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- 1. “Wi-Fi”
is added to
the Merriam-Webster’s
Collegiate®
Dictionary
2002
Membership
reaches
100
2004
2005
WPA2TM
delivers
heightened Wi-Fi security
Membership
reaches
500
2007
2010
201
1
2012
introduces
seamless
authentication
and roaming
Passpoint®
2013
First certified
mobile phones
and televisions
enter the market
2014
Wi-Fi certifications
REACH
20,000
Wi-Fi CERTIFIED
BREAKS THE
Gigabit Barrier
ac
© 2019 Wi-Fi Alliance®
Wi-Fi Direct®
brings peer-to-peer
connectivity
Wi-Fi
device
ships
ONE
BILLIONTH
2009
Wi-Fi
is in
OF HOMES
WORLDWIDE
25%
FIRST
in-flight Wi-Fi on
commercial aircraft
Wi-Fi CERTIFIED n
OFFERS
dual-band operation
and 150 Mbps Cumulative Wi-Fi device
shipments exceed
5 BILLION
5B!
10 BILLION
cumulative
Wi-Fi device
shipments
2016
10B!
2017
Cumulative Wi-Fi
device shipments
REACH
Membership
surpasses
800
2018
GLOBAL VALUE
OF
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6TM
delivers next-generation
connectivity
2019
$2
TRILLION
Wi-Fi Alliance introduces
Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 5, and Wi-Fi 4
industry naming
Wi-Fi CERTIFIED
brings multi-gigabit
performance
WiGigTM
1,000,000
Global hotspots surpass
20
BILLION
Global hotspots surpass
5,000,000
Relentless
pursuit to
connect
everyone
everything
everywhere
THE NEXT
of Wi-Fi
®
Organization becomes
Wi-Fi Alliance®
2000
“Wi-Fi
®
”
Wi-Fi delivers
up to
and introduces
the term
DATA RATES
Six companies form
Wireless Ethernet
Compatibility Alliance
1999
FIRST
products
announced
11Mbps
68
WARM LIVING ROOM
OUTSIDE 44o
30
BILLIONTH
USD $
$
Wi-Fi
device
ships
Home builders
integrate
MOVE-IN
READY WI-FI
to new home
construction
WPA3™
continues Wi-Fi
SECURITY EVOLUTION
www.20yearsofwifi.com
Wi-Fi
CERTIFICATIONS
REACH
45,000