Advertisment

YOU Broadband, Ruckus give CSIA WiFi makeover

author-image
CIOL Bureau
Updated On
New Update

MUMBAI, INDIA: Wireless broadband service provider Ruckus Wireless and broadband service provider You Broadband announced that they will deploy WiFi connectivity across Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA), Mumbai.

Advertisment

You Broadband has installed Ruckus ZoneFlex 7300 series 802.11n smart Wi-Fi access points throughout CSIA's, which is operated by Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd (MIAL), international and domestic terminals and plans to offer free multimegabit Wi-Fi services initially.

Also Read: WiFi an alternate to clogged 3G networks?

CSIA operates five terminals over an operational area of 1,450Â acres (5.9Â km2), handling over 29.1 million passengers and 670,235 tons of cargo in 2010.

Advertisment

The Ruckus Wireless network, within CSIA, is managed by ZoneDirector 3100 smart WLAN controllers located at You Broadband's network operations centre. FlexMaster, a system-wide Wi-Fi services management platform developed by Ruckus, is also being used for gathering users statistics, monitoring network traffic, generating trending information and remote diagnostics and troubleshooting.

You Broadband plans to partner with device makers and content providers to offer value-added content services over Wi-Fi.

The service, launched in April, saw about 3,000 wireless connections per day, where 50 per cent of users stayed online for 30 minutes or more, claims You Broadband.

"What we have done at Chhatrapati Shivaji is simply a harbinger of things to come," said EVS Chakravarthy, MD and CEO, You Broadband. "Changing market conditions, driven by an explosion of data traffic from wireless-only devices, present a new paradigm for fixed-line service providers and huge opportunities to offer new services and increase ARPU."

tech-news