ZenFi Networks, a BAI Communications Company soon to be rebranded as Boldyn Networks, and a digital infrastructure solutions provider in the New York and New Jersey metro area, announced it has won the award for “Social Impact – Promoting Small Cells for Social / Economic / Environmental Development” by the Small Cell Forum (SCF) Industry Awards.
The SCF Industry Awards is an independent awards event supporting technical innovation in, and the deployment of agile, scalable, cost-effective, cellular infrastructure and solutions by established and emerging service providers.
ZenFi Networks was recognized for this award because of its demonstrated commitment to the future of digital infrastructure and for providing connectivity across the New York City metropolitan area.
ZenFi partners with CityBridge in deploying, operating and expanding one of the world’s largest public Wi-Fi networks, LinkNYC, using smart street furniture across New York City to ensure reliable 5G connectivity.
Additionally, throughout 2022 and into 2023, ZenFi and its partnering organizations, including LinkNYC, The Knowledge House, Andrew Freedman Home, The Bronx Community Foundation, the Allen Senior Center and Digital Girl Inc., have worked with the New York City Office of Technology and Innovation to launch five respective Gigabit Centers in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Harlem, and Staten Island.
These facilities help to bridge the digital divide by providing high-speed internet, digital literacy training, free access to laptops and workstations, and small business development powered by the free LinkNYC public Wi-Fi network.
Vilicom, another BAI Communications company, also received an SCF award in the category “Excellence in Commercial Deployment by a Private Network Operator,” for its project, with Vestas, a supplier of Wind Turbines and solutions to the renewable sector, to deploy a cloud-enabled private network at the Moray East Wind Farm off the coast of Scotland.
Vilicom won its award for its achievement in creating a highly advanced and innovative network, based on cloud network techniques, which combines the reliability of always-on IT systems, with innovations in the field of Open Radio Access Network (ORAN) and Core Network Function Virtualization.
The network maximizes the benefits of stable, reliable 4G and 5G-ready technology, with Vilicom providing ongoing, 24-hour support to ensure connectivity is never compromised.
The mobile private network will provide essential infrastructure to support communications across the site and plays a part in helping deliver renewable energy to over a million homes.
With its 2022 acquisition by BAI Communications, ZenFi joined BAI’s growing portfolio of U.S.-based digital infrastructure companies, including Mobilitie and Transit Wireless. The BAI Group companies will be rebranded next month as Boldyn Networks, which include six companies; Mobilitie, Signal Point Systems, ZenFi Networks, Transit Wireless, Vilicom and BAI Communications.
For more information about ZenFi Networks, visit www.zenfi.com or for Boldyn Networks, click here.
