Wireless Broadband Alliance

Wireless Broadband Alliance
Company
Industry Telecommunications
Founded 2003
Website www.wballiance.com

The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) is an industry association formed to promote interoperability between operators in the Wi-Fi industry, with the stated aim of providing an excellent user experience.[1][2] To achieve this, the WBA promotes interoperability initiatives including the Next Generation Hotspot (NGH), Wi-Fi Roaming and the WBA's Interoperability Compliance Program. The WBA runs the Wi-Fi Global Congress, an industry meeting.[3] and hosts webinars to share best practice and advance knowledge.

Initiatives

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Membership

The members of Wireless Broadband Alliance include a mix of Wi-Fi, mobile and broadband operators and wireless technology manufacturers. Members include AT&T, BT, Orange, NTT DoCoMo, China Mobile, Cisco, LG, Intel, Ericsson,CableLabs, MediaTek, Mosaik Solutions, NEC BIGLOBE, Qualcomm, Sharedband, Smith Micro, Spice Digital, Telkom Indonesia, The Cloud[5] and Telecom New Zealand.[2]

Collaborations

The WBA works with the Wi-Fi Alliance [6] to promote ease of use on and roaming between wireless hotspots.[7]

The WBA has partnerships with the following organisations:

See also

References

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