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Bryan Bedford to lead ‘version 2.0’ of Cisco’s sports and entertainment group
Cisco has named Bryan Bedford as global industry director for Retail, Hospitality, Sports, Media and Entertainment, the new name of the organization previously known as the company's "sports and entertainment" division. For as long as there have been networks inside stadiums, networking giant Cisco has always been a part of the stadium infrastructure marketplace. From core networking to Wi-Fi to...News
‘Super Bowl’ wireless networks at State Farm Stadium perform well at 2024 men’s Final Four
If your venue is going to host the Final Four, it never hurts to host the Super Bowl the year before, at least from a wireless network perspective. Thanks to network infrastructure investments made ahead of Super Bowl LVII in 2023, State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., was more than prepared for the wireless demands of the NCAA 2024 men's...Feature
Super Bowl LVIII sees big jump in per-device Wi-Fi data used en route to new total record of 34.8 TB
The Wi-Fi network data usage at Super Bowl LVIII recorded a big jump in per-device data used en route to a new Super Bowl record for total data used of 34.8 TB, an increase from last year's Wi-Fi total of 31.5 TB, according to statistics released by Extreme Networks. While the overall total data usage mark from the Feb. 11 game at Allegiant...Feature
Did Verizon push Super Bowl attendees to use 5G instead of Wi-Fi?
The Super Bowl this year once again allowed cellular carriers to see record data usage by fans at the game, with Verizon reporting that it saw its customers use 52.34 terabytes of data "in and around" Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Sunday, besting the mark of 47.8 TB used at last year's big game. But for Super Bowl LVIII,...News