CUSTOMER STORY Located by the Mediterranean shore, El Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona (CCIB) is the largest convention center in Southern Europe. The 100,000 square meter (more than 1 million square feet) venue offers 45 meeting rooms and a 3,200 seat forum and can accommodate 15,000 people in one space. CCIB hosts approximately 125 events every year . “Wi-Fi has become very important to event organizers because it’s important to their guests, ” says Joan Chaler , Operations Director for CCIB. Approximately 90% of the people attending CCIB events live outside of Spain. Wi-Fi saves them from having to pay their service provider’s cellular roaming charges and is also faster . CCIB had built its previous Wi-Fi network in 2004, when people had much different Wi-Fi h

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