If you look at Apple’s device lineup over the past few years, the vast majority of them do not have ethernet ports. Wi-Fi has grown across retail centers, sports stadium, universities, K–12 schools, and business centers. One of the major drivers behind the growth of Wi-Fi is Apple’s products. For retail centers, providing fast and free Wi-Fi to attract shoppers has been a critical priority for CMOs. By leveraging retail analytics from their Wi-Fi, they can learn more about how their customers spend their time in the store. For sports stadiums, Wi-Fi has allowed consumers to order food, receive personalized service, and share clips on social media. For business centers, Wi-Fi has improved productivity by letting workers untether from their desk to allow work to happen anywhere. Wi-Fi is an evolving technology, and we are on the cusp of a significant wireless communications transition. After Wi-Fi 6 is ratified later this year, it will be the most significant change to Wi-Fi since we went from 802.11g to 802.11n (when speeds finally got near wired speeds). To explain why this is, I want to take you back to what Apple’s iDevice revolution did to Wi-Fi networks around the world. What are the benefits of Wi-Fi 6? It’s a Wi-Fi standard built for a world powered by iPhones and iPads. more…
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