News tagged: Tiago Rodrigues

06 November, 2018

WBA annual industry report finds 84% of industry is as or more confident in Wi-Fi investment

The growth in Wi-Fi continues unabated, with increasing volumes of Wi-Fi devices and traffic, an adoption breakthrough in Next Generation Hotspot (NGH) Passpoint, and increasing confidence around the commercial deployment and specification of next generation technology Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax).

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01 November, 2018

Wi-Fi 6 and next gen hotspots boost industry confidence in Wi-Fi, says WBA industry report

The growth in Wi-Fi continues unabated, with increasing volumes of Wi-Fi devices and traffic, an adoption breakthrough in Next Generation Hotspot (NGH) Passpoint, and increasing confidence around the commercial deployment and specification of next generation technology Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax). (more…)

20 September, 2018

802.11ax Wi-Fi standard will fast track 5G use cases by years, says WBA

The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has published a new white paper highlighting how the capabilities of the latest generation of Wi-Fi, 802.11ax, are set to revolutionise the industry by enabling a new suite of opportunities that benefit operators, enterprises and end users. (more…)

12 July, 2018

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, in fact, be a critical component of the emerging, early 5G use cases.

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26 March, 2018

Wireless Broadband Alliance launches Wi-Fi Deployment Guidelines Series

The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has launched its Wi-Fi Deployment Guidelines and Compliance Checklist that define the best practices for wireless network operators and infrastructure vendors to deploy Wi-Fi networks. (more…)

19 March, 2018

Barcelona lights up with next gen Wi-Fi (Passpoint™)

The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), together with The GSMA, Fira Barcelona and the city of Barcelona launched a successful next generation Wi-Fi (Passpoint™) deployment at Mobile World Congress 2018, demonstrating how advanced wireless hotspots can fuel connectivity for smart cities. (more…)

22 June, 2017

Snapshot : Tiago Rodrigues, senior director for PMO & Membership Services, Wireless Broadband Alliance

VanillaPlus: What was your first job?

Tiago Rodrigues: My first ever job was as a swimming instructor teaching young children how to swim. But my first full- time job was at Portugal Telecom Group as a trainee in the Strategic Marketing team. This was how I first dipped my toes into the world of telecoms, and it was a great place to kick-start my career. (more…)