ALOHAnet satellite dish on the roof of Holmes Hall with some of its founders. (Photo courtesy: Ram Chandran)
Hundreds of speakers, panelists and participants gathered virtually to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ALOHAnet with a symposium commemorating the pioneering system’s impact on technology worldwide. Born out of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa College of Engineering in June 1971, the ALOHAnet protocol is the basis of all wireless communications including mobile, satellite, cellular and
WiFi.
“ALOHAnet and the ALOHA protocols all developed here absolutely changed the world enabling technologies for wireless communication and the internet,”
UH President
David Lassner said.