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RoamAD technology was used in the world's first metro Wi-Fi mesh network in Auckland, New Zealand. Since that time, metro Wi-Fi networks based on RoamAD technology have been deployed in Europe, USA, Asia, Australia and the Caribbean.

Metro Wi-Fi networks are being deployed by:

  • Wireless ISPs to deliver high-speed fixed and mobile voice and data services
  • Fixed line ISPs who want to expand their product offering by offering complementary mobile products, enabling them to attract new customers while increasing the "loyalty" of existing customers
  • Municipalities who want to both provide emergency services (e.g. police, fire, ambulance) and differentiated high-speed IP services to residents and businesses (including CCTV)
  • Cellular carriers who want to extend the breadth and reach of their cellular offering through offering mobile voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi) as well as mobile broadband data as part of the their product bundle.

Customers who are deploying citywide networks recognize that their business needs will evolve over time and that the technology available to deliver citywide Wi-Fi will continue to advance at a rapid rate.

That is why they choose networks that are based on RoamAD's highly flexible, remotely upgradeable software platform.

Using RoamAD technology, citywide Wi-Fi networks can be deployed:

  • Faster
  • At lower cost, and
  • With greater flexibility

than with any other approach available today.

RoamAD's carrier-grade wireless network technology and use of multi-radio wireless nodes:

  • Provides support for high-speed mobile voice and data services
  • Results in a scalable network architecture with robust dedicated backhaul supporting QOS, low-latency applications, and fast mobile hand-off
  • Is remotely upgradeable to enable support for new radio technologies (such as 802.11n) and new applications as they emerge
  • Allows the use of low cost, current standards-based hardware available from a range of equipment suppliers
  • Allows for flexible deployment options
  • Includes carrier-grade network management systems and interfaces to carriers' or ISPs' backend systems

With RoamAD technology, an ISP, a municipality or a carrier has a broad range of options to quickly and cost effectively deploy a citywide Wi-Fi network with unmatched flexibility and upgradeability.