TP-Link India has announced the commencement of local manufacturing for its Wi-Fi 7 product portfolio in India. The move establishes the company as one of the first global networking brands to localize Wi-Fi 7 production following the Department of Telecommunications’ (DoT) January 2026 notification that delicensed the lower 6 GHz spectrum band. Continue reading “TP-Link India commences local production of Wi-Fi 7 hardware”
Ookla today published a report indicating that in-flight Wi-Fi is becoming a key factor in airline choice, with low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite networks—particularly Starlink—driving measurable changes in performance. Continue reading “Starlink leads in-flight Wi-Fi performance shift with 47.8% share: Ookla”
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has officially released a consultation paper focused on the “Proliferation of Public Wi-Fi Networks in India”. Continue reading “TRAI calls for stakeholder feedback on proliferation of public Wi-Fi”
MediaTek has announced the Filogic 8000 family at CES 2026. The chipset family is designed to support the upcoming Wi-Fi 8 standard and focuses on reliable, low-latency wireless connectivity across gateways and client devices, including AI-driven use cases. Continue reading “MediaTek Filogic 8000 Wi-Fi 8 chipset platform unveiled at CES 2026”
Emirates has announced plans to implement Starlink Wi-Fi across its entire operational fleet, commencing with the Boeing 777 aircraft in November 23, 2025 and aiming for full completion by mid-2027. Qatar Airways was the first to launch Starlink-equipped Boeing 777 aircraft last year.
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Qatar Airways has launched the world’s inaugural Starlink-equipped Boeing 777 aircraft from Doha to London, after the announcement earlier this year. Continue reading “Qatar Airways launches world’s first Starlink-equipped Boeing 777”
Qatar Airways has announced that it will introduce Starlink’s Wi-Fi on three of its Boeing 777-300 aircraft by the last quarter of this year. Continue reading “Qatar Airways to offer Starlink’s in-flight Wi-Fi by Q4 2024”
After introduction of several Wi-Fi 7-supported devices and chips, Wi-Fi Alliance has officially launched Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 7 program approving end-user devices such as smartphones. With this, ‘Wi-Fi 7 ready’ devices will now be able to officially support the new standard. Continue reading “Wi-Fi 7 launched officially bringing performance and connectivity improvements”
Vistara became the first company to offer in-flight Wi-Fi internet connectivity onboard international flights operated by its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, starting September 2020. It was extended to Airbus A321 neo aircraft later. Continue reading “Vistara offers free in-flight Wi-Fi to Club Vistara members”
Qualcomm Technologies has announced the availability of its Qualcomm Networking Pro Series Gen 3 range of platforms equipped with Wi-Fi 7. Qualcomm Networking Pro Series, Gen3 is now available for sampling and accessible to global development partners. It is the world’s highest performing Wi-Fi 7 network infrastructure platform line-up currently available. Continue reading “Qualcomm introduces Wi-Fi 7 Networking Pro Series”
Choosing a good router/networking device for your home or office is important and several factors including the size of your home/office, number of clients, etc, needs to be taken into consideration. In a typical small office/home office, one would be using different networking devices like router, switch, security gateway, etc. To reduce the clutter and make things easier, Ubiquiti Networks, a California-based company that is known for its networking devices launched its Ubiquiti Dream Machine (UDM) a couple of months back on its India store. It is an all-in-one networking device — High‐Performance Dual-Band 802.11ac 4×4 Wave 2 AP, Managed 4-Port Gigabit Switch, Advanced Security Gateway with Intrusion Detection System/Intrusion Prevention System and Deep Packet Inspection. I’ve been using the device for quite some time, and here’s the review of the UniFi Dream Machine from Ubiquiti. Continue reading “UniFi Dream Machine Review: The ideal networking device for Small office/home office”
Linksys, the brand which is known for its wide range of routers and networking solutions announced ‘Velop’ mesh system last year. Today, the company has launched a new model in that series – Linksys Velop MX5300, the company’s first Tri-band AX WiFi router. Continue reading “Linksys Velop MX5300 WiFi 6 Mesh Router launched in India”
Nokia is expanding its home Wi-Fi portfolio with the announcement of the Beacon 6 Wi-Fi router. It incorporates many core technologies such as OFDMA modulation schemes, Wi-Fi Certified EasyMesh, low-latency innovations and more.
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It seems like every other day, we get news of the discovery of another security vulnerability that affects a lot of our devices. Yesterday, a report published by ESET Research explains the discovery of Kr00k vulnerability that allows an attacker to decrypt wireless network packets.
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Seamless Air Alliance, a group having members like Virgin Atlantic, Vodafone, Airbus, Airtel and more have launched their Seamless Release 1.0, which is a standard aimed at providing in-flight internet connectivity to airplane passengers.
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