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Wi-Fi World Congress coming to Canada in September


TORONTO – Organizers of the Wi-Fi World Congress and Expo Event North America (WWC) announced Wednesday the first-ever Canadian version of the conference will take place in Toronto from Sept. 18-20.

The WWC is hosted by the industry association Wi-Fi NOW and its community of more than 20,000 Wi-Fi professionals from every industry segment, a press release explains.

“More than 500 world and Canadian Wi-Fi leaders including North America’s top service providers, vendors and industry organizations will be part of the WWC,” Claus Hetting, CEO and chairman of Wi-Fi NOW, said in the release. “Education, industry advancement and supporting the Canadian Wi-Fi business are the primary goals of the conference.”

The Toronto conference will include a special focus on the new opportunities for 6 GHz Wi-Fi including a discussion “on how the 6 GHz spectrum will impact the world of unlicensed fixed wireless access in Canada and the US for better broadband competition,” the release says.

More information can be found here.

Image courtesy of Wi-Fi NOW.