2024-04-06 13:22:00
Itaú officially confirmed this week that it will be the first bank to join the Wireless Broadband Association (WBA), thus reinforcing the association that brings together Wi-Fi equipment suppliers and operators in favor of the adoption of so-called Open Roaming.
According to information revealed in an interview with Mobile Time by Augusto Nellessen, the financial institution’s technology superintendent, the proposal is to offer customers a differentiated mobility experience, by offering access to Wi-Fi from hotspots registered with WBA’s Open Roaming.
Also according to Nellessen, the bank is preparing a business model with a package of benefits and experiences for customers, also pointing to the security of the hotspot system, considering that they are not Wi-Fi Guest connections, that is, open networks with lower security.
“We will prepare a business model with a package of advantages and differentiated experiences for Itaú customers. He will have an Open Roaming profile and will have a different user experience, where he will access anywhere with a hotspot on this network”
The bank’s adherence to the program only happened because Itaú noticed the maturity of the Wi-Fi connection, something that changed with the development of Wi-Fi 6, 6E and 7, which proved to be able to allow for the release of traditional networks. operators safely.
According to Diego Turi, a telecom specialist at Itaú, the first implementations are expected to be ready in the second half of this year with the delivery of a “production environment” with Open Roaming, with large-scale testing, according to the executive.
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