The decline in smartphone and PC shipments in 2022 took its toll on overall shipments for Wi-Fi-enabled products, causing them to fall for the first time ever in Wi-Fi's decades-long history.
After first deploying it in areas ravaged by Typhoon Quinta, Globe Telecom has rolled out its WiFi Jeepney anew to serve areas that were hit by Typhoon Rolly.
Smart Communications is deploying carrier-grade fiber-powered WiFi at New Clark City in Tarlac and the Philippine Army Gymnasium in Taguig, which will also accommodate Covid-19 patients under investigation (PUIs) and persons under monitoring (PUMs).
A new report from telecom metrics firm Opensignal showed that Filipino mobile users spent the highest average time on WiFi in Asia during a period when most countries in the region went on a lockdown to contain the Covid-19 pandemic.
In the Philippines and 32 other countries, smartphone users experience faster average download speeds using a mobile network than using WiFi, according to new report by mobile analytics firm OpenSignal.
WiFi 6 or 802.11ax chipsets are forecast to break the 1 billion annual shipments barrier by 2022 just three years after the first commercial deployments expected for 2019, according to analyst firm ABI Research.
The DIR-878 is a wireless networking solution designed for Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) environments by combining high-speed 802.11ac Wi-Fi with dual-band technology and Gigabit Ethernet ports.
