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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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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Wireless Broadband Alliance appoints Tiago Rodrigues as CEO

The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) reports that Tiago Rodrigues has taken the helm as CEO, following a unanimous vote at the wireless industry group.

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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

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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

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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

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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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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.

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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

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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

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