Aruba Collaborates with Saudi Arabian Mobile Operator Mobily for Live Deployment of Passpoint Network
Aruba Networks (NASDAQ:ARUN) today announced that its wireless LAN
products have been selected by the Wi-Fi Alliance® for the Wi-Fi
CERTIFIED Passpoint™ test bed.
The new capabilities in Passpoint include a streamlined process for
establishing new user accounts, the ability to provision devices with
appropriate security credentials, and support for operator-specific
subscriber and network access policies. The new capabilities increase
opportunities for operators to expand their subscriber base and drive
greater value from Wi-Fi deployments in public venues.
“Wi-Fi Alliance congratulates Aruba for their participation in the
expanded test bed, and for supporting new features that will further
enhance the Passpoint certification program,” said Edgar Figueroa,
president and CEO of Wi-Fi Alliance. “New enhancements to Passpoint will
enable operators to extract even more value from their Wi-Fi
deployments.”
The second largest mobile operator in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA),
Mobily, is collaborating with Aruba for a live Passpoint network
deployment. Using Aruba Wi-Fi to power thousands of public hotspots,
Mobily has augmented their cellular broadband infrastructure – which has
more than 22 million subscribers – to deliver high quality broadband
access in public venues including cafes, hotels, hospitals and other
outdoor venues. The result of this carefully augmented Wi-Fi network is
an enhanced subscriber experience that simultaneously reduces the load
on the cellular network.
“Marrying Aruba’s Passpoint-certified Wi-Fi network equipment with our
cellular network enables our subscribers to automatically discover and
securely connect to Wi-Fi networks when needed,” said Mohammed Osman
Alserier, Executive Manager Network Planning Support, Mobily. “This
added connectivity offers several distinct benefits. It provides Mobily
with the ability to offload subscriber data when in dense environments
and offers subscribers a seamless mobile experience with ultrafast
connectivity, while offering businesses a new opportunity to market to
their customers.”
“The newly expanded features in Passpoint represent major milestones and
further our common industry goal of ensuring seamless, secure
connectivity for hotspot users,” said Keerti Melkote, Chief Technology
Officer (CTO), for Aruba Networks. “We are pleased to play a role in the
important initiatives led by organizations like Wi-Fi Alliance and the
Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) that will streamline the process of
connecting to and roaming across Wi-Fi networks easily and securely.
Wi-Fi is not only the primary means of network access within enterprises
and homes, but thanks to Passpoint and the underlying technology, it
will be the primary means of connectivity in public venues as well.”
Aruba Networks products used in the Wi-Fi Alliance Passpoint test bed
include the 3600
Mobility Controllers, AP-105
Access Points (APs) and the Online Sign-Up (OSU) policy server based
on ClearPass
Policy Manager.
About Aruba Networks, Inc.
Aruba Networks is a leading provider of next-generation network access
solutions for the mobile enterprise. The company designs and delivers
Mobility-Defined Networks that empower IT departments and #GenMobile, a
new generation of tech-savvy users who rely on their mobile devices for
every aspect of work and personal communication. To create a mobility
experience that #GenMobile and IT can rely upon, Aruba Mobility-Defined
Networks™ automate infrastructure-wide performance optimization and
trigger security actions that used to require manual IT intervention.
The results are dramatically improved productivity and lower operational
costs.
Listed on the NASDAQ and Russell 2000® Index, Aruba is based in
Sunnyvale, California, and has operations throughout the Americas,
Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific regions. To learn more,
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