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 launches WiFi4EU plug-and-play service

Aptilo Launches a WiFi4EU Plug-and-Play Service for Municipalities

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STOCKHOLM – September 19, 2019 – Aptilo Networks announces the launch of a plug-and-play service for municipalities taking part in the WiFi4EU initiative. Aptilo’s new service provides login portals for the WiFi4EU public Wi-Fi service and takes care of the consent and personal data management required by GDPR.

The European Commission’s WiFi4EU initiative promotes free Wi-Fi connectivity for citizens and visitors in public spaces everywhere in Europe. Municipalities can apply for a 15,000 EUR voucher for purchase of equipment and installation.

WiFi4EU requires the municipality to provide a login portal for the Wi-Fi service. The portal needs to integrate with the WiFi4EU back-end to display the official WiFi4EU banner and count the number of users.

Another requirement is that a user stays connected for 12 hours after login. To achieve this, the user’s unique device ID (MAC address) is used to reconnect the user. Many European countries consider the MAC address to be personal data. To comply with these local legislations and GDPR, the login portal must collect the user’s consent to save their MAC address.

The Aptilo Guest Wi-Fi Cloud™ service offers municipalities peace of mind by taking care of these requirements for a reasonable monthly fee. The cloud service works on top of the municipality’s Wi-Fi infrastructure. It provides login portals that anyone – even someone without web development skills – can design, maintain and assign to different locations. The plug-and-play plugin for WiFi4EU takes care of all the login requirements. Aptilo’s award-winning consent and personal data management solution makes sure that the municipality is compliant with GDPR. The optional marketing package allows municipalities to communicate with citizens through the login portal, SMS and email.

Watch this video to see how easy it is for the municipality:

https://youtu.be/YUbMgqcd-Bo

Aptilo also has partners that offer a complete managed Wi-Fi service with hardware included. Contact us to learn more.

 

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.

Aptilo Wins Cablefax Tech Award for Best in IoT

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STOCKHOLM – June 13, 2019 – Aptilo Networks has won the 2019 Cablefax CFX Tech Awards in the IoT Product or Service category, for Aptilo Zero-touch Wi-Fi IoT Connectivity™.

Aptilo SMP™ Consent & Personal Data Management Solution received the only honorable mention in the Wireless-Wi-Fi Solution category.

Aptilo Zero-touch Wi-Fi IoT Connectivity creates mass-market availability of Wi-Fi-based IoT devices by breaking down existing barriers of connecting IoT devices to Wi-Fi. Typically, onboarding of IoT devices to Wi-Fi networks is extremely difficult. Existing Wi-Fi connectivity solutions all require some kind of manual action when the device is switched on for the first time. Furthermore, this process needs to be repeated every time the security key for the Wi-Fi network is changed.

Aptilo designed a service that works in concert with Amazon Web Services (AWS) IoT core, that enables the IoT device to automatically and securely connect to the Wi-Fi network when it is switched on for the first time and every time thereafter. Aptilo Zero-touch Wi-Fi IoT Connectivity uses device certificates that already exist in AWS IoT Core to verify the device. It also leverages Hotspot 2.0 and the Wi-Fi Alliance’s Passpoint, while also supporting legacy Wi-Fi equipment and devices.

“IoT and Wi-Fi represent two significant growth opportunities for cable operators. Aptilo has cracked the code for IoT, with our Zero-touch Wi-Fi IoT Connectivity solution that opens the floodgates for enabling Wi-Fi connectivity to IoT devices. This is the second year in a row that Aptilo innovation has been recognized by Cablefax. Our team is proud to be honored once again,” said Paul Mikkelsen, CEO, Aptilo Networks.

The Aptilo SMP consent & personal data management solution is fully compliant with the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Businesses can implement targeted marketing campaigns to engage users while protecting their privacy with self-service functions for handling their own personal data and consents.

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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