Boingo Wireless and Tropos Networks today announced a partnership that will enable operators of Tropos-powered metro-scale Wi-Fi networks to allow Boingo Roaming System users to access their networks.
The two companies have successfully completed joint interoperability testing of their equipment and software, demonstrating that Tropos-powered metro networks can be integrated into the Boingo Roaming System.
“Tropos makes it fast, simple and easy to deploy metro-scale Wi-Fi networks,” said Ron Sege, president and CEO. “By partnering with Boingo as the industry’s leading aggregator, we are taking a gigantic leap toward making seamless Wi-Fi ubiquity possible worldwide”
The announcement focuses on Tropos’ MetroZone Pilot Pack, a turnkey Wi-Fi solution for localized areas of up to one-half square mile. The MetroZone Pilot Pack contains one Pronto Hotzone Gateway with a Pronto OSS software license for up to 100 concurrent users and five Tropos 5110 outdoor Wi-Fi cells, and includes one year of technical support.
If the network is a paid-access network, subscribers of the Boingo service can use it as part of their regular monthly service fee, while non-Boingo users can pay a daily connect fee to go online.
Operators of free hot zone networks can join the Boingo network and get exposure for their network in the Boingo software and in Internet Wi-Fi directories sponsored by Boingo.
Hot zone operators can also qualify for Boingo marketing support, which provides window stickers, posters, table tents and other promotional materials that can be used to promote the hot zone. There is no cost for a metro network operator to join the Boingo Roaming System.
The intelligent Tropos Predictive Wireless Routing Protocol (PWRP) provides pervasive coverage over metro areas. The Tropos PWRP routes traffic wirelessly, eliminating up to 95% of the wired backhaul associated with traditional access point solutions. Tropos Wi-Fi cells form a wireless mesh, dynamically routing traffic along the highest throughput path to a wired gateway.
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