It took a few weeks but Faultline Online Reporter eventually managed to nail down some time with WiFi Alliance CEO Edgar Figueroa and given the current climate, it’s no wonder his schedule is jam-packed. There is a real sense of excitement about the role WiFi will play in the 5G era rather than becoming a dusty old delivery mechanism like some top figures have recently suggested, namely the CTO at UK regulator Ofcom, and the increasing hype is driving the exact innovation the WiFi Alliance was craving during our last conversation 9 months ago. “We are happy to be play a complimentary role to 5G, but still WiFi will be an essential technology in the 5G era,” noted Figueroa, who…