Boingo Wireless yesterday announced the successful deployment of the first-ever Wi-Fi 7 network at a public venue. The network is live at the Las Vegas Monorail Boingo Station at the Las Vegas Convention Center and will be on display during CES 2024 at the Boingo Innovation Center.
Boingo’s first-of-its-kind Wi-Fi 7 offering is designed to dramatically improve wireless performance and minimize coverage gaps with extreme speeds, low latency and increased capacity for an exceptional user experience and to power an entirely new class of advanced connected devices and demanding applications. Wi-Fi 7 doubles network bandwidth for rock-solid reliability and quadruples the speed of Wi-Fi 6 with peak rates exceeding 40 Gbps. Wi-Fi 7 also enhances energy efficiency, lowering overall power usage, and features enhanced WPA3 security protocols, offering robust authentication and encryption tools.
The trailblazing launch of Wi-Fi 7 at a Las Vegas mass transit station builds upon Boingo’s commitment to moving Las Vegas forward through wireless innovation. At last year’s CES, the company opened the Boingo Innovation Center next to the Las Vegas Convention Center, to serve as a testing ground for 5G and Wi-Fi 7 applications. Boingo also announced it is expanding 5G connectivity on the Las Vegas strip with new world-class wireless networks at Dream Las Vegas.
Boingo’s Wi-Fi 7 deployment adds to its wireless firsts, including launching the first commercial DAS network, first Passpoint network, first CBRS airport private network and first Wi-Fi 6 network at an airport.
AI-driven RUCKUS R770 enterprise-class Wi-Fi 7 access points (APs) were utilized for Boingo’s deployment.
Boingo CEO Mike Finley
Boingo is proud to lead the charge in launching the world’s first Wi-Fi 7 network at a public venue, unlocking a new era of reliable, secure Wi-Fi connectivity for high-trafficked, diverse enterprise environments including airports, transit stations, hotels, casinos, stadiums, hospitals and military bases. CES and Las Vegas have been home to groundbreaking technology unveilings, and Boingo is excited to contribute to that list with this inaugural Wi-Fi 7 deployment.
