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In the rapidly evolving space of global connectivity, Wi-Fi has become ubiquitous, permeating homes, offices, public spaces, and beyond. As of 2023, according to an Omdia report, the number of connected households worldwide reached 1.4 billion, indicative of an increasing reliance on digital infrastructure...

Airgain says that a North American Tier One MSO will start upgrading its customer premise equipment to Wi-Fi 7, with new units beginning to ship in the second half of this year. Airgain won the multi-year, multi-million dollar design win with the unnamed MSO, which...

Keysight Technologies has unveiled a network emulation test platform for Wi-Fi 7 devices, describing its new E7515W UXM Wireless Connectivity Test Platform for Wi-Fi as a "turnkey solution" that provides insights into both the physical layer and media access control (MAC) layer. Existing solutions...

US network equipment vendor CommScope and UK neutral host provider Boldyn Networks have deployed Wi-Fi 7 indoor access points in selected areas of the 65,000-seat Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. They have claimed a 60 percent jump in Wi-Fi throughput, reaching 900Mbps, compared...

Wi-Fi Alliance's official certification program for Wi-Fi 7 has begun Wi-Fi Alliance is kicking off 2024 with a shiny new certification program for Wi-Fi 7, signaling that the newest generation of Wi-Fi is ready for mass adoption. As is typical in Wi-Fi generations, there is...

The XR2+ Gen 2 comes with more GPU and AI capabilities; Qualcomm named Google and Samsung as among OEM partners Ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show starting today in Las Vegas, Qualcomm announced the latest-and-greatest in Extended Reality (XR) silicon platforms. The XR2+ Gen 2,...

SpaceX has been granted special temporary authority by the Federal Communications Commission for field testing of direct-to-cellular communications via its Starlink second generation satellites. The company said that it would be testing up to five devices at different power levels using T-Mobile US' spectrum in...

The two companies are collaborating to optimize Airties’ managed Wi-Fi solutions to integrate more easily on broadband carrier platforms, featuring Qualcomm 5G FWA platform French company Airties, which provides managed Wi-Fi for broadband service providers, announced a collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies for fixed wireless access...

When any new technology is about to debut, it’s hard to decide when to stay pat and when to upgrade. Or even whether it’s worthwhile. These questions will be front and center for many organizations when Wi-Fi 7 reaches the market early next year. Wi-Fi...

Not really, and in fact, when it comes to the question of if Wi-Fi 7 will deliver new applications at all, it depends who you ask The latest update of the Wi-Fi standard, Wi-Fi 7, is designed to use huge swaths of unlicensed spectrum to...

The WBA further found that 58% of respondents are more confident in investing in Wi-Fi than they were a year ago A new Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) report reveals that Wi-Fi 6, 6E and 7 will be among the top technology priorities for network operators,...

Wi-Fi 7 introduces the concept of priority channels and the ability to schedule traffic The Wi-Fi Alliance is expected to certify the Wi-Fi 7 (or 802.11be) standard sometime around the end of 2023 or the beginning of 2024. However, despite its yet-to-be-certified status, the latest...

With the popularity of FWA (Fixed Wireless Access) devices among homes and enterprises, the pursuit of unleashing the potential of unlimited speed performance with 5G and Wi-Fi combination never stops. During Broadband World Forum 2023, Fibocom debuts the Wi-Fi 7 module WN170-GL with key...

Operators can save as much as 60% of potentially wasted network capacity by placing the right customer device in the right place, Nokia says Finnish vendor Nokia announced a new 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) outdoor receiver and a new indoor gateway with Wi-Fi 7,...

Nokia said its Wi-Fi 7 portfolio is powered by the vendor’s Corteca software Finnish vendor Nokia announced a new carrier-grade portfolio of Wi-Fi 7 devices. In a release, Nokia said that the new portfolio includes dual-band, tri-band and quad-band configurations to address various regulatory constraints and...

Huawei said new ultra-broadband applications will emerge at a fast pace in the 5.5G era Chinese vendor Huawei plans to officially release Net5.5G-oriented series products and solutions in 2024, Leon Wang, president of Huawei data communication product line, said during a keynote speech at Huawei’s...

'Wi-Fi 7 matters more than any other Wi-Fi generation in the past,' says Qualcomm exec Qualcomm has announced two new Wi-Fi 7 partnerships: one with Charter Communications in the U.S. and another with EE in the U.K. Both service providers are working with the chip company...

The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) today released a new report called Get Ready for Wi-Fi 7: Applying New Capabilities to the Key Use Cases. The report is led by WBA members Broadcom, CableLabs, Cisco and Intel and looks at Wi-Fi 7’s most impressive features...

Broadcom announced its second generation of wireless connectivity chipset solutions for the Wi-Fi 7 ecosystem last month to meet Wi-Fi 7 demand, which the company expects to be greater than it was for Wi-Fi 6. Broadcom’s Directors of Product Marketing for Wireless Communications and...

According to Dell'Oro, most manufacturers will deliver enterprise-grade Wi-Fi 7 products in 2024 According to the new Wireless LAN 5-Year July 2023 Forecast Report from the Dell’Oro Group, thewWireless LAN market is expected to grow another 11%, due to an uptick in the supply chain. Further,...

Panelists touched on 5G, Wi-Fi 7 and IoT non-terrestrial network devices During a panel at the Test & Measurement Forum, two panelists discussed some of the testing challenges associated with next-generation devices, like those equipped with 5G and Wi-Fi 7, as well as communication...

In the 3-year period since the FCC opened the 6GHz band for unlicensed use in the U.S, the 6GHz Wi-Fi momentum has been nothing short of phenomenal - with adoption around the world and a device ecosystem spanning key market segments, 6GHz Wi-Fi is...

Here’s how low latency and multi-Gigabit throughput powered by new Wi-Fi 7 tech enable untethered gaming and content creation Gaming industry revenue is estimated to have exceeded $208 billion in 20221. In the U.S. alone, approximately 165 million people play video games, averaging 24 hours...

Wi-Fi 7, also known as 802.11be, is the latest generation of Wi-Fi technologies that further pushes the performance boundary for a wide range of use cases, including such as gaming and multimedia content creation. It delivers an unparalleled wireless experience, akin to those delivered...