Cisco Delivers High Quality Wi-Fi Network Connectivity for over 20,000 Attendees at Mobile World Congress Americas, in Partnership with CTIA
The Cisco carrier-grade Wi-Fi solution allowed the GSMA to offer high-speed Wi-Fi services to more than 21,000 MWC Americas attendees as well as connectivity to participating exhibitors. Cisco has an ongoing partnership with the GSMA and has powered the Wireless LAN networks with its networking solutions for previous Mobile World Congress events held in Barcelona and Shanghai.
“The GSMA has had a longstanding partnership with Cisco to provide the connectivity that is so critical to the success of Mobile World Congress events,” said Jon France, Information Technology Director, GSMA. “Cisco’s technology provided a robust, reliable network in a high-density and highly complex environment across the three sites of the Moscone Center. Together we delivered quality connectivity experiences for attendees and exhibitors.”
During the event, nearly 22,000 devices authenticated to the network, with 65 percent of them automatically roaming from their mobile operator’s cellular data network onto the event Wi-Fi network via Hotspot 2.0. Cisco has been an early proponent and ongoing supporter of Hotspot 2.0 in Wireless LAN solutions to enable highly secure and automatic authentication of mobile devices to the Wi-Fi network.
“Delivering high-speed carrier-grade Wi-Fi service in a venue as large as the Moscone Center requires precise planning, monitoring and management,” said Yvette Kanouff, SVP/GM, Service Provider Business, Cisco. “In close collaboration with the GSMA and the Moscone Center, together we achieved another successful Mobile World Congress through the delivery of high-quality Wi-Fi connectivity. We are pleased to have been selected by the GSMA once again to make this happen and look forward to the possibility of collaborating in the future.”