Wi-Fi hotspots offer low-cost, high-capacity connections to the Internet, including cloud-based applications and storage. But public Wi-Fi access can be complicated. Users face a jumble of hotspots and need to keep track of multiple passwords. Wi-Fi connections often lack security or require additional billing.
With lightRadio Wi-Fi, connecting is easy. We are applying lightRadioTM innovation to extend high-speed mobile broadband services across both cellular and Wi-Fi networks. Subscribers can access Wi-Fi automatically and stay on their service provider's network. They can roam between a cellular network and residential, privately- and publicly-owned Wi-Fi networks and hotspots with the complete peace of mind that these connections are secure.
Fixed, cable, and mobile service providers miss out when subscribers offload data to competitors' Wi-Fi networks or public hotspots. They lose opportunities to offer new services and bundle offers. And they no longer control the customer experience to provide the right level of customer care.
With lightRadio Wi-Fi, users move seamlessly within a service provider's network and enjoy a single, seamless wireless experience. By keeping customers connected, providers increase their opportunities to address customer concerns and offer personalized and bundled services. This helps them attract and retain customers, as well as increase their revenue potential.
Subscribers want broader wireless coverage, increased security and affordable roaming fees. Service providers want to find more ways to make money and add capacity and coverage. But they still want to keep costs low.
With lightRadio Wi-Fi, service providers get a new wireless broadband service without the high cost of licensed spectrum. They get increased network coverage and capacity. And they get simpler network introduction by connecting with our Wi-Fi ecosystem of access point vendors. lightRadio Wi-Fi opens new revenue channels for retail and wholesale models, and enables service providers to bundle services to make them more attractive.
Offer customers secure Wi-Fi in homes, offices, communities and public hotspots. Bring a safe, simple and seamless mobile experience to customers wherever they are.
To sustain quality of experience, providers need solutions that can seamlessly shift customers between cellular and Wi-Fi. The Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service Router offers a perfect fit: a WLAN Gateway that allows secure and trusted Wi-Fi access to mobile and fixed broadband infrastructures.
We're adding the Access Network Discovery and Selection Function to our 5780 Dynamic Services Controller (DSC) policy manager. These new capabilities connect subscribers to the best possible network based on flexible criteria.
We're expanding the lightRadioTM ecosystem program with Wi-Fi Access Point (AP) industry leaders to ensure easy operator deployment and an interoperable end-to-end solution. And we are opening our interfaces so other Wi-Fi vendors can certify as "lightRadio ready".
Service providers are searching for cost-effective ways to deliver a more complete and satisfying wireless experience.
Our lightRadio multi-standard femto and metro cells help service providers use integrated Wi-Fi access to increase coverage and capacity across 2G, 3G and 4G/LTE networks. Service providers can improve their mobile offers and make subscribers happy, all while keeping costs in check.
lightRadio Wi-Fi can help fixed and cable operators, too. For example, it can enable them to pursue new revenue by offering wholesale Wi-Fi access. Or it can allow them to expand into the wireless market without investing in spectrum or a full wireless infrastructure. By embracing Wi-Fi, operators can offer enhanced bundles that satisfy customers and secure their loyalty.
The 7750 Service Router's standards-based WLAN Gateway builds on capabilities that have made the Service Router an industry-leading IP service edge platform. For example, it delivers seamless access, authentication and subscriber management. And it supports easy integration between Wi-Fi hotspots and network and operational infrastructures.
The 7750 Service Router offers several key advantages to service providers:
Seamless handover to Wi-Fi calls for a centralized policy function that can process parameters such as location, network utilization, device type, and subscriber entitlement. This function should allow providers to map new business models and access packages to actionable network policies.
The 5780 DSC now includes the Access Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF). Its Wi-Fi Control Module uses defined parameters to make intelligent and dynamic decisions on Wi-Fi handover. With support from the 5780 DSC, operators can:
Many industry leading service providers have already made the seamless transition to a 100G network thanks to Alcatel-Lucent. Portugal Telecom, ORION Canada and other adopters have become the first in their respective national markets to ‘go 100G’. Portugal Telecom established its country’s first 100G link, enhancing the capacity of its existing triple-play network capacity to exceed bandwidth demands and deliver new cloud services. (Read more) ORION is running Canada’s first operational 100G coherent network—also the world’s first 100G research and education network. (Read more) In October 2011, Rostelecom—Russia’s largest telecommunications company—upgraded its backbone network with the Alcatel-Lucent 1830 PSS. Through that upgrade it achieved 100Gb/s transmission to the Middle East on a 3,500 km link. (Read more)
“Delivering secure, seamless access to Wi-Fi networks is a key requirement in the market right now. Alcatel-Lucent's lightRadio Wi-Fi provides operators with a comprehensive solution that smartly draws from the company's strengths in radio access technology and IP routing. The result is an offer that lets operators leverage existing network assets while delivering demanding smartphone users an outstanding customer experience.”
Ken Rehbehn, Principal Analyst, Yankee Group
“With lightRadio Wi-Fi, Alcatel-Lucent gives service providers new options to meet consumers' fast-growing broadband requirements. Extending our groundbreaking lightRadio portfolio, service providers will be able to build closer relationships with their customers by delivering seamless high-speed broadband connections, wherever they are, using LTE and Wi-Fi networks. For subscribers, this approach provides the peace of mind they want when accessing the Internet wherever they go.”
Wim Sweldens, President, Alcatel-Lucent wireless activities
