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Wi-Fi Alliance® 6 for ’16 Wi-Fi® predictions
January 11, 2016 by The Beacon, Wi-Fi Alliance
Read more 0 commentsWi-Fi® has accomplished more in 16 years than many technologies do in their lifespan – including enabling the rise of mobile internet by carrying a significant portion of the world’s data traffic, advancing data rates from 11 Mbps to more than 1,100 Mbps, connecting users in more than 450 million households worldwide and more than 47 million global public hotspots, and contributing m
New research: Wi-Fi® is more important than ever
December 17, 2015 by The Beacon, Wi-Fi Alliance
Read more 0 commentsRecent polling conducted by Harris Poll on behalf of Wi-Fi Alliance® demonstrates Wi-Fi’s integral role in users’ lives.
Access to Wi-Fi is important in daily life, and can impact work productivity
Wi-Fi and the Rise of Smart Cities
October 30, 2015 by Kevin Robinson, Wi-Fi Alliance
Read more 0 commentsThis article originally ran in TMCnet
Never lost indoors – The promise of Wi-Fi® location
October 12, 2015 by Rolf de Vegt, Qualcomm
Read more 4 commentsWi-Fi® location technology involves advanced capabilities of regular Wi-Fi Access Points (APs) and Wi-Fi clients, which enable powerful applications such as ‘step-by-step’ indoor location and indoor asset tracking.
Bringing location positioning indoors
Wi-Fi Alliance® Smart Home Summit brings together the Wi-Fi® ecosystem
October 05, 2015 by The Beacon, Wi-Fi Alliance
Read more 0 commentsThe inaugural Wi-Fi Alliance® Smart Home Summit took place in late September in Beijing, bringing together every part of the Smart Home ecosystem to discuss how Wi-Fi’s 16-year legacy of interoperability, industry-standard security, and great user experience will enable the smart homes of the future.
Wi-Fi Alliance® President and CEO honored as one of the most influential minorities in cable
September 29, 2015 by The Beacon, Wi-Fi Alliance
Read more 0 commentsWi-Fi Alliance® prides itself on being a diverse organization, with member companies spanning the world, and representatives from a range of cultures and backgrounds. For 16 years, Wi-Fi Alliance has brought together companies with various interests and successfully achieved results through collaboration.
Implementer membership brings standards-based, interoperable technology to IoT
September 24, 2015 by The Beacon, Wi-Fi Alliance
Read more 0 commentsThe number of connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices is expected to grow to 38.5 billion by 2020.
Participating in standards process means influence, and business
September 10, 2015 by Adrian Stephens, IEEE
Read more 0 commentsThis year marks a quarter century of innovation that has taken IEEE 802.11™ Standard and its many incarnations – the standards on which Wi-Fi® is based – from the lab to a nearly ubiquitous global market presence.
Hey, where did everybody go? Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Wi-Fi Aware™ opens new frontiers
September 03, 2015 by Jawad Haider, Marvell Semiconductor
Read more 2 commentsWhen designing semiconductor chips, there’s a certain sense of excitement knowing that the built-in capabilities you create will power new features for users. But when you combine that with new industry standards, it opens the doors to a new frontier. With Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Wi-Fi Aware™ announced in July—that new frontier happens to be wherever you are and whatever is around you!
Passpoint™: Opening new opportunities for enterprise Wi-Fi®
May 19, 2015 by Michael Montemurro, BlackBerry Ltd.
Read more 0 commentsOriginally developed to improve the user experience in operator Wi-Fi® hotspots, Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Passpoint™ is gaining traction in the enterprise. Naturally, Wi-Fi’s performance and industry-standard security have made it the primary network for those environments.