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ENDORSED BY EVENT HIGHLIGHTS PLATINUM SPONSOR PLATINUM SPONSOR LOEWS ROYAL PACIFIC RESORT, ORLANDO: 11-14 JUNE 2018 Never has there been a more exciting time in our industry –In Orlando we established the incredible evolution of Wi-Fi and the increasingly important part it plays alongside other unlicensed technologies with 5G as the standard emerges. With PasspointTM/HS2.0 on the cusp of mass market adoption and the step change that 802.11ax brings, the next 2 years are set to radically change the wireless world. Here’s a small snapshot of what was covered at WGC Orlando – thanks for coming! OVER MORE THAN 25 30% COUNTRIES ATTENDEES FROM REPRESENTED 110+ OPERATORS/ CARRIERS UNIQUE MORE THAN ORGANISATIONS 50% OVER ATTENDEES CxO AND EXECUTIVE LEVEL 20% ATTENDEES FROM ENTERPRISE WI-FI 20% ATTENDEES FROM NGH LIVE VENDORS ORLANDO 8300 unique access with PasspointTM / NGH devices LOEWS ROYAL PACIFIC RESORT, ORLANDO: 11-14 JUNE 2018 “ Great event. Strong presentations, “ The conference was insightful about Wi-Fi awesome venue - the best and the future with 5G and the challenges Wireless Global Congress yet!” and values that come along with it”. - Boingo Wireless - GoZone WiFi AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS Carrier Wi-Fi Evolution WGC Orlando was a truly • Whether Passpoint has delivered on its promises • Bridging carrier and guest Wi-Fi unique event that placed key • Optimizing connectivity focuses on the most significant • Carrier Wireless Services Certification (CWSC) topics currently facing the Wireless Services Innovation Streams wireless ecosystem. • Wireless Services for Hospitality - The current state of hospitality Wi-Fi Over the course of 2 full days, - Secure Wi-Fi: Important to hotel guests? - What is needed for successful hotel Wi-Fi deployments attendees had the opportunity • Wireless Services in High-Density Venues to hear and learn about - Monetization of venue Wi-Fi the following: - Challenges of high-density deployments Wi-Fi Verticals Evolution • Wi-Fi Deployment Guidelines Benchmark - Deployment benchmarks The Role of Wi-Fi in 5G - Benefits of Passport roaming • Next Gen Wi-Fi • In-Flight Wi-Fi - 5G key use cases - Exploring successful deployments - Exploring 802.11ax and ongoing innovations - Existing challenges and how to face them - Continued growth of Passpoint (Hotspot 2.0) • In-Home Wi-Fi • Wi-Fi Network Densification for 5G - Meeting customer expectations - Wi-Fi evolution and its place in a connected world - Preparing for future needs - The ‘explosion’ of devices and access IoT and Wi-Fi Roaming Evolution 802.11ax Enhanced Wi-Fi • IoT and Roaming security • Decoding the new features • Maximizing the role of Wi-Fi • Addressing significant use cases • Wi-Fi and LoRa synergies THE ATTENDANCE THIS YEAR “ The Wireless Global Congress attracts a large audience of relevant and technically “ The Wireless Global Congress brings together companies that competent people, with whom we want to build our brand and relationships with” are very diverse in nature, and that gives us a clearer picture of what’s going on in the industry” Mojo Networks Fon “ This is the only event in the industry that addresses the key audience for Wi-Fi deployments in the Carrier space, and the attendees are truly top-class” “ Good event; location easy and practical. Good representation from key actors of the sectors and it was really easy to meet everyone” Sandvine Orange “ I was impressed by the quality of workshops, the skills of speakers and the scope of discussions. The power and sustainability of Wi-Fi in the telecommunication “ The open and transparent nature of the conference is both landscape is clear and I well understood the strategical positioning versus 5G”. refreshing and very productive” Semtech Sun Global “Experience is great, venue is great, hotel is awesome!” “Great networking opportunities, great panel discussions!” Comcast Wi-Fi Magic ATTENDANCE BY COMPANY TYPE Consulting / Press / Analysts 3% Others 7% Trade Associations 4% Operators/Carriers 31% Software Manufacturer 15% Vendors 20% Enterprise Wi-Fi 20% 110+ COMPANIES REPRESENTED! 151 Advisor Cognitive Systems LEDCOM INTERNATIONAL Starry 5thGenWireless Comcast Linktel Telecomunicações Ltda Sterlite Tech AbbeyBarn Communications Cradlepoint, Inc. MachineQ Sterne Kessler Goldstein Fox Accuris Networks Datavalet Technologies Inc MaximaTelecom JSC Sun Global Broadband LLC Airspan Networks Delaware North Co MIST Systems Syniverse American Tower Dense Networks Mobilitie TD GARDEN/Boston Bruins ANTlabs Deutsche Telekom AG Mobolize Telecom26 AG Aptilo Networks Deutsche Telekom North America Inc. Mojo Networks Telia Eesti AS ARRIS DSA Nomadix TWS Aruba e-Development International One World Solutions UL AT&T Edgewater WIreless Orange United Telecommunication Svcs Atlantis University Eleven Software Inc. Panaonis Avionics Uniti BandwidthX Federated Wireless Panasonic Universal Orlando Benu Networks Fon /Fontech Panduit Universal Parks & Resorts BIG Wireless Global Reach Technology Inc. Plan A PR & Marketing, Inc. UTStarcom India Telecom Boingo Wireless GlobalData Proventure Networks Viasat Botswana Fibre Networks GoZone WiFi Qualcomm VINGN Broadcom Corp Hilton Worldwide Ruckus Networks, an ARRIS Co. Wavecom BSG Wireless Hotwire Communications SafeGraph, Inc WeFi BSNL Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Sandvine Whoop Wireless BT iBwave Senet Wi-Fi Alliance CableLabs IDRAC Hospitality Consulting ShareG Inc. WiConnect Carnegie Technologies InSite Wireless Group Shaw Cablesystems WiFi Magic Centre for Development of Telematics Intel Corporation SIM2Travel Wificoin Charter Communications iPass Inc. SK Telecom Wireless Broadband Alliance China Telecom KodaCloud Smith Micro XCellAir Inc. Cisco Systems KT Corporation Sogetel Mobilité XFINITY Home Cogeco Kyrio SONY KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM WGC ORLANDO “Role of Wi-Fi/unlicensed with 5G is all about coverage, quality, speed and meeting the demands of customers. AT&T is committed to next generation networks including Passpoint/HS2.0 and 5G”. AT&T “Orlando’s theme parks and pleasure experience is underpinned by technology, making Orlando a key technology hub – from reducing queue times for guests to optimising revenues for the parks – it is the wireless technology that is enabling this. In 2016 at Super Bowl 50, American soccer fans consumed 10TB of wireless data – today at peak times - this happens at Universal on a daily basis!” Universal Parks & Resorts 70% of Wi-Fi traffic in airports in the US is PasspointTM - this Next Generation Hotspot (NGH) technology is what makes the Wi-Fi experience seamless, secure and interoperable and therefore akin to the cellular experience and Passpoint is delivering on its promises. The challenge is out for more European and Asian operators to follow suit and raise the bar for end customers. 8bn devices today connect with Wi-Fi, by 2021 that will be 11.68bn. 11 Exabytes of mobile data (60%) is offloaded to Wi-Fi today and this will grow to 49 Exabytes by 2021 – ergo connectivity = Wi-Fi. We are now in the era of machine learning and AI – cognitive Wi-Fi powered by the cloud has major impact on the user experience, as problems are recognised and fixed. Many of the use cases of 5G can be delivered by Wi-Fi and other unlicensed technologies and furthermore Wi-Fi has demonstrable advantages - ubiquitous presence, significantly lower cost, unmetered access generally for the end user and a much lower operational and capex cost for enterprises. The 5G vision for operators makes sense with Wi-Fi as part of the 5G mix based on significant step change brought about by 802.11.ax. The nexus of technologies are driving a perfect storm that will create the next industrial revolution – but the intelligent digital fabric we are creating must be secure. The emergence of the smart home based on ‘enchanted objects’ (aka IoT) will overlay not only the digital but also the physical too – personalisation will be key. WI-FI CROSSES BUSINESS BOUNDARIES: Universal availability & cost effectiveness • 80% of mobile data is consumed indoors today • Current Distributed Antenna Systems are cost-prohibitive for most enterprises • Small cell is not neutral host - making deployments more complex Cost per square Foot SP willingness to deliver services over Wi-Fi (200k sq.ft. building, 4 MNO support, 5 year TCO) 80% 70% $2.40 60% Lower cost with small cell as 50% signal source VOICE DATA IoT 40% $1.61 S/Sq.ft. 30% 56% 73% 61% 20% $0.53 10% 0% Wi-Fi DAS MNO SMALL CELLS Source: Cisco survey of 70 Service Providers Source: Mobile Experts Wi-Fi is the most cost-effective and ubiquitous technology for multi-operator indoor coverage! The opportunity for services providers lays of services, hotels are offering single in the enterprise market. With 80% of mobile authentication for hotel Wi-Fi access. There data today consumed indoors Wi-Fi is the most are 6 characteristics of a quality guest internet cost effect and ubiquitous technology for multi services from the perspective of hospitality operator indoor coverage. Why? Current DAS guests, they are: 1. easy to use 2. consistency networks are cost prohibitive and with Small in user experience 3. reliable internet access cells not being neutral host, deployments are 4. fast 5. free 6. secure. Among all the 6 areas, complex – over 8bn devices are connected to ‘secure’ internet access is the key entity for Wi-Fi and growing at 3bn per year. the hospitality industry. Hotspot 2.0 is the key solution to ‘secure’ internet access which Internet access has consistently ranked as one enables secure customer experience that was of the top 3 guest amenities every year for the previously impossible to offer to customers. last 10 years. In order to ensure the quality “In 2008 there were 250% more guests in Hilton hotels than internet connected devices; in 2018, there are 200% more internet connected devices than guests”. - Hilton Hotels HIGHLIGHTS FROM DISCUSSIONS ON WIRELESS SERVICES IN HOSPITALITY Wi-Fi plays a big role while IoT and big data bring new opportunities to hotel. It helps hotels to improved operation and lower costs. For example, with smart energy management can decrease 20-45% of energy costs, quality data can be retained to predict maintenance, increase convenience for guests.