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The National Spectrum Management Association (NSMA) issued a formal filing to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) detailing a “deep concern” regarding the regulatory change that opens up the 6 GHz band to unlicensed use. In April 2020, the FCC opened up 1,200 megahertz of spectrum in the...

The outdoor AP combines Wi-Fi 6E, advanced security and AI/ML capabilities in a single solution Extreme Networks revealed the Extreme AP5050, which it claimed is the industry’s first outdoor Wi-Fi 6E outdoor access point (AP) optimized for deployment across all sorts of outdoor venues. The outdoor...

The adoption of 5G continues to thrive in the mobile market, with a raft of device types beyond smartphones set to form part of the wider ecosystem, extending to new industries and a wide array of device categories, including automotive, Extended Reality (XR), Personal...

The big news out of Hannover Messe a couple of weeks back was that there was no news – not from Siemens about private 5G, anyhow. Not real news, at least; just word that its new private 5G system – incorporating home-made 5G core...

New spectrum options and technology present enterprises with private network challenges and opportunities.

This is a rehash (and extension, in the end) of a previous post, to an extent; but it distils the message from before, and says there are sure signs, at last, that the private cellular market, covering localised installations of enterprise-geared 5G, nominally, has...

In April, Broadcom announced it was sampling a complete end-to-end chipset offering for the Wi-Fi 7 ecosystem, further solidifying its early-mover status. Spanning routers, residential gateways, enterprise access points and client devices, the new Wi-Fi 7 chips more than double the speed of Wi-Fi...

Time to set the record straight on cellular 5G and Wi-Fi 6/7, a panel of Industry 4.0 luminaries suggested at Private Networks Forum (PNF) a couple of weeks back; these technologies are not, and never will be, mutually exclusive, it implied. They will not...

Cisco also enhanced its IoT Operations Dashboard to help operations teams more efficiently remotely operate and manage industrial IoT   Cisco announced the launch of its first outdoor Wi-Fi 6E-ready access point and enhancements for industrial remote operations. “People expect seamless Wi-Fi – outdoors, walking across campus...

Network design company iBwave Solutions has introduced new software to help US enterprises dovetail their local-area private Wi-Fi and LTE/5G designs in a single platform. The solution is geared for new private LTE/5G installations in CBRS spectrum in the US, to complement legacy enterprise...

Verizon Business and Extreme Networks have recently announced a strategic partnership targeting large venues and stadiums across Europe and Asia Pacific Extreme Networks announced that it has been selected by Liverpool Football Club as its official Wi-Fi network solutions provider and Wi-Fi analytics provider in...

Nokia has added Wi-Fi 6 and 6E to its seminal Digital Automation Cloud (DAC) private LTE and 5G networking product, available from the fourth quarter of 2022. DAC support for Wi-Fi is included for non-critical industrial applications, it said; the Finnish outfit maintains cellular...

By 2025, Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E are expected to surpass 80% market share The Wi-Fi Alliance certified the sixth generation of Wi-Fi in 2019, followed by the certification of Wi-Fi 6E in 2021. Since then, said the Alliance, there has been "rapid adoption,"...

Extreme also announced a new Wi-Fi 6E AP, the AP5010, which is designed for high-density environments Henry Ford Health System in the United States and Crowne Plaza Antwerp Hotel in Belgium will deploy Extreme Networks' Wi-Fi 6E access points (APs) to improve wireless connectivity across their facilities and to support...

Wi-Fi 7 will maximize gigabit broadband investments by reliably delivering higher throughput, lower latency and better coverage Wi-Fi 7 (or 802.11be) was developed with a focus on Wi-Fi Extremely High Throughput, which refers to its projected ability to support up to 30 Gbps throughput, roughly...

Boingo's new facility will serve as a launch pad to test, trial, and demonstrate 5G, Wi-Fi 6/6E, Wi-Fi 7 and IoT pilot programs   Boingo Wireless has announced that it will set up an innovation center in Las Vegas. The new facility will be located at the...

When you’re launching a new technology, it’s easy to develop a rooting interest. It’s only human – you devote your passion and energy to this new innovation, and you want people to know it’s better than the alternatives. Meanwhile, people working on alternatives argue...

Dell'Oro CEO says all the signals are pointing to Wi-Fi 7 as the important enterprise upgrade In a conversation with RCR Wireless News, Dell’Oro Group founder and CEO Tam Dell’Oro expressed that while she has “huge expectations for 6 GHz spectrum,” it's not Wi-Fi 6E,...

Broadcom was the first vendor to announce availability of a full suite of Wi-Fi 6E chips In December 2020, the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Office of Engineering and Technology authorized the first Wi-Fi 6E device: A low-power indoor transmitter from Broadcom. The news was exciting for...

Cisco is readying a Wi-Fi-style pay-as-you-go private LTE and 5G offer for enterprises, and particularly for industrial enterprises, which comprises Cisco-led pre-sale network-design consultancy and post-sale network management support. Details about the in-between build-phase, in terms of sale-side network parts and ownership, are less...

Cisco released Wi-Fi 6E access points and a private 5G managed service designed specifically for the hybrid work environment Cisco clearly believes that work from home is here to stay, at least to a certain extent. The company has introduced Wi-Fi 6E and private 5G...

Türk Telekom announced the completion of a series of Wi-Fi 6E trials, finding that the technology “enhance speed and capacity in a variety of different end-user scenarios.” The trials, carried out last month at a test laboratory at Türk Telekom's Istanbul Acıbadem campus, achieved...

The Wi-Fi 6E APs feature Qualcomm technology and make it "easy to take advantage of the 6 GHz spectrum” according to Cambium Networks CEO Cambium Networks has announced new Wi-Fi 6E solutions designed for enterprises. The two access points (APs) — the XE3-4 and XE5-8 —...

Wireless Broadband Alliance CEO Tiago Rodrigues: 'Wi-Fi 6E will rewrite the rules of what is possible' In April 2020, the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) made 1,200 megahertz of spectrum available in the 6 GHz band for unlicensed Wi-Fi use, a capability referred to as Wi-Fi 6E. Many called...