AUSTIN, Texas, June 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB), the leading innovator in low-power wireless connectivity, today announced the successful deployment and operation of a 200-node Matter-over-Thread validation network, demonstrating the scalability, reliability and performance of Matter for large-scale smart building, commercial IoT and next-generation smart home applications.

Announced at the Connectivity Standards Alliance’s (CSA) inaugural Unify event, this highlights a key evolution in the Matter ecosystem: the industry is moving beyond proving interoperability and toward demonstrating scalability for real-world deployments. Silicon Labs’ 200-node Matter-over-Thread validation network provides evidence that Matter can support the larger, more complex environments expected in commercial buildings, multi-dwelling units and next-generation smart home installations.

“Matter is rapidly evolving from a smart home technology into a platform capable of supporting much larger deployments,” said Daniel Cooley, Chief Technology Officer at Silicon Labs. “This work demonstrates not only that Matter-over-Thread can theoretically scale to thousands of devices, but also how Silicon Labs is helping customers deploy, manage and future-proof those networks through innovations spanning Matter, Thread, and Concurrent Multiprotocol technologies.”

Largest Public Validation Network Demonstrates Matter Scalability for Industrial and Commercial Applications

Believed to be among the largest publicly documented Matter-over-Thread performance test networks to date, the deployment was designed to evaluate how Matter performs as networks expand beyond traditional residential use cases. Unlike a controlled laboratory simulation, the network operated across Silicon Labs’ Boston Connectivity Lab and office environment, with devices distributed throughout the facility and exposed to real-world wireless conditions including active Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth and Thread traffic. The network tested multicast messaging, unicast communications, commissioning workflows and long-term network stability under deployment-like conditions.

The validation effort reflects Silicon Labs’ ongoing commitment to advancing the Matter ecosystem and helping device manufacturers confidently deploy Matter-enabled products at scale. As one of the industry’s leading contributors to Matter, Silicon Labs provides wireless SoCs, software, development tools Thread Border Routers based on the OpenThread implementation, certification resources and ecosystem support that help developers accelerate Matter adoption from concept through production.

The results come as the Matter ecosystem continues to mature and expand. Silicon Labs supports the latest Matter specifications, including Matter 1.6 capabilities that broaden device interoperability, expand supported device categories and enable new smart home and smart building experiences. Through its comprehensive Matter portfolio, Silicon Labs helps developers build products that work seamlessly across major ecosystems while simplifying development, certification and deployment.

Key findings from the 200-node Matter-over-Thread validation network include:

• Successful deployment and sustained operation of a 200-node Matter-over-Thread network in a real-world office environment.
• 100% commissioning success using on-network commissioning.
• Reliable multicast and multi-hop unicast communications with mean multicast latencies as low as 87 ms and less than 1% packet loss across most payload sizes.
• Consistent operation despite active Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Thread traffic, with no specialized topology engineering required.
• Validation that Matter-over-Thread can support commercial-scale lighting, building automation and large IoT deployments.

Silicon Labs OpenThread Border Router and Concurrent Multiprotocol Technology Provide Stable Matter Foundation

The 200-node Matter-over-Thread validation network was built using the OpenThread Border Router (OTBR) implementation, which provided the Thread network infrastructure used to commission and manage devices participating in the test. As Matter-over-Thread deployments scale, Border Routers play a critical role in securely connecting Thread devices to controllers, cloud services and broader IP networks. Silicon Labs provides developers with OTBR solutions and development resources that help simplify deployment of large Matter networks.

The results also reinforce the value of Silicon Labs’ leadership in Concurrent Multiprotocol (CMP), a technology pioneered by Silicon Labs that enables devices to simultaneously support multiple wireless protocols on a single radio. CMP enables support for both Zigbee and Matter-over-Thread networks within the same device, helping manufacturers simplify migrations while preserving compatibility with existing deployments and future-proofing product portfolios.

This capability allows manufacturers to support current customer installations while preparing for future Matter adoption, reducing development complexity, streamlining inventory management and enabling a smoother transition between ecosystems. Silicon Labs supports CMP across its latest wireless platforms, including MG26 and Series 3 devices, helping developers build interoperable products that span multiple wireless ecosystems.

The complete Matter Large Network Performance report is available at: https://www.silabs.com/wireless/matter/matter-over-thread-large-network-performance-testing.

About Silicon Labs

Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB) is the leading innovator in low-power connectivity, building embedded technology that connects devices and improves lives. Merging cutting-edge technology into the world’s most highly integrated SoCs, Silicon Labs provides device makers with the solutions, support, and ecosystems needed to create advanced edge connectivity applications. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Silicon Labs has operations in over 16 countries and is the trusted partner for innovative solutions in smart home, industrial IoT, and smart cities markets. Learn more at https://www.silabs.com.

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From network infrastructure to AV platform – starting here

Co-working spaces live and die by experience. Wi‑Fi is part of the product.

But unlike traditional offices, co-working environments have a constant flow of temporary users:

• day passes
• meeting room guests
• event attendees
• short-term members

That creates a unique challenge: keep Wi‑Fi fast and easy, but still secure and governed.

This guide outlines a practical approach.

Step 1: Treat Wi‑Fi as part of the member experience

Members expect seamless access. Guests expect quick onboarding. Your team needs fewer interruptions.

A modern co-working Wi‑Fi setup should reduce friction while maintaining control.

Step 2: Use fast, secure onboarding to get temporary users online

Fast, secure onboarding is especially valuable in co-working because it supports rotating visitors.

Instead of relying on shared passwords, you can use a controlled onboarding flow that:

• improves the visitor experience
• reduces front-desk workload
• supports better access governance

Step 3: Add visitor access control + acceptable-use compliance

Co-working spaces often need a middle ground:

• don’t make visitors fill out long forms
• do present acceptable-use expectations
• do apply practical session controls

This helps reduce abuse and keeps performance stable for everyone.

Step 4: Keep separate networks on a single SSID

A simple SSID is better for users.

But behind the scenes, you may want separation for:

• members
• guests
• staff/admin devices

Supporting separate networks on a single SSID helps you keep the experience simple while maintaining the segmentation you need.

Step 5: Support multi-location member accounts

For multi-site co-working brands, a consistent experience matters.

Member accounts can be used across multiple locations so returning members can get online quickly, while you maintain the access rules you need by site.

Step 6 (Optional): Enable self-serve paid access with payments on the splash page

If you sell day passes, meeting rooms, or event access, letting visitors pay directly on the splash page can:

• reduce staff involvement
• improve conversion (fewer steps)
• create a clean, self-managed experience

Step 7 (Optional): Add incremental revenue via ad/sponsor placements

If it aligns with your brand, Wi‑Fi can support optional ad/sponsor placements during the connection experience.

Some spaces use this for:

• partner perks
• local business sponsorships
• event sponsors

A simple next step

If you’d like, we can do a short walkthrough for your company:

• What’s your mix of members vs day-pass users?
• Do you rent meeting rooms or host events?
• Do you want self-serve paid access?
• Do you need member/guest/staff segmentation?
• Do members use multiple locations?
• What compliance or governance requirements do you have?

HOUSTON, TX — (06/15/26) — WorldVue, a trusted provider of video, advanced connectivity, and professional services, today announced the official release of Atlas, a next-generation customer platform designed to bring visibility, control, and intelligence to hotel technology operations, while laying the foundation for a Property Technology Operating System.

Built to unify data across essential WorldVue systems, Atlas now delivers a more powerful and transparent experience for both customers and internal teams. More than a dashboard, Atlas represents a fundamental shift in how hotel technology is managed. It provides operators with a centralized system to monitor performance, manage services, and act; transforming fragmented processes into a structured, trackable, and data-driven experience.

“Atlas represents a major step forward in how we think about technology in hospitality. We built it to simplify complexity, scale globally, and give our customers a platform they can rely on today while being ready for what’s next. This launch reflects our commitment to building smarter, more connected experiences without adding operational burden,” said Mark Schaps, Executive Vice President and Chief Informational Officer.

Atlas delivers immediate value with a robust set of features designed for both portfolio-level oversight and property-level detail:

• Portfolio Dashboard — A centralized view of all properties, with device and network summaries and sortable portfolio insights
• Property Overview — A dedicated page for each property with real-time system health and performance visibility
• Network Monitoring — Detailed visibility into equipment across categories including access points, modems, displays, networking gear, and TV services, with drill-down analytics
• Deployments — Tracking of active and planned equipment deployments across properties
• Opportunities — Visibility into sales opportunities at both the portfolio and property level
• Support — Full case management, including equipment requests and historical tracking, accessible across all properties

WorldVue customers will be provided with an onboarding experience to provide the proper communication and documentation for the owner or operator to feel fully informed.

As Atlas continues to develop, WorldVue is building toward a future where operators can manage every aspect of their technology ecosystem, assets, vendors, services, performance, and cost, from a single platform. Upcoming capabilities include proposal management, lifecycle inventory, end-of-life equipment document repository and agnostic vendor management regardless if it is a WorldVue serviced product.

Atlas is built for flexibility, with web-based access today and dedicated iOS and Android applications now available to all WorldVue customers. WorldVue is ensuring operators can stay connected to their technology from anywhere.

“We’re not just improving visibility, we’re redefining how technology is managed at the property, portfolio or even brand level,” added Schaps. “Atlas is the first step toward giving our customers complete control over their technology environment.”

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ABOUT WORLDVUE

WorldVue® is a trusted provider of video, advanced connectivity and professional services to properties and enterprises across the world. With a dedication to customer service, WorldVue is leading the way in delivering innovative technology solutions that enhance the resident, guest, and staff experience. From managed services to digital transformation, WorldVue is a single point of contact for all property technology needs.

Founded in 1975, WorldVue is a privately held company headquartered in the United States with offices globally. The company serves over 8,000 properties and over 1,000,000 rooms.

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Reagan Baker
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Many hotel brands are moving toward agentic operations. Agentic operations use artificial intelligence to continuously monitor hotel networks, identify potential issues, and take corrective action before guests or events are impacted. Instead of reacting after complaints or service tickets appear, AI-driven Wi-Fi helps hotels reduce risk, protect revenue, and improve operational efficiency across the property.

Why Hotel Networks Are Now a Revenue Issue

Hotel networks play a direct role in guest satisfaction, event success, and revenue performance. From guest rooms and public spaces to ballrooms and conference centers, reliable Wi‑Fi is a core part of the hospitality experience.

At the same time, hotel IT teams face growing pressure. Guest expectations for seamless, always‑on connectivity continue to rise, while conferences and events allow zero tolerance for disruption. Ballooning device counts across guest rooms, meeting spaces, and event venues demand reliable, low‑latency connectivity, and increasing IT complexity, staffing constraints, and rising energy costs make it harder to keep up using traditional, reactive network operations.

While conferences are a high‑value and visible revenue stream, the same network challenges also affect guest satisfaction, digital services, and repeat stays across the property, making connectivity a critical driver of overall hotel revenue.

This is why many hotel brands are moving toward agentic operations. Agentic operations use artificial intelligence to continuously monitor hotel networks, identify potential issues, and take corrective action before guests or events are impacted. Instead of reacting after complaints or service tickets appear, AI‑driven Wi‑Fi helps hotels reduce risk, protect revenue, and improve operational efficiency across the property.

The Hidden Cost of Poor Wi‑Fi at Conferences

Nowhere is network reliability more critical than during conferences and events. For large hotels and convention properties, the financial exposure is significant. The typical Tier‑1 brand with approximately 320,000 square feet of conference space hosting around 50 events per year can generate about $32 million in event revenue over a three‑year period.

When Wi‑Fi issues disrupt events, even a small number of refunds or aggressive discounts can impact the bottom line. If just 1 percent of event revenue is refunded due to connectivity problems, that represents approximately $320,000 in lost revenue over three years.

Beyond immediate financial loss, poor event experiences reduce customer satisfaction, weaken brand loyalty, and put future bookings at risk.

Why Reactive Network Operations Fail in Hospitality

Traditional network operations rely on alerts, dashboards, and manual troubleshooting. Issues are often identified only after guests complain or events are already impacted. This approach does not scale in hospitality because:

• Event traffic patterns change rapidly, both from event to event and throughout the day as attendees move between general sessions, breakouts, and shared spaces.
• Hundreds or thousands of devices connect simultaneously
• Guest, staff, and IoT systems share the same infrastructure
• Manual intervention takes too long during live events
• By the time IT teams respond, the guest experience and revenue impact has already occurred.

How Agentic Operations Change the Model

Agentic operations move hotels from reactive troubleshooting to proactive prevention.

Instead of simply reporting issues, AI agents continuously monitor network conditions, detect early indicators of congestion or instability, and plan and apply corrective actions automatically. Performance is validated in real time, with human‑in‑the‑loop oversight to maintain guardrails, brand standards, and operational control.

Conference center example

During a large conference, dense device usage, temporary layouts, and high‑bandwidth applications can quickly degrade performance. An agentic approach continuously monitors conditions across meeting and event spaces, detects early signs of congestion, and automatically adjusts the network before presenters, exhibitors, or attendees are impacted, helping protect both the event experience and the revenue tied to it.

Operational Efficiency and Sustainability at the Same Time

Agentic operations also help hotels address three persistent pressures: increasing IT complexity, staffing constraints, and rising energy costs.

Automated troubleshooting and centralized visibility reduce manual intervention and simplify day‑to‑day network operations, allowing IT teams to manage more properties effectively. Intelligent power management reduces energy usage in vacant rooms and underutilized conference spaces, supporting sustainability goals without compromising performance.

Purpose‑Built AI for Hospitality Networking

RUCKUS delivers a unified hospitality networking foundation that combines AI‑driven operations with modern Wi‑Fi infrastructure.

• RUCKUS One^™ Hospitality Edition provides centralized visibility and AI‑driven insights across properties. RUCKUS is bringing to market an integration with the Oracle OPERA Property Management System (PMS), leveraging APIs to enable secure access and a seamless guest experience by automating Wi‑Fi connectivity tied to check‑in and check‑out, reducing operational overhead and costs.

• RUCKUS AI, includes Digital Systems Engineer (DSE), a conversational AI assistant that enables IT teams to interact with the network using natural language for proactive troubleshooting, automated remediation, and consistent performance across guest rooms, public spaces, and event venues.RUCKUS AI also automatically optimizes access point power consumption in vacant rooms and underutilized conference spaces, helping hotels improve reliability, control energy costs, and support sustainability goals.

• Wi-Fi 7 Access Points, including the new R575 and H375 expand the RUCKUS portfolio with high‑performance connectivity designed for guest rooms, conference centers, ballrooms, lobbies, and event venues. These access points support higher efficiency and density, complementing AI‑driven operations and providing a straightforward upgrade path for hotels modernizing their networks.

Together, AI‑driven operations and Wi‑Fi 7 infrastructure help hotels deliver reliable connectivity at scale while simplifying operations and protecting high‑value event revenue.

See Agentic Operations at HITEC 2026

RUCKUS is at HITEC this week showcasing how AI‑driven Wi‑Fi helps hotels reduce risk, protect conference revenue, and simplify operations. Read the full announcement.

Visit RUCKUS at HITEC
June 15–18, 2026 | Booth #1843
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center

Or explore RUCKUS hospitality solutions online to see how agentic operations improve outcomes across your property.

Field-Proven Efficiency: Why HaLowFly Remains the Go-To Tool for IoT Deployment

As we stand at the intersection of AI and Industrial IoT, the definition of “connectivity” is rapidly evolving. Today, AI-driven applications—from predictive maintenance to autonomous robotics—rely more than ever on stable, reliable, and high-performance wireless infrastructure.

In this data-centric age, the ability to validate your network environment quickly and accurately is a competitive advantage. That is why our HaLowFly solution remains at the heart of our connectivity ecosystem.

Connectivity as a Foundation for AIoT: While AI grabs the headlines, the true work happens at the edge. Whether you are deploying Wi-Fi HaLow for large-scale agricultural automation, private security grids, or smart building ecosystems, the HaLowFly has proven itself as the essential “bridge” that ensures AI-ready infrastructure.

Why It Matters in 2026:

• Data Integrity at the Edge: By enabling real-time signal validation directly on any mobile browser, HaLowFly ensures that your edge devices have the robust connectivity needed to feed critical data into AI models without latency or packet loss.

• Simplifying the “Complexity Gap”: The current market is crowded with complex, proprietary diagnostic tools. We continue to advocate for an open, platform-agnostic approach. HaLowFly’s ability to work across Android, iOS, and PC removes the barrier to entry, allowing engineers to focus on scaling their solutions rather than troubleshooting software.

• Field-Proven Reliability: With years of deployment success, HaLowFly is no longer just a testing tool; it is a standard component in the toolkit of modern systems integrators who require predictable, long-range performance.

At AsiaRF, we are committed to building the infrastructure that powers tomorrow’s intelligent world. As you scale your projects in this AI-driven landscape, I encourage you to see HaLowFly not just as a hardware accessory, but as a strategic tool to ensure your network is as smart and resilient as the AI applications it supports.

We look forward to continuing this journey of innovation with you

Sincerely,

CEO of AsiaRF