With no tedious, manual configuration of the phone, KDDI
subscribers can automatically access and be authenticated to KDDI au Wi-Fi
hotspots using credentials embedded within each phone over highly secured and
encrypted connections.
“Wi-Fi is clearly at the top of the list for service
providers around the world looking for new ways to increase cellular capacity.
KDDI has taken a truly innovative approach to building a heterogeneous network
that combines macro cellular technology, femtocells, WiMAX and Wi-Fi to address
the exponential growth of wireless data traffic,” said Selina Lo,
president and CEO of Ruckus Wireless.
Innovative service providers face a number of issues as
they look to support the aggressive smartphone rollouts. Legacy macro-cell
architectures cannot provide density of coverage for today’s demanded
applications such as access to rich media and social media networks.
With Wi-Fi embedded in virtually every mobile Internet
device, common hotspot services have become an important component of effective
coverage for today’s service providers worldwide that offer smartphones.
Wi-Fi hotspots are a quick and cost-effective way for
mobile operators to inject wireless capacity in areas of high usage, thereby
alleviating the pressures on 3G/4G infrastructures caused by the explosion of
mobile Internet data traffic.
However, the lack of integration between Wi-Fi hotspots
and cellular networks has hampered operators from delivering a seamless and
consistent subscriber experience to the exploding population of smartphone and
tablet users. KDDI has solved this problem, through introducing innovative
bundled plans that include both 3G and Wi-Fi traffic in a variety of options.
The charging is unified, and access to both 3G and Ruckus-driven Wi-Fi networks
is a single seamless experience for KDDI’s customers.
By telecomlead.com Team
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