Wi-Fi Alliance

#ICYMI The April edition of the Wi-Fi Alliance Insider newsletter is out! Stay up to date on 25th anniversary of #WiFi celebrations, recent and upcoming Wi-Fi Alliance events, member updates, and more. Read the Wi-Fi Alliance Insider newsletter here: https://bit.ly/3WNly7h

QuickTrack provides a simpler, cost-optimized option to #WiFiCERTIFIED product certification. Learn how member company Zebra Technologies utilized QuickTrack to meet company goals by speeding up product release cycles. https://bit.ly/4afeMdY

On today's episode of #TheSignalPodcast, we're continuing our special series, CEO Insights. Wi-Fi Alliance CEO Kevin Robinson and CEO of Pavlov Media Cory Douglas share their thoughts on Wi-Fi innovation, fiber to the home, and more. We talk about the increasing need for reliable high-speed internet access and how OpenWiFi is working to meet that demand. Cory tells us how OpenWiFi complements broadband technologies like FTTH to provide a more comprehensive connectivity solution and shares his predictions for how the connectivity landscape will evolve in the future. Listen to this episode to learn more: https://bit.ly/49Z0vkW

#WiFiCERTIFIED gives consumers confidence that a product will deliver a good user experience. Discover what path to #WiFi certification is right for you: https://bit.ly/3d3S9kk

Standard power #6GHz is pushing forward with strong momentum and the last several months have underscored industry excitement to maximize unlicensed spectrum availability and deliver wireless connectivity to consumers and enterprises. #ICYMI: Here is a snapshot of all that's good in standard power 6 GHz news: - Wi-Fi NOW rounds up some of the latest 6 GHz standard power enterprise solutions: https://bit.ly/3xWQcjU - Member company Extreme Networks announced that it’s the first vendor with outdoor #WiFi6E deployments to receive a standard power grant: https://bit.ly/3Ueouqf - Wi-Fi Alliance enhanced its AFC DUT Compliance Test Plan and AFC DUT Test Harness Tool for 6 GHz standard power devices to comply with the Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) Canada’s Radio Standards Specification RSS-248: https://bit.ly/3w9mA2n - Wi-Fi Alliance Services is supporting industry-leading companies as they prepare to bring standard power 6 GHz products and services to market: https://bit.ly/3Ugg9Tj - Member company RUCKUS Networks and Comsearch, A CommScope Company are part of the #WiFi7 revolution with a Federal Communications Commission certified Wi-Fi 7 solution for 6 GHz Standard Power mode via AFC: https://bit.ly/3JG3dkG - The FCC granted standard-power certification to member company Cisco Wireless' Wi-Fi 6E access points, allowing their customers to take full advantage of the 6 GHz band: https://bit.ly/4bo6xgb - Telecom Infra Project graduated the Open AFC Software Group, which will evolve to become the Open AFC Project led by Broadcom, Cisco, CableLabs, Wi-Fi Alliance Services, and WBA to continue upon its success: https://bit.ly/3TQ6PX9 - Cambium Networks announced that service providers, enterprise, and industrial network operators in Canada will soon be able to deploy greater than 1 Gbps speeds with 6 GHz-ready #WiFi solutions. Discover more here: https://bit.ly/49XgFv6 - The FCC approved Broadcom's geolocation solution using an integrated smartphone app to assist in provisioning the geolocation of a standard power AP: https://bit.ly/4a7VvKK - Qualcomm has been instrumental in advancing the expansion of Wi-Fi in the 6 GHz band in the U.S. and Canada: https://bit.ly/4bnOA0X

We're thrilled to be continuing Wi-Fi's 25th Anniversary celebration in Austin, Texas, where our Wi-Fi Alliance headquarters calls home. Members attending our Americas Member Meeting from May 21-23 can join us at our #WiFi Beyond Limits social event on May 21st and get a taste for Austin's live music scene. We encourage our members to register for the event and we are looking forward to seeing you all there! 🤠 If you are not a member and would like to learn more about becoming one, visit our website at the link: https://bit.ly/4a7D490

It is estimated that there will be 27 billion connected #IoT devices deployed by 2025, and a growing number of these devices will connect through #WiFiCERTIFIED HaLow as the protocol gains traction in a variety of settings including home, enterprise, hospitality, factories, farms, and smart cities. Click the link to learn how #WiFi HaLow is expanding IoT connectivity: https://bit.ly/3JLGP9E

The key features of #WiFiCERTIFIED7 work together to deliver higher data throughputs and support deterministic latency for sophisticated use cases that demand first-rate reliability. Discover all of the features here: https://bit.ly/3Rde0pU

Member companies Cisco and Qualcomm recently discussed the tangible advantages of #WiFi at Mobile World Congress. As we celebrate Wi-Fi’s 25th anniversary, we reflect on how far the technology has come for enterprise applications and why we should be excited for the future. Read a recap of their roundtable discussion here: https://bit.ly/3UeXwil