Wi-Fi

CommScope announced new additions to its portfolio of access points supporting Wi-Fi 6 technology. Last year, the company had launched the RUCKUS R750, claimed to be the  world’s first Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6 access point (AP). CommScope said it is now adding the R850, R650 and R550 indoor APs and T750 and T750SE outdoor APs. The APs are optimized for highly dense environments such […]

  Huawei has unveiled its AirEngine Wi-Fi 6 series products, including 10 new Wi-Fi 6 access point (AP) models. These new offerings were announced at the company’s 2020 product and solution launch event in London last week. Huawei highlighted that these new products are ideally suited to help enterprises step into the fully wireless campus […]

  Xfinity Communities, which is part of Comcast, has unveiled a new offering called WiFi Ready, in which Comcast preinstalls wireless modems in multifamily units. The company said that new residents can now purchase and activate their Internet service upon move-in for immediate Wi-Fi access. WiFi Ready, which has been trialed at properties across the […]

Cisco and Canary Wharf Group, owner of one of the largest business centres in Europe, have announced what the partners claim to be the world’s first commercial trial deployment of OpenRoaming. Combining mobile roaming with Wi-Fi 6 connectivity, OpenRoaming allows devices to connect automatically to Wi-Fi and roam from one hotspot to another without the […]

Wi-Fi 6 recently gained certification from Wi-Fi Alliance Ruckus Networks announced that the R750 802.11ax indoor Wi-Fi access point (AP) for ultra-dense client environments is Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6 from the Wi-Fi Alliance. The company, now part of CommsScope, said that this certification further validates the applicability of the access point in ultra-dense client environments such as stadiums, […]

  The Wireless Broadband Alliance released a new white paper that provides deployment guidelines for a number of possible scenarios utilizing Wi-Fi 6 technology. The entity said that this new white paper will allow operators, enterprises and cities to have access to the tools needed to deploy Wi-Fi 6 when it’s released later this year. The […]

Wi-Fi is about to get faster with the release of its new IEEE standard 802.11ax, known as Wi-Fi 6. This latest update to the Wi-Fi protocol is designed to transmit data faster, better negotiate bandwidth among several computers and devices connected to a network, and offers more reliable delivery of high-bandwidth applications, such as streaming […]

The provision of robust Wi-Fi in a high-density environments is often a challenge. However, for the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, providing high-quality Wi-Fi in a complex indoor/outdoor environment which experiences significant signal interference from passing yachts, wind, high tides and nearby buildings makes this an even more formidable task. FLIBS knew that the success […]