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Ruckus wins Wi-Fi offload deal from KDDI

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TOKYO, JAPAN: Ruckus Wireless announced that it will help Japan-based telecom service provider KDDI Corporation, what it claims as the 'world's first and largest "instant on" Wi-Fi access and mobile data offload service'.

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Ruckus Wireless will offload mobile data traffic from KDDI's cellular network, which cater to over 32 million mobile subscribers, while providing subscribers with high-speed wireless access throughout Japan.

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KDDI subscribers can use the new KDDI "au Wi-Fi Spot" service with au Android smartphones in over 10,000 locations initially, scaling to 100,000 locations by March 2012, the telecom company said in a release.

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"Wi-Fi is clearly at the top of the list for service providers around the world looking for new ways to increase cellular capacity," said Selina Lo, president and CEO, Ruckus Wireless. "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."

The new national Wi-Fi infrastructure initiative is part of KDDI's larger 3M strategy (multi-device, multi-use, multi-network) to deliver a wide range of content and services over the network anytime, anywhere to the preferred user device.

KDDI's new Wi-Fi overlay leverages its national WiMAX network to backhaul data traffic from each Wi-Fi hotspot to KDDI's mobile network core. 

Each Ruckus ZoneFlex Wi-Fi access point (AP) connects wirelessly to KDDI's WiMAX infrastructure.

KDDI's initial focus is offloading data traffic indoors. For its first phase, KDDI is deploying more than 10,000 Ruckus ZoneFlex 7363 and 7341 dual-band 802.11 indoor access points in venues throughout Japan.

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