Blueprint for convergence issued by Wireless Broadband Alliance showing critical role of Wi-Fi 6 in 5G’s future

Convergence between Wi-Fi and 5G access technologies is critical for enabling new breed of services, applications and experiences such as Industry 4.0, augmented & virtual reality (AR/VR), connected cities and

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Cross-Industry survey reveals 79% plan to adopt WBA OpenRoaming

According to a Wireless Broadband Alliance cross-industry survey of service providers, equipment manufacturers and enterprises, almost four out of five (79%) have adopted or plan to adopt the WBA OpenRoaming standard.

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Wi-Fi 6 is ready for carrier network deployment, says WBA after successful completion of trials

Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), the worldwide industry body dedicated to improving Wi-Fi services and standards, has concluded five trial deployments of Wi-Fi 6 across diverse markets. The deployments show that Wi-Fi 6,

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Nokia expands 5G ReefShark chipset portfolio with Broadcom collaboration

Nokia and Broadcom today announced that they are collaborating on the development of advanced semiconductor technologies, including new custom system-on-chip (SoC) processors, which will be integrated into Nokia’s “5G Powered

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Wireless Broadband Alliance and NGMN examine options for convergence, management of Wi-Fi 6 and 5G

Mobile operators have now received further verification that Wi-Fi will play a critical role to the success of 5G, as illustrated in a new white paper developed by the Wireless

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WBA releases Wi-Fi 6 guidelines to help operators, enterprises and cities with deployments

In preparation for the impending release of next-generation Wi-Fi technology later this year, the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has released a new white paper that provides deployment guidelines for a number of possible

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Balancing cash, technology and spying

The piggy in the middle that is Huawei is still being asked to justify its existence in the lucrative 5G infrastructure market, but maybe we are now finally approaching the end-game, says Antony

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Thoma Bravo to acquire application security firm Veracode Software from Broadcom for US$950mn

Thoma Bravo, a private equity investment firm, has agreed to acquire Veracode, an application security testing (AST) provider, from Broadcom Inc. for $950 million (€832 million) in cash.

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GSA publishes its second GNSS User Technology Report

The second edition of the European GNSS Agency’s (GSA) GNSS User Technology Report has been published and is now available for free download, providing an exhaustive review of all the latest

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Wi-Fi to be critical enabler of 5G smart cities, sensors and safety use cases

Tiago Rodrigues is the general manager of the Wireless Broadband Alliance. Here he tells VanillaPlus the Wi-Fi is playing an increasingly important role in the development of 5G and will,

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