Gain the flexibility to create leading Wi-Fi services through a combination of your own hotspots, Wi-Fi coverage obtained through direct roaming agreements, and thousands of hotspots within the iPass GBR footprint
Automatically authenticate users and clear transactions across multiple disparate Wi-Fi networks
Deliver a seamless end-user experience using iPass client software technologies
Wi-Fi hotspots are booming. In fact, according to Gartner Dataquest, more than 150,000 public WLAN hotspots will be operating worldwide by 2008. This equates to a market of over 60 million customers, generating in excess of $9 billion. (Public Wireless LAN Hot Spots, Gartner, May 2003)
Despite this, carriers, mobile operators, hotspot network operators and wireless Internet service providers (WISPs) are struggling to deliver offerings with the critical mass necessary for heavy user adoption and profitable traffic levels. That's where iPass Wi-Fi Roaming Services comes in. It gives you the ability to offer solid, secure wireless roaming to your users and quickly bring winning wireless networking offerings to market.
Instantly Create or Expand International Wi-Fi Coverage and Increase Revenues
Combine the iPass Wi-Fi footprint of thousands of hotspots on four continents with your own hotspots and direct roaming agreements, thereby accessing hundreds of thousands of iPass-enabled enterprise mobile workers.
Attract Existing iPass Customers to Your Wi-Fi Hotspots
Already have a sufficient footprint? Interested in earning higher revenues? Join the iPass Wi-Fi network, and bring more traffic to your Wi-Fi hotspots. Give your Wi-Fi service an instant boost in demand by opening it up to the nearly one million high-value enterprise customers who are already actively using iPass connectivity services.
Quickly Implement Your Direct Roaming Agreements
Want to simply leverage our user authentication and transaction clearing capabilities? The iPass Clearinghouse provides an open architecture for authenticating and authorizing your roaming users and those of your partners when they are accessing the other party's network. This clearinghouse approach lets you support all your roaming partner relationships via one technical implementation. It also lets you enjoy the flexibility of managing your roaming partner relationships your way; negotiate business terms directly, or require partners to join the iPass Wi-Fi Roaming Service.
Give Your Users a Single Interface to Global Connectivity
Take advantage of the award-winning iPassConnect™ mobility manager—the only Wi-Fi roaming client that supports Windows PCs, Macs and PDAs. It enables an easy connection experience and provides important security and quality management features. iPass will even customize the iPassConnect client to meet your exact needs, including support for private-label and co-branded offerings.
