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The US is preparing another multibillion-dollar 5G spectrum windfall, pairing a 2027 upper C-band auction with a 2028 2.7 GHz sale, while the FCC also rebuilds satellite licensing for the …

Most in-building wireless failures stem from poor requirements gathering, not flawed technology. Enterprises that buy for symptoms rather than operational, capacity, compliance, and growth needs often face costly rip-and-replace projects …

Scale is becoming the defining advantage in MDU connectivity. In part 1 of a three-part series, analyst-consultancy Maravedis examines how economics, capital, and operator strategy are accelerating market consolidation. Strategic …

With 125 million IoT connections and annual growth of 25 percent, the LoRa Alliance says LoRaWAN has moved beyond LPWAN niche status. Chief executive Alper Yegin explains why the technology …

The agentic enterprise gets a full stack, and a third answer to the one-platform question – all the latest from HPE Discover 2026, courtesy of Adlane Fellah at Maravedis Research. …

Cisco says enterprises must move beyond WPA2 to WPA3 and strengthen wireless security through SAE, forward secrecy, and Wi-Fi 7 – to enable resilient zero-trust-ready enterprise mobility across modern networks …

As India accelerates its digital transformation, resilient, intelligent connectivity is becoming essential for global enterprises seeking to scale operations, ensure business continuity, and unlock opportunities across the country’s fast-growing AI, …

More than 80 percent of U.S. rental units are in MDUs that predate modern structured cabling, and new construction accounts for only a fraction of that total each year. For …

The GSMA and CTIA have misrepresented early 6GHz Wi-Fi adoption data to justify reallocating spectrum for mobile use, arguing the technology remains in a normal growth phase with significant long-term …

New research into the SMB Wi-Fi market reveals how managed service providers choose networking vendors, where leading platforms succeed or fail, and why support, integrations, channel economics, and ecosystem lock-in …

The US should consider spectrum-sharing in the 4GHz band instead of clearing federal users entirely. Shared, flexible licensing could support 5G/6G innovation, protect government operations, reduce costs, and enable localized, …

The Q4 2025 broadband subscriber tally clarifies who owns the pipes feeding American homes, including multi-dweller units (MDUs) but it tells only half the story for multifamily. The same operators …

Multi-dwelling unit (MDU) service providers have spent years building excellent Wi-Fi networks and collecting predictable fees. The ceiling on what that network can generate is gone. For years, the managed …

As 6G still develops, Wi-Fi is stepping into the spotlight, not just as a complementary technology, but as a critical enabler of connectivity. With Wi-Fi 7 rolling out and Wi-Fi …

The FCC has tightened supply chain security rules to bann new foreign-made consumer routers. Existing devices are unaffected, but vendors face strict domestic manufacturing demands, which will reshape competition as …

Gateways are increasingly being architected as integrated edge platforms that combine high-performance wireless connectivity with on-device compute and AI capabilities Wi-Fi networks are evolving to support more intelligent and latency-sensitive …

As the industry’s largest annual gathering for connectivity and telecommunications, MWC serves as a bellwether for where wireless technology is heading. Among the many themes on display at the 2026 …

Wi-Fi 8 will support future networks as traffic shifts from human-initiated applications to machine-driven, agentic AI applications Wi-Fi 8 is designed to build directly on the performance gains introduced with …

For years, advances in wireless connectivity have been defined largely by speed. Each new Wi-Fi generation has pushed peak throughput higher and reduced latency, with Wi-Fi 7 representing a major …

The WBA argues that AI and ML are becoming foundational to Wi-Fi operations as network complexity grows In sum — what to know: Frameworks, not algorithms – A new Wireless …

WPA3 adoption in multi-dwelling units presents a unique set of challenges The Wi-Fi industry loves a good checklist. WPA3 support? Check. Six gigahertz? Check. Protected management frames? Check. But as …

Connectivity is shifting fast. Satellite-based NTN, next-generation Wi-Fi, and 5G SA are redefining how operators deliver services, manage data, optimize traffic, enforce policy, and protect national-grade infrastructure. This white paper …

The 6 GHz spectrum sharing proposal outlines a Wi-Fi-first, mobile-later approach In sum – what to know: Wi-Fi first, mobile later – The split-priority approach gives Wi-Fi early and broader …

The FCC will vote to create a new category of ‘geofenced variable power’ (GVP) devices that can use the 6 GHz band under specific rules; the idea is to enable outdoor …