CBS 42
Nov 5, 2025
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), the global industry body dedicated to driving the seamless and interoperable service experience of Wi-Fi across the global wireless ecosystem, has today launched three reports, providing a framework for how Wi-Fi, Passpoint® and OpenRoaming™ can facilitate and sustain emergency calling and priority communications around the world. Developed by WBA’s Mission Critical & Emergency Services Program, the framework demonstrates how across indoor venues, dense public spaces and other challenging environments, Wi-Fi further enhances the availability, reliability and performance of communications networks between the public, first responders, public safety organizations and emergency services.
Josephine Micallef, Vice President of Cyber and Network Systems at Peraton Labs, added: “Wi-Fi is a critical technology for supporting national security and emergency preparedness communications. Our efforts in this area, which were supported by the Emergency Communications Division of the Cybersecurity and Information Security Agency within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, have been aimed at defining and standardizing the capabilities to allow individuals with NS/EP responsibilities to take advantage of Wi-Fi networks. These reports provide a clear view of how to exploit the priority features in Wi-Fi technologies to enable the ubiquitous, low-latency and high-throughput communications these authorized users need to exploit emerging applications, including artificial intelligence and autonomous systems, when performing their critical duties.”
