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Wireless Broadband Alliance Reports 9 Billion Wi-Fi Devices in Use

Wi-Fi continues to grow, with 9 billion such devices worldwide, the Wireless Broadband Alliance reported Wednesday. WBA said the next generation of Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi 6, won’t be affected by 5G. “Rather, it will be embraced by operators to establish stronger…

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convergence that will increase the efficiency of wireless networks,” WBA said. Survey respondents said the most important features of Wi-Fi 6 are orthogonal frequency-division multiple access uplink and downlink; self-optimizing capability; peak speed; and flexible channel sizes. The biggest gap is end-to-end security, 29 percent said.