31 March 2023

Huawei has unveiled the latest Wi-Fi technology, WiFi 7, in East Africa as it seeks to revolutionize home and office internet connectivity in the region and meet the increasing customer demand.

The set of new protocols in the technology brings to the market the fastest possible internet with speeds of up 500Mps for each device and a combined speed of up to 30Gbps per router.

Huawei CTO for Southern Africa, Matamela Mashau explained that the innovation was driven by consumer demand for faster download and upload speeds as well as the need to connect multiple devices to the Internet.

“The WiFi 7 effectively doubles the number devices that can effectively work with high-speed internet access, ensuring that a home or an office can comfortably accommodate up to 120 smart television sets, computers and smartphones at any one time,” said Mashau, adding that Huawei’s local channel partners will be responsible for last mile availability of the new solution to customers.

Businesses are also increasingly shifting from wired to wireless connectivity, with staff consistently needing to be always connected regardless of their geographical location. At the same time, organizations are also sending and receiving huge files, some of which are heavy videos or multimedia presentations.

“Facing such high requirements, the current WiFi 6 standard is insufficient to improve the user experience in high-density scenarios. That is the reason we have launched WiFi 7 to solve this challenge,” said Mashau.

In addition to offering previously unattainable data rates, WiFi 7 has lower latency, increased network capacity, and a highly boosted efficiency.