With
Global Wi-Fi Roaming through the WBA you can gain access to
1. A global Wi-Fi footprint of more than 1
million hotspots
2. More than a billion subscribers
worldwide
3. Experts in roaming, offload and
interworking
4. Operator standards, guidelines, best practices
and templates
5. A global ecosystem of major operators
and vendors
6. A global forum and partnership
opportunity
7. A role in technical developments that
will influence the direction of wireless.
WBA’s
global Wi-Fi roaming work supports:
…operators
with Wi-Fi Networks
Make Wi-Fi roaming work for you with
our technical enablers, templates and common user experience guidelines. Bring
hotspots to more end users, and connect end users to more hotspots as easily as
possible.
…operators
without Wi-Fi Networks
Are you a mobile or broadband
technology operator without a Wi-Fi offering? Whether your focus is fixed or
wireless technology, you can work with the WBA and its members to offer Wi-Fi
roaming and mobile data offload to your customers. We have developed a roaming
framework that allows interoperability between platforms to help you to manage
the mobile data explosion.
…roaming enablers and supporters
Join the roaming hub vendors,
clearinghouse providers, technology vendors and others who have taken part in
our open industry trials and benefited from key technical enablers developed by
WBA. Or hear about the latest Wi-Fi innovations, network with us and our
members and discuss future Wi-Fi developments at regular members’ meetings and
the twice-yearly WBA Wi-Fi Global Congress.
…end users
The WBA is helping to
enhance global coverage and inbound/ outbound roaming opportunities for end
users. Common user experience guidelines will make it easier for end users to
locate, identify and connect to Next Generation Hotspots while roaming.
WBA
Roaming Guidelines
Please consult the WBA Roaming Guidelines for further
information.The WBA Member Roaming Pack is a one-stop shop for all WBA approved
specifications and documents for Wi-Fi Roaming. The pack provides a complete
list of what WBA has to offer from all relevant perspectives, including
marketing, commercial, legal, technical, other cross functions and back-end
support. To receive the WBA Member Roaming Pack please contact the WBA.
The aim of the WBA’s Next Generation Hotspot (NGH) program
is to deliver a public Wi-Fi experience that is as easy and secure as that
experienced on cellular networks.
And that’s why we’re designing and specifying hotspots that
are easier for users to find and access easier to find and access because
devices can connect securely and automatically with no need to manually enter
user names or passwords.
But we’re also designing and specifying these hotspots to be
much, much more secure. The new hotspots feature similar levels of security to
the cellular network including end-to-end radio link encryption and SIM
authentication.
The result? A hotspot network that takes the heat off mobile
broadband at busy times, through accessible, secure and above all reliable
offload. Another step towards interoperability across networks, technologies
and devices. And a key milestone in WBA’s goal to drive wireless broadband
adoption globally.
The current WBA initiatives under the NGH program include
NGH Trial, NGH Operator Guidelines, NGH Whitepapers (Business Drivers
whitepaper, Security whitepaper and Maintaining the Profitability of Mobile
Data Services) and engagement with key industry organizations (e.g, the GSMA,
CableLabs and the Wi-Fi Alliance).
The NGH Trial is being driven by a strong participation of
WBA membership. The work is being developed in different phases with the main
objective of providing a “real world” end-to-end test:
· Phase 1 (Completed): Secure and
seamless authentication with automatic and network discovery and selection
· Phase 2 (Completed): Complete
end-to-end testing using Passpoint release 1 equipment (more than 20 test cases
performed by each operator)
· Phase 3 (In Progress – Open for
enrollment): Operator policy for Wi-Fi networks and automatic online signup.
Also, explore new location based services and advanced policy management.
So in conclusion global wifi will be free to use. It will
also be help by google.What it does is that it gives people the chance to have
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