Three reasons 2026 is Wi-Fi 7’s breakout year, according to Cisco
Wi-Fi 7 has been in standards work and product roadmaps for years, but real-world deployment has moved slower than vendors predicted, especially in the U.S. Cisco now argues that 2026 is when the technology finally moves from early adoption to the mainstream.
Cisco CTO Matt MacPherson says the timing is shifting due to a combination of maturing infrastructure, clearer enterprise demand, and a more favorable regulatory and spectrum landscape. In his view, those factors align in 2026 to push Wi-Fi 7 from limited rollouts into broad use across businesses and public networks, marking a practical turning point rather than just a technical milestone.
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