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TP-Link Launches its fastest Omada Access Point to Date EAP670 Allowing Businesses to Reach Wi-Fi Speeds up to 5.4 Gbps

TP-Link, a leading global provider of consumer and business networking products, today announces the arrival of the new EAP670, the latest blazing-fast AX5400 Ceiling Mount Wi-Fi 6 Access Point in its cloud-managed Omada range.

Available today in the UK, the new Omada EAP670 Access Points enable superior Wi-Fi 6 speeds of up to 5.4 Gbps which enable seamless connections for more devices than any other system before, specially designed for high-density environments that rely on network connectivity. 

Omada EAP670 includes automatic channel selection and transmit power adjustment settings to minimise channel interference from neighbouring Access Points. 

The PoE-powered access points are easy to mount and do not require any electrical wiring. EAP 670 supports both standard 802.3at PoE+ and DC power supply.

EAP670 also comes with a 2.5 Gbps Ethernet port to be able to leverage its high performance.

EAP670 also supports 160 MHz channels in the 5 GHz band, which allow to double the data at peak transmission times on a single stream with respect to the use of 80 MHz channels, the maximum channel bandwidth supported in previous models.

The Omada Software Defined Networking (SDN) platform allows for easy management of all network devices such as Access Points, switches, and routers. The system provides completely centralised cloud management of a highly scalable network, controlled from a single interface. The Omada app enables the configuration of settings, network status monitoring, and client management, all from the convenience of a smartphone or tablet.

To find out more, please visit: www.tp-link.com/uk

Opensignal: Ireland Mobile Network Experience Report

Opensignal has published its 5G Global Mobile Network Experience Awards report, which names the world’s leading mobile operators across a range of 5G experience categories. While Opensignal does not name any operator as the ‘best’ overall, this week’s report reveals a strong performance from 3, which wins 12 out of 14 categories either jointly or outright.

  • 3 is top for download speeds: Opensignal’s Irish users observed the fastest average download speeds on 3’s network — both for 5G Download Speed and for overall Download Speed Experience. For 5G Download Speed, 3 scored an impressive 237.2 Mbps, 80.6 Mbps (51.5%) faster than second placed eir’s 156.6 Mbps.
  • Our 5G users on eir spent the most time connected to 5G: eir’s winning score of 16.6% gave it a lead of 5.6 percentage points over second placed 3’s 11%. The higher an operator’s score, the more time our 5G users on its network spent with an active 5G connection. Vodafone is in third place with 5.7%.
  • 3 catches up with eir on upload speeds: 3 and eir are joint winners of the 5G Upload Speed and Upload Speed Experience awards, as the two operators’ scores were statistically tied. This is a change from the previous report, when eir was the outright winner for both awards.

Full report here

Outside Ireland

  • T-Mobile US is the 5G Global Winner for both 5G Availability and 5G Reach: this means that our 5G users on T-Mobile US spent the largest proportion of time with an active 5G connection, and they also found a 5G signal in the highest proportion of locations.
  • SK Telecom users clock up the fastest 5G Download Speed in the world: our users observed the fastest average 5G download speeds in the world using SK telecom with an incredibly fast 469.6 Mbps. Both South Korea’s other operators, LG U+ and KT, are 5G Global Leaders for 5G Download Speed, with scores of 429.6 Mbps and 381.9 Mbps, respectively.
  • Two out of three 5G Global Winners for 5G Video Experience are Swedish: due to a three-way statistical tie, our users had the best 5G video streaming experience using Tele2, Telia — both from Sweden — and on Slovenia’s Telemach. Therefore, the three operators are 5G Global Winners for 5G Video Experience with statistically tied scores of 82.8-84.1 points on a 100-point scale.

Full report is here

 

Bluesound Announces the HUB Network Accessory

Bluesound, makers of the award-winning hi-res wireless multi-room line of audio players, announces the HUB, a game-changing network accessory that connects to a variety of analog and digital audio sources, bringing them into the Bluesound ecosystem for multi-room streaming. Retail availability of the HUB is expected in mid-June and is priced at USD $319 / EUR €349 / GBP £309 / CAD $419.

ANY SOURCE, IN ANY ROOM

Streaming audio is more flexible than ever with the HUB. Easily add a Bluesound HUB to any non-BluOS enabled audio source and transmit music to one or many Bluesound players around the home. Audio sources like a turntable or CD player instantly become network-connected and are new sources from which your Bluesound system can play music. The HUB unlocks the problem of geography in letting users stream vinyl wirelessly for the first time.

PLENTY OF CONNECTIVITY OPTIONS

From TVs to CD players, turntables to the latest gadgets, a host of inputs on the back panel: HDMI eARC, Coaxial, Digital Optical, Stereo Analog, and a moving magnet Phono stage supports the vast majority of music devices. Each HUB manages one source, and up to four (4) HUBs can be added to a single network.

EASY SETUP. EASY CONTROL.

Equipped with BluOS, the HUB makes adding audio sources simple using the BluOS Controller app setup wizard. A few taps on the familiar BluOS app controls a whole multi-room system from a smartphone, tablet or computer.

MINIMAL WIRES. NO MESS. NO HASSLE.

Simplicity is guaranteed with the HUB. With a 1U rack height, and 1/3rd rack width, external USB-C connected power supply, the HUB can easily be placed on shelves, behind TVs, or mounted with four different orientation options using its two keyhole mounting slots.

THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS.

Streaming music fans who also love vinyl will be especially appreciative of the HUB’s built-in audiophile-grade MM phono stage preamp that brings audio from your turntable to any Bluesound player for whole-home turntable streaming. The HUB acts like a networked low noise, wide-bandwidth phono pre-amp, delivering spectacular audio quality for vinyl enjoyment in any or every room of a home at hi-fidelity.

Bluesound HUB

Key Highlights of the Bluesound HUB:

– Network Audio Source-sharing with BluOS™
– Low-noise MM Phono Stage
– Stereo Analog Line Input
– HDMI eARC with CEC
– Optical and Coaxial Digital Inputs
– ARM® CORTEX™ A53 Processor
– Dual-band Wi-Fi + Gigabit Ethernet
– Powered by USB-C Power Adaptor
– 1U Rack Height, 1/3 Rack Width
– Four-way Keyhole Mounting Slots
– Front Panel Function Button
– Black Finish

Sony with others developing network capable of delivering GB size data by @Tiwaash

In this era of high speed connectivity after Samsung now it’s Sony which has joined the race of developing high speed data transfer wireless network. Sony has announced that it has partnered with Tokyo Tech, Japan Radio and KDDI Labs to jointly develop and implement 40 GHz and 60 GHz wave-based high-throughput wireless access network that combines 40 GHz operation for outdoor networks with 60 GHz operation for mobiles to enable large data size content delivery on the gigabyte scale.

“This system provides a way to introduce a high-throughput communication service to next-generation networks using millimeter wave (mmWave)-based wireless systems and also enables efficient use of the mmWave communication band, which is much less crowded than the wavebands below 6 GHz,” said the company.

In the 40 GHz band wireless access system, the directional division duplex (DDD) system is adopted to perform simultaneous two-way communication on the same frequency and the same polarized wave, rather than the conventional frequency division duplex (FDD) or time division duplex (TDD) methods; DDD doubled the frequency utilization efficiency in principle.

The 60 GHz wireless transfer system using the developed wireless module and file transfer system demonstrated the world’s fastest user data rate of 6.1 Gbps (which can transfer a 1 GB file in 1.3 s). The system enables users to receive large quantities of data in moments, without the low data throughput limitations of current commercial mobile devices.

These partners will demonstrate the wireless data transfer tech through open experiments at the Mobile Communication Workshop held at Tokyo Tech from March 2nd till 4th, 2016.

Stay tuned for more tech buzz.

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