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Introducing: The Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey!
To all stadium, arena, ballpark, race track, concert-hall, convention-center, airport, casino and other large public venue owners, operators and administrators and deployers of connectivity technology: We need you! That is, we need you to take our Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey, a vehicle designed to find out "where we're at, and where we're going" when it comes to connectivity technology and the business Read More>>
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Jaguars get out of SignalShare deal, turn to PCM for EverBank Field Wi-Fi management
When Wi-Fi design and implementation firm SignalShare legally imploded earlier this year, one of the biggest questions that surfaced was -- what would happen to teams and stadiums who had contracted with SignalShare to run their Wi-Fi networks? The Jacksonville Jaguars, who a couple years ago announced big plans with SignalShare, have gotten out of their contract with the now-bankrupt SignalShare Read More>>
‘Super Bowl’ atmosphere produces 4.32 TB of Wi-Fi use at Vikings’ U.S. Bank Stadium regular-season opener
A "Super Bowl" atmosphere with plenty of built-in social media sharing moments helped push the NFL regular-season opener at U.S. Bank Stadium to a total of 4.32 terabytes of data used on the Wi-Fi network, according to Minnesota Vikings networking officials. The Vikings' 17-14 win over the rival Green Bay Packers on Sept. 18 christened the stadium in fine fashion, with 66,800 fans packing the Read More>>
Niners fans use 2.76 TB of Wi-Fi for season opener at Levi’s Stadium
Fans at the San Francisco 49ers' home opener used 2.76 terabytes of data on the Wi-Fi network at Levi's Stadium, according to statistics provided by the Niners' network team. The Sept. 12 Monday Night Football game, a 28-0 win for the Niners over the visiting Los Angeles Rams, was well below the 10.1-TB mark recorded during Super Bowl 50, held at Levi's Stadium back in February. Still, the 2.76 Read More>>
Patriots upgrade Wi-Fi at Gillette Stadium for 2016 season
Gillette Stadium, one of the first NFL arenas to have fan-facing Wi-Fi, more than doubled the number of access points in the venue this past offseason, according to team executives. Fred Kirsch, who goes by the curious title of publisher & vice president of content at Kraft Sports Productions, is well known in stadium tech circles as the overseer of all things technology for the New England Read More>>
Twitter’s NFL streaming debut fails on Tweet front; will AT&T and Verizon eventually dominate mobile device NFL streaming?
Twitter's debut in live-streaming NFL games had good video, but the accompanying Twitter feed -- which users couldn't configure -- left many observers wanting more. Will Twitter ever be able to deliver, or will physics keep Twitter from being able to add anything special to mobile-device sports streaming? In the latest STADIUM TECH REPORT PODCAST, co-hosts Phil Harvey and Paul Kapustka dissect Read More>>
Melbourne Cricket Ground breaks its own top mark for concurrent Wi-Fi connections
Fans at a recent Australian Football League game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground set a new record for concurrent connections to the venue's Wi-Fi network, with 16,500 fans able to connect at the same time. According to venue officials, the new internal record was set during the AFL Qualifying Final between Geelong Cats and Hawthorn on Sept. 9 at the 100,000-seat plus arena. Previously, the Read More>>
Cowboys hit 2+ TB, Texas A&M sees 1.8+ TB in first AT&T DAS stats for 2016 football season
With the first few football games of the season now under our belts, stats from stadium wireless networks are filtering in with a refrain we've heard before: Fan use of wireless data is still growing, with no top reached yet. Thanks to our friends at AT&T we have the first set of cellular network stats in hand, which show a report of 2.273 terabytes of data used on the AT&T network at AT&T Read More>>
Extreme buys Zebra’s WLAN biz for $55 million
Wi-Fi gear vendor Extreme Networks beefed up its lineup today with the acquisition of the wireless LAN business of Zebra Technologies, a $55 million deal that is scheduled to close later this year. While it's not apparent how the Zebra acquisition will affect Extreme's stadium and large public venue businesses, it seems like some of the Zebra products including their security and managed Read More>>
