This year has been nothing short of incredible for the OpenLAN project group (formerly known as Open and Converged Wireless). We are thrilled to announce that OpenWiFi has been honored by Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) with the Best Wi-Fi Network Technology and Best Wi-Fi for #SocialImpact awards! 🙌 Learn more about the awards and winners at. CTO of the Year: Matthew MacPherson from Cisco Best Wi-Fi Customer Experience: Cognitive Systems Corp. Best Wi-Fi for Social Impact: Telecom Infra Project OpenWIFI Best Enterprise Wi-Fi Network: Huawei and Shenzhen Talent Institute Best In-Home Wi-Fi Network: Ambeent and Vodafone Best Wi-Fi Network Technology: Telecom Infra Project OpenWIFI A big thank you to all the winners, shortlisted, and companies that made submissions, as well as the independent panel expert judges, Adlane Fellah, Caroline Gabriel, Simon Forrest, Frank Rayal, Monica Paolini, Phil Kendall, William Webb, and Kyung Mun, for their work and analysis of all submissions. These awards promote innovation, leadership, collaboration, and partnership across the Wi-Fi industry, increasing visibility and awareness of the power of Wi-Fi. We are proud of our work to date with INS and hope for the future where education is accessible to all, leaving no one behind.Ĭongratulations to the winners of the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) Industry Awards 2023!

Our programme has educated over a quarter of a million children as well as training 4,500 teachers. Launched a decade ago, INS now operates in 93 schools across six countries in Africa. With INS Vodafone provides hardware, software, internet connectivity and teacher training to enable both students and teachers to access the best online learning resources and to gain the digital skills and confidence they need to succeed. Of the approximately 110 million refugees at a global level, almost half of these are children and nearly half of those refugee children either remain out of school or have inconsistent access to education which varies in quality. Last night we joined with our partner, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, at a special event focused on Connected Education and in particular Vodafone Foundation’s #InstantNetworkSchools (INS) programme.

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