TAIPEI, Taiwan – June 3, 2026 – MediaTek, a global leader in connectivity and semiconductor technologies, today announced a significant enhancement to the home cloud gaming experience. MediaTek’s AI-powered AQM (Active Queue Management) represents the industry’s first comprehensive AI QoS engine for Customer Premises Equipment (CPE). Targeting one of gaming’s most challenging bottlenecks, this transformative service now drives up to 10 times lower network latency for NVIDIA GeForce NOW members worldwide.
As cloud gaming platforms like NVIDIA GeForce NOW grow in popularity, seamless gameplay across networks is crucial for delivering the console-class experiences users expect. Traditional home routers and gateways may struggle to manage traffic spikes and congestion, resulting in lag and reduced responsiveness. MediaTek’s new edge-focused solution, available via firmware upgrade on MediaTek T930-based CPEs, brings instant improvements without costly operator core or RAN upgrades.
MediaTek’s platform combines standards-based Active Queue Management (AQM) with an AI-powered QoS engine to proactively manage congestion and keep queueing delay consistently low. By continuously learning from real-time network conditions, such as radio quality, uplink contention, and household traffic load, AI AQM dynamically tunes congestion avoidance and scheduling policies to deliver ultra-low latency when it matters most.
Importantly, AI AQM is ecosystem-agnostic: it works at the CPE edge and does not require changes to applications, content providers, or cloud platforms. As a result, any application, from cloud gaming and video calls to remote work and everyday browsing, can benefit from a smoother, more responsive experience with reduced latency and jitter, even during peak in-home usage.
Unlike point solutions that depend on application modifications or operator-side upgrades, MediaTek’s approach operates entirely at the CPE edge. Using privacy-preserving flow metadata, it intelligently recognizes latency-sensitive traffic and applies AQM-driven congestion control and uplink-optimized scheduling to minimize delay and jitter — without Deep Packet Inspection (DPI).
To elevate the user experience, MediaTek’s AI-AQM optimizes cloud gaming performance across diverse network conditions and real-world user scenarios. AI-AQM at the network edge helps ensure that NVIDIA GeForce NOW streams remain smooth and responsive, even when the home network is busy. By reducing congestion-induced delay and stabilizing jitter, AI-AQM enables faster input response, more consistent frame delivery, and fewer gameplay disruptions, helping cloud gaming feel more like local play.
“With our AI-powered AQM, MediaTek is not only addressing today’s network demands; we’re also laying a future-proof foundation for next-generation home entertainment,” said HC Hwang, General Manager of Wireless Communication Systems and Partnerships. “By bringing intelligence to congestion control at the CPE edge, our solution empowers NVIDIA GeForce NOW gamers with the responsive, reliable network performance they deserve.”
Stadium teams are expected to do more than provide connectivity. They are under pressure to improve the fan experience, create measurable sponsor value, and drive more revenue across the property.
That is what made our Connected Stadiums webinar so timely.
Now that the session is available on demand, stadium and venue teams can watch the conversation and explore how Smart Wi-Fi can support sponsorship, fan engagement, and on-property sales.
A basic guest Wi-Fi network gives fans access. A connected stadium strategy does much more.
With the right Smart Wi-Fi approach, stadium operators can turn guest connectivity into a source of guest insights, branded engagement, and measurable business value.
That can help teams:
The Connected Stadiums webinar focused on how venue teams can use Smart Wi-Fi to support both the fan experience and revenue goals.
Smart Wi-Fi can create branded digital touchpoints that give sponsorship teams more inventory and better reporting. Instead of relying only on static signage, teams can connect sponsor programs to real fan interactions.
Wi-Fi Analytics can help venue operators understand traffic flows, high-interest areas, and fan movement throughout the property. Those guest insights can support better staffing, stronger activations, and more informed operational decisions.
Automated marketing campaigns can help stadium teams promote concessions, merchandise, loyalty offers, and future events while fans are still engaged and able to act.
Branded Guest Wi-Fi can feel like an extension of the venue and team while creating room for sponsor messaging, event-specific promotions, and more seamless experiences across different event types.
This webinar is especially relevant for:
Because connected stadium strategies support multiple departments, the webinar is useful for any venue team looking to align guest experience, operations, and revenue goals.
Austin, Texas and Wakefield, Massachusetts – August 11, 2026 – Wi-Fi Alliance® and prpl Foundation are strengthening their collaboration, reinforcing a shared commitment to accelerating the availability of interoperable, high-quality Wi-Fi® solutions for service providers.
The partnership will improve how the latest generations of Wi-Fi are implemented, validated, and deployed in broadband equipment and by broadband service providers.
“Reliable, high-performance Wi-Fi is essential to service providers’ delivery of the trusted connectivity experiences that users expect,” said Kevin Robinson, president and CEO of Wi-Fi Alliance. “We are pleased to collaborate with prpl Foundation to accelerate the deployment of next-generation broadband CPE across service provider networks. By bringing together Wi-Fi Alliance’s industry-leading testing and certification programs with the innovation of the prpl Foundation open-source community, we can help speed the delivery of interoperable, high-quality Wi-Fi solutions in service provider deployments.
“By working together, we can each leverage the complementary nature of our organizations in that Wi-Fi Alliance standardizes Wi-Fi protocols and test plans, while prpl standardizes CPE software implementing those same Wi-Fi standards, for carrier-grade deployments around the world,” said prpl Foundation President, Dr. Leonard Dauphinee. “By commonizing those software implementations, prpl increases the conformity of Operators’ mass deployments, thereby improving interoperability in the broader Wi-Fi industry.”
The organizations share a commitment to fostering collaboration that benefits the global Wi-Fi ecosystem while supporting innovation, interoperability, and reliable connectivity for consumers, enterprises, and service providers worldwide.
About Wi-Fi Alliance® | www.wi-fi.org
Wi-Fi Alliance® is the worldwide network of companies that brings you Wi-Fi®. Members of our collaboration forum come together from across the Wi-Fi ecosystem with the shared vision to connect everyone and everything, everywhere, while providing the best possible user experience. Since 2000, Wi-Fi Alliance has completed more than 85,000 Wi-Fi certifications. The Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ seal of approval designates products with proven interoperability, backward compatibility, and the highest industry-standard security protections in place. Today, Wi-Fi carries more than half of the Internet’s traffic in an ever-expanding variety of applications. Wi-Fi Alliance continues to drive the adoption and evolution of Wi-Fi, which billions of people rely on every day.
Back-to-school puts immediate pressure on K-12 networks. This blog outlines readiness steps for improving wireless performance, validating capacity, simplifying secure device onboarding and using AI-driven visibility to help IT teams start the school year with fewer disruptions.
Every school year begins with the same expectation: technology should simply work.
When students return, thousands of district-owned and personal devices reconnect to the network within hours. Classroom applications come back online, campus systems resume full operation and teachers expect reliable connectivity from the first bell.
Preparing for back-to-school is about more than expanding wireless coverage. It is about ensuring your network is ready to support instruction, campus operations and the growing number of connected technologies schools rely on every day.
This guide outlines back-to-school network readiness best practices to help K-12 IT teams improve wireless performance, simplify device onboarding, strengthen network visibility and prepare for the demands of the new school year.
Summer is more than a maintenance window. It is also when many school districts evaluate future infrastructure priorities and prepare for upcoming funding opportunities.
As schools continue expanding digital learning, connected campus technologies and AI-powered educational tools, network planning has become a long-term strategy rather than an annual refresh. With the future of the E-Rate program under review, districts are focused on maximizing the value of every technology investment while preparing for future growth.
Reviewing infrastructure before students return helps districts identify opportunities to improve performance, validate existing investments and build a stronger foundation for future E-Rate funding.
Today’s K-12 network supports far more than classroom Wi-Fi.
IT teams now manage one-to-one student devices, interactive displays, AI-powered learning applications, security cameras, access control systems, VoIP, building automation and cloud collaboration platforms, often with limited staff and resources.
When students return, demand increases immediately. Thousands of devices reconnect simultaneously, online learning platforms become active and campus systems return to full operation. Small issues that may go unnoticed during the summer can quickly become classroom disruptions once schools reopen.
Preparing before the first day of school helps identify potential issues before they affect teachers, students and staff.
Summer projects often include replacing access points, upgrading switches, updating firmware and modifying network configurations.
Before the school year begins, verify that these changes are performing as expected. Review switch health, validate firmware versions and confirm that wireless policies remain consistent across every building. Walking each campus can also help ensure wireless coverage still aligns with classroom layouts after renovations or room changes.
Summer is also an ideal time to review network analytics from the previous school year. Understanding where recurring issues occurred, which buildings experienced the highest client density and how applications performed during peak usage can help guide infrastructure improvements before students return.
Configuration reviews should always be paired with real-world testing.
Verify that users can authenticate successfully, roam between access points without interruption and connect to the classroom applications they use every day. Test guest access, internet connectivity, VoIP services and any critical systems that support instruction or campus operations.
Validating the complete user experience before students arrive helps reduce troubleshooting once instruction begins.
Wireless coverage and wireless capacity are not the same.
A classroom may have excellent signal strength while still experiencing performance issues if too many devices are competing for airtime.
As schools adopt AI-powered educational applications, video collaboration, online assessments and connected classroom technology, network capacity becomes just as important as coverage. Evaluating capacity before the school year begins can identify areas where additional access points or infrastructure upgrades may be needed. Districts planning future refreshes may also evaluate Wi-Fi 7 to support increasing device density and evolving classroom technology.
Many districts are already seeing the benefits of taking this proactive approach. At RSU 25 in Maine, a district-wide RUCKUS deployment increased available bandwidth by nearly ten times, expanded wireless coverage by more than 50%, and reduced network-related support tickets by approximately 60%. With fewer connectivity issues requiring attention, the IT team can spend more time supporting instructional initiatives instead of routine troubleshooting.
RUCKUS® Wi-Fi solutions, including BeamFlex® adaptive antenna technology, help improve performance in high-density environments by dynamically directing wireless signals toward connected devices for more consistent connectivity.
The start of the school year often brings thousands of new devices onto the network.
Students, teachers, administrators, guests and IoT devices all require secure, reliable access. When onboarding depends on manual configuration, even routine requests can consume valuable IT resources during one of the busiest times of the year.
Review authentication policies, certificates, guest access and role-based permissions before students return.
Cloudpath Enrollment System® helps automate secure device onboarding with certificate-based authentication and policy-driven access. By reducing manual configuration and standardizing enrollment, districts can provide a more secure and consistent onboarding experience while reducing administrative workload.
One of the biggest challenges during back-to-school is determining where an issue originates.
Is the problem related to the wireless network, switching infrastructure, authentication, an application or a specific client device? Without centralized visibility, answering those questions often requires administrators to move between multiple management tools while users wait for a resolution.
Modern network management goes beyond monitoring dashboards. AI-driven analytics help IT teams recognize recurring issues, identify patterns across connected devices and surface the root causes of performance problems before they become widespread disruptions.
For example, Gardener Schools Group uses AI-driven insights from RUCKUS to improve visibility across campuses, identify issues earlier and reduce the time IT teams spend troubleshooting daily network operations.
RUCKUS One®, powered by RUCKUS AI™ and the Digital Systems Engineer (DSE), continuously analyzes telemetry across the wired and wireless network to deliver meaningful operational insights rather than simply reporting network events. Acting as an AI-powered network operations agent, DSE evaluates client connectivity, application performance and overall network health to proactively identify emerging issues, uncover root cause and recommend corrective actions before they impact users.
By transforming complex operational data into clear, actionable guidance, DSE helps IT teams make informed decisions more efficiently, regardless of team size or available networking expertise. Instead of manually correlating data across multiple dashboards, administrators receive prioritized insights that help them resolve issues faster, reduce troubleshooting time and maintain a more consistent experience for teachers and students.
As districts continue adopting AI-powered learning applications and managing growing numbers of connected devices, DSE enables IT teams to shift from reactive troubleshooting to proactive network operations. By identifying and addressing potential issues before they become service-impacting problems, schools can deliver more reliable digital learning experiences while reducing the operational burden on IT staff.
Reliable wireless connectivity depends on a strong wired foundation.
Before school begins, review switch capacity, Power over Ethernet (PoE) availability, uplink utilization and redundancy across each campus. Confirm that switching infrastructure can support both today’s wireless requirements and future growth while providing the resiliency needed for campus operations.
RUCKUS ICX® switches provide a scalable foundation for high-performance campus networks while simplifying management across distributed school environments.
Learn more about RUCKUS ICX® switches.
The districts that experience the smoothest start to the school year are often the ones that prepare long before students arrive.
Preparing your network before the first day of school helps reduce unexpected disruptions, improve operational efficiency and create a more consistent technology experience for teachers, students and staff. By validating performance, strengthening security and improving visibility before classrooms fill, IT teams can spend less time reacting to issues and more time supporting learning throughout the year.
Back-to-school success starts with preparation.
Download the Back-to-School IT Readiness for K-12 Schools eBook to explore additional strategies for improving wireless performance, streamlining secure device onboarding, strengthening network visibility and preparing your district for a successful school year.
Alcom brings expert sales, design and technical support in industrial IoT and adjacent applications for Benelux region
Montreal, Canada, July 29, 2026 — SPARK Microsystems, a Canadian fabless semiconductor company specializing in next-generation short-range wireless communications, today announced the expansion of its distribution channel in Northwest Europe, welcoming Alcom Electronics to SPARK’s partner network.
Alcom Electronics is a leader in distribution, sales and design as manufacturer’s representative in Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg). Alcom will promote, distribute and support SPARK products in the region, while providing local customer follow-up and sales development.
“The Benelux region is home to global technology leaders that have made it one of the world’s foremost hubs for technology innovation, and Alcom Electronics has been a trusted and valued partner to this community for almost 50 years,” said Jocelyn Carroué, Senior Director of Technical Support at SPARK Microsystems. “SPARK has likewise established a strong presence in Europe and Alcom makes it stronger, capitalizing on surging demand for IoT and AI-caliber, ultra-low power connectivity made possible with LE-UWB.”
“Leveraging advanced ultra-wideband technology, Low Energy UWB, SPARK offers a new and needed approach to short-range wireless communication that transcends the persistent limitations of Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and conventional UWB,” said Alcom Electronics. “SPARK’s products equip Alcom to help developers achieve longer battery life, faster response times, higher data throughput and precise ranging for the next generation of connected devices.”
SPARK’s LE-UWB™ technology, implemented in the award-winning SR1120 transceiver, combines high data throughput, ultra-low power consumption and exceptionally low latency in a single wireless platform.
Compared with Bluetooth, LE-UWB™ delivers 40 times greater data throughput, approximately 25 times lower power consumption, and 60 times lower latency. Beyond data communication, LE-UWB™ supports precise ranging at approximately 100 times lower power consumption than conventional UWB solutions designed primarily for positioning.
For more information about Alcom’s expert capabilities and SPARK LE-UWB™ wireless enablement and support, visit Alcom’s customer portal.
About SPARK Microsystems
SPARK Microsystems is building next-generation short-range wireless communication devices for consumer, industrial and medical applications. Leveraging patented LE-UWB™ technology, SPARK delivers ultra-low-power, high-speed wireless connectivity with unmatched interference robustness and exceptionally low latency. LE-UWB™ technology is ideally suited for wearables, peripherals, tags, sensors, and other IoT-connected devices that require reliable, high-performance data communication, as well as ranging and positioning capabilities. SPARK makes it possible to minimize and ultimately eliminate wires and batteries across a wide range of AI and IoT applications. For more information, visit sparkmicro.com.
The race to WiFi 7 is heating up, and with every tech change, it can be tempting to invest in the latest hardware. However, it can be more cost-effective to maximize the investment in the installed CPE by using more intelligent software.
Telecom service providers respond to rising performance complaints the same way each time. They look to enhance their hardware. They focus on upgrading CPEs, adding new access points, and refreshing the devices. This standard response turns out to be an unnecessary financial burden; it also fails to mitigate the root cause.
The real issue with most networks is that they are under-optimized, not under-equipped. The solution therefore lies beyond the hardware. It lies in deploying an intelligent network optimizer across the CPEs in homes and businesses—one that will ensure delivery of the experience subscribers expect.
That is why the conversation about performance must shift from hardware to software.
Consider what a modern home network is required to do. Video calls, 4K streaming, cloud gaming, smart home devices, and remote desktop sessions. All of these run simultaneously, competing for the same bandwidth, while overlooking the fact that each app has different tolerances for latency and packet loss. Raw throughput alone falls short until intelligent application-awareness is built into the network.
A hardware-only solution is boxed thinking. A faster router is unaware that a video call needs priority over a background software update. It lacks the discernment to dynamically queue traffic based on application type, real-time latency, or packet loss conditions. It simply moves data. Managing the data requires intelligent software.
A network optimizer is a valuable addition to your existing infrastructure. It is a software layer that installs directly onto the CPE already deployed across your subscriber base. No truck rolls. No hardware swaps. No major capital expenditure cycle.
Once deployed, it works invisibly. Subscribers experience the outcome without knowing the mechanism. And the mechanism is sophisticated.
The optimizer is an application-aware solution. It understands the difference between a Zoom call, a Netflix stream, and a file download, and it treats each accordingly. Using real-time knowledge of latency, packet loss, and throughput, it continuously prioritizes and queues traffic for every application running on the network at any given moment. Every user on that connection, from the teenager gaming, the parent on a work call, and the smart TV running in the background, gets the quality of experience their application requires, without degrading anyone else’s.
The engine behind this is network slicing. Rather than treating the available bandwidth as a single undifferentiated resource, the optimizer partitions it dynamically, by allocating capacity based on what the network is carrying and what each application needs. The result is the network starts behaving like an intelligent delivery system.
For a CXO evaluating this decision, the answer is straightforward. The cost of deploying a software optimizer across your installed base is significantly lower than refreshing hardware. The impact on subscriber experience is tangible, measurable, and immediate. And the operational model is clean — the software runs autonomously, requiring no ongoing intervention from network operations teams. Zero-touch, self-managing, always on.
The reduction in support calls alone justifies the investment. A significant proportion of tier-one support volume at most ISPs stems from perceived performance issues — buffering, dropped calls, inconsistent speeds. Most of those complaints are rooted in bandwidth competition, prioritization, and application-level delivery, which is precisely what an optimizer addresses.
Churn tells a similar story. Subscribers do not leave because their headline speed is 100Mbps rather than 200Mbps. They leave because a video call dropped during an important meeting or a child’s online exam lagged at a critical moment. Experience drives retention. Software drives experience.
WiFi 7 is already in active rollout across leading ISPs globally. So is the continued proliferation of connected devices, the growth of bandwidth-intensive applications, and the rising baseline expectations of subscribers who demand a network that keeps up.
The ISPs that will navigate that landscape most effectively are those that build intelligence into their networks now. This will create the software foundation that can absorb new technology, adapt to new traffic patterns, and continue optimizing as the environment changes.
An intelligent network is a dynamic asset. It learns. It adapts. It prepares your infrastructure to onboard the next generation of technology without having to start from scratch each time.
WiFi 7 or IEEE 802.11be is the latest wireless standard. With speeds of up to 46 Gbps, it reduces lag using ultrawide 320 MHz channels and the 6 GHz frequency band. The expectation from WiFi 7 is that it will effortlessly handle 8K video streaming, AR/VR gaming, and heavy cloud computing.
How WiFi 7 delivers this is through:
Multi-Link Operation (MLO) that allows devices to split traffic between multiple bands seamlessly during congested times.
Higher Modulation(4K-QAM) that packs in more data per transmission than older standards.
Wider channels with 320 MHz capacity which is more than twice than that of WiFI 6 with a maximum limit of 160MHz.
Multi-RU (resource units) that allow the router to split a single channel into smaller pieces to serve multiple devices simultaneously and quickly.
The catch here is that WiFi 7 requires ideal conditions to deliver results.
We are proud to announce that AsiaRF will be exhibiting at AI Wave.
As businesses demand faster, more secure visual analytics, moving AI from the cloud to the edge has become critical. At this year’s show, AsiaRF is presenting our integration of Edge AI and Next-Gen Wireless Connectivity.
At our booth, we are moving away from traditional complex infrastructure. Instead, we are demonstrating a seamless, full-stack Edge AI Camera Solution directly on our showcase table, built on a powerful 4-layer architecture:
Application Layer : Enterprise-grade control and monitoring.
AI Layer (Jetson) : Localized, high-performance computing for instant object, facial, and safety recognition.
Wi-Fi 7 Layer (AsiaRF Module) : Utilizing our latest Wi-Fi 7 modules to provide the massive bandwidth and ultra-low latency required for uncompressed data streams.
Devices Layer : Industrial-grade smart cameras and sensors optimized for edge ecosystems.
Come and see how AsiaRF modules unlock the true potential of NVIDIA Jetson platforms and smart AI cameras. Our technical team will be on-site to walk you through live demos.
Event: AI Wave  AI WAVE SHOW 2026
Booth no. : B2034
Location : Taipei, Taiwan
Explore Our Hardware : Browse our latest AI-ready camera and wireless module catalog here : Camera – AsiaRF Wi-Fi Solutions, IoT Connectivity, and Antennas
SANTA CLARA AND SUNNYVALE, Calif. – July 21, 2026 – Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) and Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT), today announced a strategic collaboration to develop Fortinet Security Processor 6 (SP6). Expanding a long-standing relationship between the two companies, this collaboration combines Fortinet’s proprietary, purpose-built security processor expertise with Intel’s advanced design, packaging, and manufacturing capabilities to accelerate and strengthen SP6 development. This work will also help to improve the resilience and diversity of Fortinet’s global supply chain.
“As organizations face a rapidly evolving threat landscape, security infrastructure must deliver both performance and innovation at scale,” said Lip-Bu Tan, CEO of Intel. “This collaboration demonstrates how Intel’s semiconductor leadership and advanced design, packaging, and manufacturing capabilities can help cybersecurity leaders like Fortinet accelerate the development of critical security technologies while building a more resilient and diversified global supply chain.”
“Fortinet’s purpose-built ASICs have been a key differentiator for more than two decades, enabling us to deliver the security effectiveness, performance, and efficiency our customers demand,” said Ken Xie, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Fortinet. “This expanded relationship with Intel will leverage its unique combination of advanced semiconductor technology, manufacturing expertise, and global supply chain capabilities, helping Fortinet accelerate and strengthen our ASIC strategy, while also better supporting organizations all over the world.”
In addition to bringing together Fortinet’s leadership in purpose-built security processors with Intel’s broad portfolio of ecosystem IP, proven expertise in disaggregated semiconductor design, and advanced packaging solutions tailored for both AI-enabled and cost-sensitive applications, this collaboration aims to deliver a highly integrated security processor capable of supporting increasingly sophisticated security services and the demanding performance requirements of today’s organizations.
The companies will explore additional opportunities to further deepen collaboration across semiconductor technology, manufacturing, and the infrastructure underpinning future cybersecurity innovation. This work is expected to advance Fortinet’s long-term ASIC roadmap, support greater performance and service richness, and strengthen supply chain assurance for customers worldwide.
7SIGNAL is pleased to announce an upcoming strategic meeting with valued client Top Dog LLC. The two organizations will come together to review progress, align on goals, and chart the next phase of their partnership around enterprise Wi-Fi optimization.
Cleveland, OH – 7SIGNAL®, the leader in enterprise Wi-Fi optimization, today announced that it will meet with Top Dog LLC to discuss how 7SIGNAL’s platform can continue to deliver a seamless and reliable wireless experience across Top Dog LLC’s environments.
The meeting will focus on Top Dog LLC’s connectivity priorities, review recent performance insights, and outline a roadmap for expanding the use of 7SIGNAL’s monitoring and analytics capabilities. Both teams look forward to a productive session that strengthens an already collaborative relationship.
“We are excited to sit down with the team at Top Dog LLC,” said a 7SIGNAL spokesperson. “Meetings like this are where we listen closely to our customers, understand their evolving needs, and make sure our platform is delivering measurable value for their business.”
For more information about the 7SIGNAL platform, click here.
Reliable wireless connectivity is a critical part of modern system design. Engineers need solutions that reach beyond the limitations of traditional Wi-Fi while maintaining the flexibility of IP networking. Whether monitoring remote equipment, connecting sensors across large industrial sites or extending wireless coverage into difficult environments, long-range communication can simplify deployment and reduce infrastructure costs.
The new Gateworks GW16170 High-Power Wi-Fi HaLow M.2 Card was designed to meet these challenges for applications in North America. Powered by the Morse Micro MM8108-M20 chipset, the GW16170 combines the long-range advantages of IEEE 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow with the rugged reliability expected from Gateworks embedded solutions. The result is a compact wireless module that helps developers build scalable Industrial IoT networks with greater range, improved penetration, and seamless IP connectivity.
Traditional Wi-Fi performs well in many applications, but coverage can become a challenge as devices spread across warehouses, manufacturing facilities, agricultural operations, transportation infrastructure and utility installations. Higher-frequency wireless signals naturally lose strength over longer distances and struggle to penetrate walls, machinery and other physical obstacles.
Wi-Fi HaLow addresses these limitations by operating in the license-exempt 902–928 MHz frequency band. Lower-frequency signals travel farther and penetrate common obstacles more effectively than conventional Wi-Fi frequencies. This enables broader wireless coverage while preserving the familiar benefits of standards-based Wi-Fi networking.
Unlike many proprietary long-range wireless technologies, Wi-Fi HaLow supports native IP networking. Developers can leverage existing networking tools, simplify system integration, and build secure wireless architectures using familiar software environments.
The GW16170 is a high-power M.2 2230 E-Key Wi-Fi HaLow radio built around the Morse Micro MM8108-M20 chipset. The module delivers up to 28.5 dBm transmit power and supports theoretical data rates up to 43.3 Mbps, making it an excellent choice for industrial applications that require both long-range communication and meaningful data throughput.
Key features include:
These capabilities allow developers to extend wireless coverage while maintaining a compact hardware footprint suitable for embedded systems.
Industrial environments demand wireless technologies that remain reliable over long distances and in challenging conditions. The GW16170 helps engineers connect equipment where traditional Wi-Fi infrastructure may be difficult or expensive to deploy.
Typical applications include:
Many of these applications require communication with devices located hundreds of meters or even kilometers apart. Wi-Fi HaLow helps bridge these distances while supporting reliable wireless communication using familiar IP protocols.
At the heart of the GW16170 is the Morse Micro MM8108-M20, a second-generation Wi-Fi HaLow solution engineered specifically for next-generation IoT connectivity.
The MM8108 supports channel bandwidths from 1 MHz to 8 MHz and delivers improved performance while maintaining the power efficiency that makes Wi-Fi HaLow attractive for Industrial IoT deployments. It also supports dense device deployments, allowing more connected endpoints to operate across a single wireless infrastructure.
This combination of long range, low power operation, and scalable connectivity makes Wi-Fi HaLow well suited for applications where reliability and network coverage are equally important.
The GW16170 integrates directly with Gateworks Single Board Computers through its USB 2.0 M.2 interface. For Venice platforms without an onboard M.2 E-Key connector, developers can utilize the GW16151 adapter to add compatibility.
Gateworks also provides software support for the MM8108 within its Ubuntu Linux and OpenWrt Board Support Packages. Developers can begin evaluating Wi-Fi HaLow quickly while leveraging the same software ecosystem used across Gateworks embedded computing platforms.
This tight hardware and software integration helps reduce development time and allows engineering teams to focus on application development rather than wireless integration.
Industrial wireless hardware must perform consistently under demanding operating conditions. The GW16170 is designed with the same industrial focus found throughout the Gateworks product portfolio.
Its industrial temperature rating of -40°C to +85°C allows deployment in outdoor enclosures, transportation systems, industrial equipment, energy infrastructure, and other environments where commercial wireless hardware may not be suitable.
Combined with its compact M.2 2230 form factor, the GW16170 provides a flexible solution for space-constrained embedded designs without compromising wireless performance.
As Industrial IoT applications continue to expand, engineers need wireless technologies that deliver greater range, simpler integration and reliable performance in demanding environments. The GW16170 brings these capabilities together in a compact, industrial-grade module designed specifically for embedded systems.
By combining Gateworks’ rugged embedded computing expertise with Morse Micro’s advanced Wi-Fi HaLow technology, the GW16170 enables developers to extend network coverage, simplify wireless deployments, and build scalable Industrial IoT solutions with confidence.
Whether connecting remote sensors across a manufacturing campus, monitoring utility infrastructure, enabling smart agriculture, or deploying next-generation edge computing systems, the GW16170 provides the long-range wireless foundation needed to support tomorrow’s connected industrial applications.
Ready to add long-range Wi-Fi HaLow connectivity to your next embedded design?
Visit the GW16170 Gateworks product page to explore specifications, software support, and compatibility with Gateworks Single Board Computers. Learn more about Wi-Fi HaLow technology by visiting Morse Micro.
Buy evaluation units through DigiKey HERE. Also available through Braemac Americas, Avnet and directly through Gateworks.
