What good is the fastest smartphone if the WLAN in the bedroom is not enough for HD content and has to buffer constantly? Unfortunately, setting up multiple WLAN hotspots and manually switching between them is not a very practical solution.

The Dutch company Sitecom has thought of something and presented the first complete mesh WLAN in Europe at the MWC. The system is called Huddle and works basically like multi-room loudspeakers. As soon as your mobile device detects that the signal from a base station is weakening, it automatically switches to the strongest one within range.

The principle is also being used on a much larger scale for nodes on the Internet and was already implemented in a similar form for home use two years ago by Startup Eero. As with Eero, the individual stations communicate with each other at Huddle. This then ensures complete coverage with WLAN in the home.

According to Sitecom, there should be no interruptions even during video chats, even if you climb from the basement to the roof in the meantime. And that in both the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands. The range of the last one is known to be lower, but the data throughput is higher.

The Huddle app helps with the setup so that the seamless transition can not only be made by IT specialists. According to Sitecom, it does almost everything by itself and should also be easy for inexperienced users. It also shows who is currently logged into the network and which devices are connected.

Huddle also has features that have been standard on classic routers for years: Time control, so that children don't surf in bed at night, and filtering websites are just as possible as setting up a guest network.

Huddle can be ordered for moments and costs 349 Euros in the basic version with two stations, 499 Euros for three stations and 199 Euros for each additional station.

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