Autelan and Alepo announce tech partnership

AUSTIN, USA: AUTELAN and Alepo jointly announced a technology partnership to enable seamless interoperability for Wi-Fi services. The technology partnership has important implications for the growing wireless broadband marketplace.

Providers are now presented with a complete out-of-the-box solution for both Wi-Fi Offload and Wi-Fi Monetization. For Wi-Fi providers of all sizes, the partnership promises a seamless and robust solution for the management of Wi-Fi networks. 3G/4G Mobile providers are also assured of a complete solution that can leverage existing infrastructure to reduce the strain on overtaxed mobile networks. For both cases, providers are assured of reduced integration costs and a rapid deployment.

AUTELAN Access Points and WLAN Controllers and Alepo's Service Enabler Wi-Fi Hotspot Monetization and Offload platform will seamlessly authenticate a subscriber smartphone to a Wi-Fi network with roaming across the wireless network as it comes within range of the AUTELAN access point. To realize this, an EAP-SIM/AKA device enrolled for 3G/4G Offload can be securely authenticated and offloaded onto the Wi-Fi network without intervention from the subscriber.

The Alepo Wi-Fi Offload platform also serves as a gateway towards the mobile core network, communicating with the HLR to match the subscriber's identity. The result is a seamless and hands-free offload process that will benefit most 3G/4G Mobile Operators or ISPs supporting Mobile Operators with internet services. A similar scenario can be supported for devices that do not support EAP-SIM/AKA like previous versions of Android phones.

With this technology partnership, Autelan and Alepo provide an innovative Portal authentication business model for Wi-Fi networks. This business model provides for a network solution that ranges from free Wi-Fi access to fully monetized internet services enabling localized advertisement revenues. The joint solution provides a Self-service platform, and an "apps" solution which interworks with the Autelan Wireless Access Controller and Access Points for carrier customers. The Autelan Wi-Fi system uses SSID, and location based portals with EAP-SIM/AKA authentication for offload.

"The Wi-Fi market continues to grow and become an important aspect of all 4G providers," said Jonathan Garini, Alepo VP of Products. "Integration of Alepo's Wi-Fi Hotspot Monetization and Offload solution with AUTELAN demonstrates our dedication to providing operators with complete end-to-end solutions that aid them in deploying robust networks capable of fully capitalizing on these wireless opportunities."