Aptilo to make Indian cities Wi-Fi enabled
By siliconindia   |   Friday, 17 July 2009, 18:04 IST   |    4 Comments
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Aptilo to make Indian cities Wi-Fi enabled
Bangalore: Zylog Systems India has chosen Aptilo Networks to provide the back-end systems enabling its unique Wi5(Wi-Fi) wireless broadband offering throughout India. "The emerging Indian broadband market is on the cusp of a huge growth curve. Today Wi-Fi is perfectly positioned to provide instant broadband access from devices that are already available, in a safe, secure and reliable manner. Our long term plan is to achieve penetration in remote areas using our low cost technology and a mix of distribution models including franchise model," said Janakiraman R, Chief Operating Officer and Director, Zylog Systems India. Zylog's Wi5 service is now live in a part of Chennai, which will soon become the first Wi-Fi-enabled city in India. Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad will be added in the next year covering approximately 1,600 square km and hundreds of thousands of users. ZSIL has obtained a category 'A' Internet service provider license to operate in all of India's Department of Telecommunications (DoT) circles, and is planning to blanket a total of 40 cities in India with a footprint of more than 12,000 square km and millions of subscribers within the next five years. Working with Aptilo's service management platform, the Wi5 service will enable customers to access high-speed wireless broadband through their laptops, desktops or mobile devices by subscribing to the Wi5 service on the move. ZSIL has adopted a Wi-Fi mesh network architecture, which makes the wireless network a continuous one. The Aptilo Service Management Platform and multiple Aptilo Access Controller access gateways are handling subscriber management; authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA); policy management; Quality of service and more. Aptilo has brought in partners Informatics International (AvaBill) for delivering systems for operational support as well as pre-paid/post-paid billing, and Nexge for delivering VoIP services. Broadband Internet penetration in India, the second most populous country in the world, is very low at 0.5 percent, with six million broadband subscribers in the beginning of 2009. There is a vast segment of population that does not have access to broadband primarily due to availability and prohibitive costs. The Wi5 wireless broadband service will empower the population with convenient, high-speed and affordable broadband Internet, ushering in a new era of connectivity for India.

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