Ondas Networks Advances Rail Industry and Industrial Broadband with the Formal Adoption of IEEE 802.16t Wireless Standard by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Reaffirms Ondas Networks' Leadership Role in Developing Standards for Licensed Spectrum UseOndas Networks' dot16-compliant FullMAX Wireless Platform is Positioned to Support Industry Adoption Beginning with the Global Railroad SectorIEEE 802.16t …
Reaffirms Ondas Networks' Leadership Role in Developing Standards for Licensed Spectrum Use
Ondas Networks' dot16-compliant FullMAX Wireless Platform is Positioned to Support Industry Adoption Beginning with the Global Railroad Sector
IEEE 802.16t Standard ("dot16") Enables Secure, Mission-Critical Industrial Networks
SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA / ACCESS Newswire / May 13, 2025 / Ondas Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:ONDS) ("Ondas" or the "Company"), a leading provider of private industrial wireless networks and commercial drone and automated data solutions, today applauded the formal adoption of the IEEE 802.16t ("dot16") standard by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). This milestone affirms the recognition of the global need for a modern, open-standard wireless protocol designed specifically to support the upgrades of legacy private wireless networks deployed for mission critical operations by critical infrastructure operators.
The newly ratified IEEE 802.16t standard provides a robust and secure communications framework optimized for long-range, low-latency, and high-throughput applications enabling an upgrade cycle of legacy narrowband networks. Dot16 enabled networks offer significant improvements in data capacity while addressing the demanding performance and security requirements of critical infrastructure sectors, including rail, energy, and transportation-supporting essential use cases such as control systems, video surveillance, remote diagnostics, and automated operations.
With IEEE 802.16t now formally ratified, Ondas Networks will continue advancing its FullMAX platform - offering interoperable, standards-based wireless solutions engineered to meet the evolving demands of mission-critical industrial automation.
"The formal adoption of the dot16t standard is a foundational step toward modernizing the wireless backbone of industrial operations. It reflects the unique needs of operators who require reliable, deterministic communications over wide geographic areas," stated Markus Nottelmann, CEO of Ondas Networks. "This standard validates licensed spectrum as a long-term asset and provides a clear path to scalable, future-ready networks supporting new and valuable operational and safety technologies at the edge of field area operations in critical sectors of our economy."