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Melita Boosts Their Wi-Fi with Aptilo Service Management Platform

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STOCKHOLM – 7 April,  2020 – Melita, the provider of nationwide fibre-powered gigabit internet in Malta and provider of the country’s largest Wi-Fi hotspot network, has deployed Aptilo Service Management Platform™ (SMP) to enable current and future Wi-Fi services.

Melita is migrating their existing nationwide Wi-Fi hotspots and their community Wi-Fi network with over 30,000 homespots, to Aptilo SMP.

Melita, enabled by Aptilo SMP, is also the provider behind the Malta Communication Authority’s (MCA) free Wi-Fi service, TechMT Wifi, which is available at popular outdoor locations such as parks and playgrounds. Tourists and the general public are asked to provide their age, gender and nationality before being granted access to the internet.

“We are proud to have been selected by Melita which has successfully provided Wi-Fi services to its customers across Malta for many years,” said Aleksandar Mitov, Director of Sales Europe, Aptilo Networks. “We look forward to helping this experienced customer grow their Wi-Fi services in Malta, both in volume and functionality.”

About Aptilo Networks

Aptilo Networks is a leading provider of carrier-class systems to manage data services with advanced functions for authentication, policy control and charging. Aptilo Service Management Platform™ (SMP) has become synonymous with Wi-Fi service management and Wi-Fi offload in large-scale deployments with 100+ operators in more than 75 countries, and is a critical component of Wi-Fi calling and IoT. For more information visit www.aptilo.com.

Media Contact:
Hillary Call
Aptilo Networks AB
P: +1 917-414-9262
[email protected]

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Confirmed interoperability between Aptilo Zero-touch IoT Connectivity and Espresif ESP 32

Aptilo and Espressif Confirm End-to-End Interoperability for Zero-touch Wi-Fi IoT

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STOCKHOLM – March 12, 2020 – Aptilo Networks and Espressif Systems announced end-to-end interoperability between Espressif’s popular ESP32 SoC platform and Aptilo Zero-touch Wi-Fi IoT Connectivity™ (Aptilo Wi-Fi Zero-touch) for AWS IoT Core.

Aptilo Wi-Fi Zero-touch effectively removes the two hurdles of a mass market for Wi-Fi-based IoT: the issue of manual onboarding of IoT devices to the Wi-Fi network and the security concerns of an open Wi-Fi network.

Aptilo Wi-Fi Zero-touch is delivered as a connectivity control service running on Amazon Web Services (AWS). It utilizes the X.509 client certificates that already exist in the IoT device, as an identity token for AWS IoT Core, to also automatically connect the IoT device to a secure Wi-Fi network SSID (802.1x).

“We are thrilled to work with AWS and to have verified interoperability with Espressif, a leading supplier of Wi-Fi modules for IoT,” said Jan Sjonell, VP IoT, Aptilo Networks. “By eliminating onboarding and security obstacles for devices connecting to Wi-Fi networks, an increased number of manufacturers of IoT devices will from now on choose Wi-Fi instead of other short-range radio technologies for IoT connectivity.”

“Using the common authentication for Wi-Fi infrastructure and cloud connectivity improves the security, manageability and user experience of onboarding connected devices. This provides an added value to internet service providers who offer connected devices as a service based on our popular ESP32 platform,” said Swee-Ann Teo, Founder and CEO of Espressif Systems.
 

About Aptilo Networks

Aptilo Networks is a leading provider of carrier-class systems to manage data services with advanced functions for authentication, policy control and charging. Aptilo Service Management Platform™ (SMP) has become synonymous with Wi-Fi service management and Wi-Fi offload in large-scale deployments with 100+ operators in more than 75 countries, and is a critical component of Wi-Fi calling and IoT. For more information visit www.aptilo.com.

About Espressif Systems

Espressif Systems is a public, multinational, fabless, semiconductor company, established in 2008. With headquarters in Shanghai and offices in Greater China, India and Europe, Espressif is a complete-solution provider which specializes in producing highly-integrated, low-power, Wi-Fi-and-Bluetooth SoCs. Also, Espressif provides cutting-edge AIoT solutions to users and enterprises all around the world, making wireless technology more power-efficient, robust and secure. For more information visit www.espressif.com.

 

Media Contact:
Hillary Call
Aptilo Networks AB
P: +1 917-414-9262
[email protected]

 

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Batelco and Aptilo Networks Partner for First-Class Wi-Fi Services in Bahrain

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STOCKHOLM – March 2, 2020 – Batelco, the leading digital solutions provider in the Kingdom of Bahrain, and Aptilo Networks have entered into a partnership to deliver business-to-business (B2B) or (B2B2C) Wi-Fi services in Bahrain. Batelco has selected the Aptilo Service Management Platform™ (SMP) with the Aptilo SMP Venue Wi-Fi Manager™ to deploy a nationwide managed Wi-Fi service.

Batelco offers managed venue Wi-Fi services to enterprise customers, with the service deployed either on top of the customer’s existing Wi-Fi equipment or as a fully managed service with the Wi-Fi infrastructure included.

Batelco General Manager Enterprise Abderrahmane Mounir said, “We were looking for a vendor agnostic solution that could match our high ambitions in scaling our Wi-Fi business both in terms of volume and functionality, and at the same time have a platform that will allow Batelco and its enterprise customers to engage with the Wi-Fi users.”

“Aptilo’s proven track-record in innovation and stability makes them the right choice for us to support the growing demands of our enterprise customers,” he added.

Furthermore, Batelco will deploy an additional Wi-Fi connection (SSID) exclusively for Batelco subscribers at most public locations. When Batelco mobile subscribers switch on their Wi-Fi, they will instantaneously connect to the secure Wi-Fi network at these locations. It is the SIM-authentication functionality of the Aptilo SMP that makes the Wi-Fi network as secure and seamless as any mobile network.

“Operator managed Wi-Fi is crucial not only as a profitable business but also to get indoor footprint for subscribers. This will become increasingly important in the 5G era,” said Anders Emilsson, VP Sales Middle East & Africa, Aptilo Networks.

“We are proud that Bahrain’s leading operator has selected us. Their insights in the market and the dynamics of Wi-Fi will make them very successful,” he added.

About Aptilo Networks

Aptilo Networks is a leading provider of carrier-class systems to manage data services with advanced functions for authentication, policy control and charging. Aptilo Service Management Platform™ (SMP) has become synonymous with Wi-Fi service management and Wi-Fi offload in large-scale deployments with 100+ operators in more than 75 countries, and is a critical component of Wi-Fi calling and IoT. For more information visit www.aptilo.com.

 

Media Contact:
Hillary Call
Aptilo Networks AB
P: +1 917-414-9262
[email protected]

 

 

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Aptilo named Best Wi-Fi Network Technology at WBA Industry Awards

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STOCKHOLM – October 8, 2019 – Aptilo Networks has won the 2019 WBA Industry awards in the Best Wi-Fi Network Technology category, for the Aptilo Virtual Service Provider™ (Virtual SP) solution.

The WBA Annual Industry Awards have been recognizing and celebrating innovations and achievements in the Wi-Fi ecosystem for the past 7 years.

With the Aptilo Virtual SP solution, the operator achieves a highly standardized and scalable way to sell managed corporate LAN and Wi-Fi services. Both direct and through channels.

The operator can leverage one Wi-Fi SSID and one LAN while allowing each of their business customers to act as a virtual service provider. Business customers handle the daily operations towards their own business or residential customers (tenants). Tenants get their own private Wi-Fi network with secure access to internal networked resources such as printers and servers. It’s just as if they had their own network. Tenants can also administer their users, through Aptilo’s hierarchical multi-tenancy functionality.

The Aptilo Virtual SP concept is ideal for operators that want to address verticals such as Real Estate, Co-Working Offices, Apartment owners (MDU) and Shopping malls. These verticals all have the need to provide multiple tenants with their own private network and Wi-Fi service.

“Operators have mainly sold Guest Wi-Fi services to their business customers and have avoided corporate IT-services. It has been too costly to set up and maintain multiple private networks to tenants,” said Paul Mikkelsen, CEO, Aptilo Networks. “With Aptilo’s virtual service provider concept, it’s finally possible for service providers to also scale their managed corporate Wi-Fi services. That’s why we call it B2B Wi-Fi 2.0.”

Aptilo was also a finalist for two additional 2019 WBA Awards categories. Aptilo shared the nomination for Best Wi-Fi Network Operator with their customer Telus in Canada. The Aptilo Zero-touch Wi-Fi IoT Connectivity was nominated in the Best Enterprise Wi-Fi Network category.

About Aptilo Networks

Aptilo Networks is a leading provider of carrier-class systems to manage data services with advanced functions for authentication, policy control and charging. Aptilo Service Management Platform™ (SMP) has become synonymous with Wi-Fi service management and Wi-Fi offload in large-scale deployments with 100+ operators in more than 75 countries, and is a critical component of Wi-Fi calling and IoT. For more information visit www.aptilo.com.

 

Media Contact:
Hillary Call
Aptilo Networks AB
P: +1 917-414-9262
[email protected]

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Aptilo finalist in 3 out of 6 WBA Industry Awards 2019

Aptilo Finalist in Three of the Six WBA Industry Awards

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STOCKHOLM – September 17, 2019 – Aptilo Networks has been named a finalist for three out of the six 2019 Wireless Broadband Alliance Industry Awards.

The WBA Annual Industry Awards recognize innovations and achievements in the Wi-Fi ecosystem.

Aptilo shares the nomination for Best Wi-Fi Network Operator with Canadian operator Telus.

“We are particularly pleased to be nominated together with Telus, one of our customers,” said Johan Terve, VP Marketing, Aptilo Networks. “Telus is running one of the best Wi-Fi services in the world, and we are proud to be enabling the service with the Aptilo Service Management Platform™.”

Aptilo’s new Virtual Service Provider innovation was nominated in the Best Wi-Fi Network Technology category. It enables a scaleable operator-managed corporate Wi-Fi and LAN service. Operators can leverage one infrastructure and SSID while still allowing each of their B2B customers to act as a virtual service provider, handling the daily operations toward their own business or residential customers.

Aptilo Zero-touch Wi-Fi IoT Connectivity innovation was nominated in the Best Enterprise Wi-Fi Network category. It creates a mass-market for IoT running on Wi-Fi networks, by breaking down existing barriers of connecting IoT devices to Wi-Fi. Typically, onboarding IoT devices to Wi-Fi is extremely challenging. Existing Wi-Fi connectivity solutions require a manual action when the device is switched on for the first time. This process must be repeated every time the security key for the Wi-Fi network is changed.

Aptilo’s solution works with the Amazon Web Services (AWS) IoT core to allow IoT devices to automatically and securely connect to Wi-Fi when switched on for the first time and every time thereafter.

About Aptilo Networks
Aptilo Networks is a leading provider of carrier-class systems to manage data services with advanced functions for authentication, policy control and charging. Aptilo Service Management Platform™ (SMP) has become synonymous with Wi-Fi service management and Wi-Fi offload in large-scale deployments with 100+ operators in more than 75 countries, and is a critical component of Wi-Fi calling and IoT. For more information visit www.aptilo.com.