20% 160+ 25+ + 60% 50% 300 ATTENDEES FROM ATTENDEES FROM UNIQUE COUNTRIES ATTENDEES CXO AND ATTENDEES TECHNOLOGY OPERATORS ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED EXECUTIVE LEVEL PROVIDERS Next Gen Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi 6) for Carriers, Cities & Enterprise Outstanding User Experience with Next Gen Wi-Fi; the marriage of Wi-Fi 6 and PasspointTM Accelerating Adoption of Next Gen 22 - 23 MAY 2019 Wi-Fi in the Enterprise Market, for High Density Venues Wi-Fi Delivering a New Wave of Broadband and IoT Connectivity Options for Cities Ecosystem DIAMOND SPONSORS: ATLANTA MARRIOTT MARQUIS | ATLANTA, USA: 22 – 23 MAY 2019 “Very productive and wide-ranging conference. A “must” for “An excellent event to learn, influence, and meet anyone whose business is in wireless services.” - Accuris Networks professionals from the wireless industry.” - Google “An excellent networking opportunity with high quality professionals from the Wi-Fi ecosystem.” - Semtech “Privileged to be the part of Wi-Fi Revolution.” - C-DOT KEY HIGHLIGHTS Power of Wi-Fi in the 5G era RAN Convergence with Wi-Fi in the 5G Era - Will 5G eat Wi-Fi’s lunch? The answer is of course no – and we share - What are the key changes and impacts occurring in the wireless the reasons why ecosystem over the next 2-5 years - Exploring the massive opportunities for Wi-Fi and the immediate next - RAN convergence will lead to a better user experience and create new steps that should be considered business opportunities for both Wi-Fi and cellular providers - New capabilities and standards for Wi-Fi will drive engagement and - What role will Wi-Fi play in convergence as carriers role out 5G networks growth across all sectors Roundtable on Hospitality Wi-Fi Driving the Wi-Fi opportunities and business in 2019 - the opportunities & challenges - What role does Wi-Fi play in the changing wireless landscape? - How can hoteliers deliver on their guest experience for Wi-Fi and what - How is that landscape impacting operators and what do they need is holding them back to worry about over the next 2 years - New standards for NGH/Passpoint bring enhanced security, enhanced guest - Assessing the growth of the wireless enterprise, impacts of IoT and who engagement capabilities and the best user experience will control those domains? - First mover advantage is still there for the taking - who will be first? Wi-Fi Evolution & Monetization - NGH/Passpoint continues to evolve and some of the new capabilities will Wi-Fi 6 Workshop – Co-Hosted by Wi-Fi Alliance make step changes to the customer experience – bringing benefits to - Wi-Fi 6 will bring better user experiences in the most demanding consumers, business and enterprises alike environments Delivering on the most significant KPI’s for carrier grade Wi-Fi - How are carriers leveraging Wi-Fi as part of their strategy? - Wi-Fi 6 is not only cost-effective and ubiquitous, but is now capable of delivering SLAs - So will 2019/20 be the year of next generation Wi-Fi, or 5G – or will customer demand dictate blended solutions? - Higher capacity and throughput; low latency; spectrum efficiency; connection density - all 4 are key characteristics of Wi-Fi 6, and support key “5G” requirements Future of In- Home Wi-Fi – From IoT to next gen In-Home Wi-Fi experience - In-home Wi-Fi is set to explode with increased consumer demand Wi-Fi Roaming Evolution and IoT - where are the opportunities and what do service providers - Unstoppable evolution on Wi-Fi Roaming is going to be happening need to fix to deliver on the customer experience promise? in the next 12 months - In-home ‘no spots’ are about to become a thing of the past with - Carriers and Enterprises can utilize Wi-Fi Certified NGH/Passpoint together with multi-mesh AP solutions and remote management of services the WBA WRIX standards to support deployment of carrier grade Wi-Fi services - Wi-Fi Sensing – addressing new use cases and bringing additive ROI for - NGH/Passpoint changes the game with increased use of Wi-Fi roaming and broadband providers growth of roaming customers Guest Wi-Fi - The ultimate experience and Building Breakthrough Innovation Capabilities - enterprises businesses advantages Co-hosted by AT&T Foundry and Georgia Tech ATDC - Diversity of the environments bring a lot of changes and opportunities - What do large corporate companies like AT&T look for from Start ups and for Guest Wi-Fi Scaleups and how do they harness and embed that innovation within - The next generation of Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi 6 based on IEEE 802.11ax, is going their organisation? to be essential to carriers and enterprises, because of its new - Challenges and opportunities for corporate innovation operator-grade capabilities and advantages - How start ups and scale up companies are riding the innovation wave and - NGH/Passpoint enables seamless user experience and more security make a successful match with large corporates for guest Wi-Fi Opportunities and challenges for neutral host: Always best connected - Opportunities for neutral host: how carriers can benefit by leveraging existing Wi-Fi infrastructure and assets to accelerate mobile network densification Over the next few pages of the report - Neutral Host solves complex challenges with Wi-Fi for cellular, IoT and private LTE with NGH/Passpoint roaming you’ll see highlights and answers of - Neutral host service providers can take advantages of Network some of the above topics! Convergence which can enable more throughput, reduced latency, better coverage and lower cost of ownership by the sharing of infrastructure in venues THE ATTENDANCE THIS YEAR “Atlanta won’t just be a smart city, but the smartest city in the nation and that means being a leader in technology, innovation and development to deliver on the Mayors vision for its citizens, businesses and visitors” - Gary Brantley – CIO City of Atlanta Eric Schaefer calls on everyone “to realize that the customer experience is key – today that is about delivering one complete holistic experience on broadband and mobile and that is by delivering Wi-Fi first. The power of Wi-Fi is not about the latest standard, not the bit/sec or any other technological innovation – it’s about what is does for customers”. – Eric Schaefer, SVP & GM Broadband, Automation & Communications, Comcast ATTENDANCE BY COMPANY TYPE Operators 20% Others 12% Governmental Entities 1% Associations / Alliances 7% Consulting / Press Analysts 10% Technology Providers 50% 160+ COMPANIES REPRESENTED! 5thGenWireless Charter Communications Hughes Systique SALTO Systems Accuris Networks Chirp iBwave Savant ACTILITY Chris Blundell Intel Corporation SBA Communications Aeromobile Cisco Systems iSpace, Inc Seamless Air Alliance Airties City of Atlanta KodaCloud Inc. Semtech American Bandwidth LLC Cognitive Systems Kyrio Senet American Tower Colony Networks LEDCOM INTERNATIONAL Sercomm ANYROAM LLC Comcast Liberty Latin America (LLA) Silver Star Communications AOL & Twitter CONNECTEDIO LINKTEL TELECOMUNICAÇÕES DO BRASIL LTDA SK Telecom Aptilo Networks Connectify MaximaTelecom JSC SoftBank Corp. Aruba Networks Converging Network LLC Mettis Aerospace Limited Sun Global Broadband LLC ASSIA Cox Communications Mobilitie Symantec AT&T DANNI enterprises Mobolize Synivese ATDC / Engage Delaware North Co Mo-DV Telecom26 BearHug Analytics, Inc. Delta Airlines NarrativeML TeleWorld Solutions Benu Networks Deutsche Telekom NATCO Communications Thales BH IoT Group Digital Element Nest Wireless Global Thingtech Bluechip Athletic Solutions e-Development International New Media Systems Tohoku University Bluehive Inc Edgewater Wireless Nokia Verizon Boingo Wireless eHire Nomadix Verusen Botswana Fibre Networks Eleven Software NTT DOCOMO USA, Inc. Viasat, Inc. Broadband Forum Encapto Oldcastle Vidéotron Broadcom entonomics.com Orange Wefi BSG Wireless Galgus Orange International Carriers WiConnect Over the next few pages of the report Buzick Consulting, LLC Gaviota Partners P&P Pointlink Int’l Wi-Fi Alliance C Spire GlobalReach Technology Panasonic Avionics WiFi Map you’ll see highlights and answers of CableLabs Inc. Google Pareteum Wireless 2020 some of the above topics! Carnegie Technologies Granite River Labs Qualcomm Wireless Broadband Alliance Casa Systems HPE - Aruba Quantum Wireless Wireless Insider Network C-DOT HTNG Reliance Jio Wireless Technology Forum Cellnex Telecom Huawei Technologies Ruckus Networks World-Wired INTRODUCTION “We are raising a generation of digital natives – raised with a smartphone, they are taking wireless connectivity as a given.” Said JR Wilson, AT&T VP and Chairman of the WBA, “A simplified customer experience is the key to (Wi-Fi) success. WBA focuses on the end to end service experience and we will continue to have a critical role in Wi-Fi ecosystem.” 2019 is a very significant year for the wireless ecosystem. Not only are we seeing growth and innovation on an unprecedented scale, it’s also the 20th anniversary of the invention of Wi-Fi - truly, one of the most important technologies that our industry, and the world itself, has ever seen. The World’s largest Wi-Fi event, the Wireless Global Congress in Atlanta brought together the leading players from fixed and mobile carriers, enterprise wireless and the connected cities ecosystems - in short, a terrific place to meet, learn, network, and see where our ecosystem is headed in 2019 & beyond. In his opening address JR Wilson, VP AT&T and Chairman of WBA, addressed the fact that data management and convergence will be paths for future growth led by next gen hotspot. In an IP-based world with 5G, network slicing, discounted