city for free OpenRoaming Wifi, after a successful trial.
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Release 3 of OpenRoaming has officially launched, as the number of OpenRoaming hotspots around the world surpassed one million.
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ZenFi Networks is to expand its mission to bridge the digital divide throughout the New York City metro area.
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Capacity shares five key stories making headlines around the world today.
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Tests on the use of Wi-Fi 6E in residential environments have proven the benefits of using enabled devices over the 6GHz band rather than 5GHz.
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Sahel Telecom has started operations as a fixed-wireless broadband operator in Nouakchott, the capital city of Mauritania in west Africa.
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Capacity shares five key stories from around the world making headlines today!
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Tata Communications is to offer enterprise customers cloud-managed Wifi services based on Wifi 6 technology and software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) services.
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Whether it’s smart cities or Industry 4.0, Tiago Rodrigues, CEO of the Wireless Broadband Alliance, explains why seamless onboarding and convergence are key to success
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A wireless trade association has called on countries to work together to open up 6GHz as licence-exempt spectrum for Wifi broadband.
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People around the world have come to rely on internet connectivity for so many aspects of their work and personal lives.
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WBA OpenRoaming™ Release 2 is now live, allowing network and service providers, including MNOs, Cable Operators and ISPs to monetise new opportunities and offer an enhanced quality of experience (QoE) to their subscribers.
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Wifi and mobile infrastructure company Boingo Wireless is now officially part of Digital Colony after March’s takeover bid was completed last week.
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In our increasingly connected world, the use of IoT devices and high bandwidth applications has become more prolific across multiple industries, and there is a need for broader, more reliable coverage.
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Satellite company Eutelsat is working with Facebook to offer broadband connectivity via Wifi in 12 African countries.
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Ontix, tipped as one of the next companies to be acquired by the new Digital 9 Infrastructure company, is to build a fast Wifi network in central London.
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The world is on the verge of becoming one giant Wifi network, according to the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), which this week further outlined its OpenRoaming initiative.
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Karsten Gewecke, SVP and head of EMEA, Zyxel Communications, shares his top connectivity trends for a post-Covid business landscape.
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BT has partnered with the UK’s Department for Education to open up millions of BT Wi-fi hotspots for those can’t easily afford to access the internet.
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Smartphone users are spending less time on Wifi and more on mobile networks as the Coronovirus lockdown eases.
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Capacity shares 5 key stories from around the world making headlines today!
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The creation of a single, global Wifi network is a step closer following the launch of WBA’s OpenRoaming, an initiative promising to create new commercial business models and “innovative services with speed and simplicity”.
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Mobile operators are seeing their stay-at-home customers make a huge shift to Wifi because of the coronavirus crisis – but they’re still using more cellular data than before.
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We live in a world where fast internet speeds with high bandwidth can often be the difference between business success and losing out to competition.
