Industry Leading Companies Comment on Cisco Service Provider Wi-Fi Solution
T-Systems
Lars Vogel, Manager New Business Development for T-Systems Multimedia Solutions:
“Cisco’s Next Generation Hotspot solution is an outstanding development in the mobile technology
sector that enables Mobile Application Push. Users can automatically receive apps for the specific
location at public places like airports, train stations, stadiums and shopping centers. This also allows new
ways of marketing campaigns and business models. T-Systems Multimedia Solutions can provide their
customers with applications and concepts based upon this new technology which will be shown at the
WMC in Barcelona. We are delighted to have developed the new solution architecture together with
Cisco.”
Orange
Philiippe Lucas, Senior vice president, standardisation and ecosystem development, Orange:
“Orange is committed to improving our user’s experience over Wi-Fi networks, which is why we are
involved in the Cisco Next Generation Hotspot initiative with other industry players to provide seamless
connectivity between 3G and Wi-Fi networks. We believe that a SIM-based authentication model will
bring simplicity and enhanced security for customers, especially when roaming. We currently rely on
Cisco’s wireless network capabilities to provide Orange Wi-Fi access in public hotspots, covering more
than 2,000 sites in France.”
Intel
“Service Providers around the world are increasingly utilizing Wi-Fi networks and services to deliver
compelling new user experiences, generate additional revenue, ease congestion on cellular systems, and
increase network coverage,” said Aicha Evans, General Manager of Intel’s Mobile Wireless Group.
“Cisco’s Next-Generation Hotspot demo shows how Intel is working with industry leaders to enable
those new compelling user experiences with a simple, secure, and seamless network solution.”
Samsung
Jongshin Kim, vice president of Enterprise Solution Group at Samsung Electronics:
“Samsung is committed to delivering the best possible communications and collaboration experiences
on smartphones. Through Cisco’s Next Generation Hotspot strategy, we are able to offer our
customers highly-reliable, high-performance accessibility in high-traffic environments, allowing us to
offer our customers a secure, personalized and localized experience that both customers and businesses
appreciate.”
Aicent
Lynn Liu, President & CEO of Aicent Inc, a leading provider of mobile data roaming services and solutions
for global mobile operators:
“We are very excited about Cisco’s MOVE technology release. Our mobile operator customers, including
nine out of the world’s ten largest mobile carriers, have been actively seeking ways to enhance their
network performance in the face of ever increasing mobile data traffic growth.”
“Cisco’s Next Generation Hotspot technology provides a way to enhance roaming and facilitate mobile
data offloading to WiFi networks in a seamless and automatic way” she said, ”This provides a standard
platform to allow seamless and secure authentication, to enhance international data roaming,
improving customer experience and form the basis for the delivery of new products and services”
British Telecom (BT)
Chris Bruce, CEO BT Openzon:
“Next Generation Hotspot deployments will use standards-based roaming and empower operators such
as BT Openzone to offer the service in partnership with other service providers throughout the world.
Mobile users, whether they are based in the UK, visiting on holiday or travelling on business expect to
receive a seamless voice and data service. Next Generation Hotspots enable them to enjoy an
uninterrupted and secure Wi-Fi service at BT’s premier hotspots through the contract they hold with
their existing, home country provider.”
PCCW
Mr. Richard Midgett, PCCW’s Managing Director of Wireless Business:
“PCCW is pleased to have partnered with CISCO for more than 3 years on successful commercial
operations of Wi-Fi network offloading using their advanced Mobile IP, EAP-SIM authentication and
authorization solution. This has enabled PCCW to provide seamless roaming between our 3G and Wi-Fi
networks and offer customers an unparalleled data network access experience. This long-term
partnership has been instrumental in the development of one of the first data-offloading infrastructures
in the world and has evolved into a powerful pioneering force in the development and application of the
most advanced Wi-Fi technology in the market.”
He added, “PCCW is proud to present a demonstration of Cisco’s Next Generation Hotspot technology
during the Mobile World Congress that rides on IEEE 802.11u and 802.1x specifications and our state-ofthe-art EAP-SIM authentication infrastructure. This hotspot technology is the first of its kind in the
industry which enables customers to enjoy seamless roaming between 3G and Wi-Fi networks and also
opens up our Wi-Fi services more effectively for ease of use by inbound visitors. We are encouraged by
the enthusiastic response of the participants to this demonstration and PCCW is optimistic that this
technology and the underlying engineering concept can be further extended to more applications
globally.”