Nokia recently released the Beacon 19, a new Wi-Fi 7 gateway made to provide “seamless, high-capacity mesh networking enabling operators to deliver a superior broadband experience”. The tri-band Wi-Fi 7 mesh gateway grants speeds over three times faster than Wi-Fi 6 devices and offers up to 19Gbps of Wi-Fi capacity. This makes the Beacon 19 able to meet the demands of streaming, online gaming, video, smart home, and security applications in the home.
As XGS-PON becomes more widely adopted and 25G PON services increasing, Wi-Fi upgrades are essential for delivering multi-gigabyte speeds into the home. On top of the 19Gbps Wi-Fi capacity, the three radio bands reduce network congestion to eradicate slowdowns and buffering problems. Nokia’s Beacon 19 also supports multi-link operations (MLO), improving connection speeds by allowing devices to simultaneously send and receive data across different frequency bands and channels.
“Nokia’s new Beacon 19 is powered by its Corteca software. Nokia Corteca works end-to-end, from applications embedded in the device, through the home, and into the cloud. Built on open industry standards (TR-369, EasyMesh), Corteca integrates advanced Wi-Fi and device management while offering a marketplace with applications -including 3rd party- that run on fiber (ONT) gateways, FWA gateways and mesh Wi-Fi beacons.”
Justin Doucette, Head of Wi-Fi, Fixed Networks at Nokia, stated, “WiFi 7 is a pivotal new technology that will power the connected home of the future. The Beacon 19 Wi-Fi 7 gateway is designed to help service providers make sure multi-gigabit speeds reach every corner of the house. Combined with our Corteca software, built-in TR-369 support for management, and open framework, it makes managing devices in the home much simpler. This means providers can easily optimize Wi-Fi, offer new services, and ultimately give their customers a fast, reliable, and seamless broadband experience”
Michael Philpott, Research Director, Digital Consumer Services at Omdia, commented, “With the rise of XGS-PON and 25G PON services, Wi-Fi upgrades are becoming critical for delivering multi-gig speeds into the home. Since becoming standardized in January 2024, we’ve already seen 11% of the 61 telcos we benchmark launch Wi-Fi 7, and with other launches already announced, we expect that number to quickly grow. Wi-Fi 7 sets the stage for a faster, more connected future and solutions like Nokia’s Beacon 19 will allow service providers to offer a best-in-class Wi-Fi experience to its customers.”
