The WBA additional discovered that 58% of respondents are extra assured in investing in Wi-Fi than they have been a 12 months in the past

A brand new Wi-fi Broadband Alliance (WBA) report reveals that Wi-Fi 6, 6E and seven will likely be among the many prime know-how priorities for community operators, ISPs, gadget and chipset distributors, enterprises and others in 2024, beating out different contenders together with CBRS, DAS and even personal networks. Particularly, greater than 41% of respondents mentioned they plan to deploy Wi-Fi 7 by the top of 2024, up from the 33% that mentioned the identical one 12 months in the past.

The report additional discovered that confidence in Wi-Fi funding is on rise, with 58% of respondents saying they’re extra assured in investing within the know-how, in comparison with 46% final 12 months. Two-thirds additionally said that 6 GHz spectrum availability is a vital difficulty for 2024.

Different tendencies explored within the report embrace the growing occupied with including WBA OpenRoaming or Passpoint to a brand new or present Wi-Fi networks. OpenRoaming, developed by Cisco and now managed by the WBA, permits seamless Wi-Fi onboarding and handoff between Wi-Fi networks. OpenRoaming adheres to Passpoint and Wi-fi Roaming Middleman Trade (WRIX) requirements, serving to bridge the hole between Wi-Fi and mobile networks by making it straightforward and secure for customers to roam between Wi-Fi networks with out having to cope with prompts to sign-in. Greater than 47% of report respondents mentioned they plan to those capabilities to their Wi-Fi networks by the top of 2024, whereas one other 33% have already got.

The Wi-Fi Alliance is anticipated to certify the Wi-Fi 7 (or 802.11be) customary someday across the finish of 2023 or the start of 2024, which can act as an inflection level for the spectacular adoption outlined within the WBA’s report.