BT pushes on with plan to disguise advertising as altruism
BT has switched on the first of its new generation of street hubs in London, which essentially offer free connectivity in exchange for advertising.
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Industry group formed to advance 6 GHz Wi-Fi
Facebook, Broadcom, and Cisco have created a software group under the aegis of Telecom Infra Project (TIP) to accelerate the commercialization of 6 GHz Wi-Fi devices.
China to drive private 5G network growth despite regulatory headwind– research
Private 5G networks are on the verge of taking off in a big way worldwide, with China leading the way, according to new research published this week.
Boingo going private in $854 million deal
Boingo Wireless has agreed a US$854 million takeover deal by investment firm Digital Colony Management a year after it disclosed that it had been approached by a number of suitors.
Commissioner ‘ecstatic’ as FCC gives 5.9 GHz to wifi
The Federal Communications Commission has set out new rules to repurpose a chunk of the 5.9 GHz spectrum band for wifi.
Sky steps up its Italian Job
Sky Italia has confirmed it will expand its broadband footprint in the Italian market as it seemingly eyes up the convergence dream.
A look back at the biggest stories this week
Whether it’s important, depressing or just entertaining, the telecoms industry is always one which attracts attention.
O2 and Virgin Media are merging to form BT-busting connectivity giant
Telefonica and Liberty Global have confirmed plans to merge UK operations, O2 and Virgin Media, to challenge the connectivity market leader BT.
FCC unanimously votes to make 6 GHz band available for unlicensed use
The US telecoms regulator didn’t split along partisan lines for once and is giving the country a lot more bandwidth to use for wifi and that sort of thing.
US moves to massively increase bandwidth available to wifi
Ajit Pai, the Chairman of US comms regulator FCC, has proposed making 1.2 GHz of spectrum in the 6 GHz band available for unlicensed use.
Cisco’s OpenRoaming wifi tech to become open standard
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) intends to take over ownership and management of OpenRoaming as a global wireless industry standard.
Wi-Fi 6E trials claim to show what a good idea wifi over 6 GHz band is
The Wireless Broadband Alliance is claiming that recent trials of Wi-Fi 6E over 6 GHz have delivered 5G-like performance.
BT finally unveils its reimagined TV proposition
The aggregator model has taken centre-stage at BT, leveraging its existing capabilities instead of trying to beat the content industry at its own game.
Wi-Fi Alliance stakes its claim to the 6 GHz band
The 6 GHz band is expected to be made available in unlicensed form soon and the Wi-Fi Alliance thinks it’s a good fit for Wi-Fi 6.
Wifi-6 goes toe-to-toe with 5G claims
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) is championing the results of a wifi-6 trial with Mettis Aerospace as proof the technology can be a viable alternative to 5G.
Qualcomm’s Future of 5G event: Rahul Patel
At Qualcomm’s recent Future of 5G event we spoke to Rahul Patel, SVP and GM of Connectivity and Networking at Qualcomm, about the importance of Wi-Fi 6 and how it complements 5G.
Reflecting on 20 Years of Wi-Fi
It’s been twenty years since Wireless Fidelity was invented and first released for consumers by the IEEE committee 802.11.
EU public WiFi program has met strong enthusiasm
The EU’s third round call for tenders to build public wifi networks has received over 11,000 applications in one day from municipalities across the Union.
Wi-Fi Alliance launches Wi-Fi 6 certification
If you want to make a device using the latest generation of wifi tech, and prove it’s legit, then you need this certification apparently.
Korea Telecom and Tessares claim 5G Low Latency Multi-Radio Access Technology first
The first commercial test of a 3GPP Release 16 technology designed to improve dynamic switching between 5G and wifi has been claimed by KT and Tessares.
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