The WiFi Alliance had a lot to prove at Mobile World Congress, where it was – inevitably in the heartland of cellular – in danger of being overshadowed by the abundance of 5G and IoT technologies being showcased in Barcelona. But the non-profit organization was reminding the mobile industry that everyone’s preferred network technology has been handling the seemingly futuristic use cases on show, in some way or another, for years – and it is not about to lie down and die. The Alliance is partly responsible for forging a future in which WiFi vendors can thrive and president and CEO Edgar Figueroa pleaded that the development of high level standards should not halt innovation within the vendor community. “We…