Cross-Industry Survey Reveals 79% Plan to Adopt WBA OpenRoaming
The goal is to connect everyone on one, giant network
LONDON — According to a Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) 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, which was introduced in late May.
The vision for WBA OpenRoaming is that the world will become a single, giant network, allowing billions of people and their devices to connect automatically and securely to Wi-Fi around the world. Users will be able to roam from location to location without the need for logins, registrations, or passwords. Among companies that support the initiative are AT&T, Boingo, Broadcom, Cisco, Commscope, Google, Intel, and Samsung.