New Solution from Jungo Lets Broadband Operators Deploy a Nationwide Hotspot Service for Subscribers
Highlights:
-- Jungo's new NationZone(TM) can turn legacy home gateways into
hotspot access points, potentially creating a countrywide
unified Wi-Fi network
-- Operators can use NationZone(TM) to:
-- Provide a new nationwide WLAN roaming service to existing
customers
-- Convert subscribers by offering trial broadband services
without initial hardware rollout
-- NationZone(TM) can be remotely installed by Operators into
existing Customer Premise Equipment (CPE)
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Jungo Ltd., a leading provider of broadband service solutions,
today announced the release of NationZone(TM), a gateway
middleware-based solution that can transform every home gateway into
an operator hotspot while fully maintaining the security and bandwidth
assurance for the home.
As opposed to other hotspot services that require the rollout of
new hardware, Jungo's NationZone enables Operators to "turn on" the
wireless network through a simple remote upgrade of the CPE firmware,
thereby leveraging their existing CPE infrastructure, and launching a
new service that creates a true nationwide "zone" which provides value
to subscribers from day one.
"Operators need to acquire new subscribers and expand revenues by
offering new services, while minimizing infrastructure and operational
costs involved with the rollout of the new service", said Eran Rom,
Jungo's CEO. "With Jungo's NationZone(TM), Operators can introduce new
services, create more revenues and increase customer loyalty by
utilizing the excess bandwidth and processing the power of millions of
CPEs already deployed in the field".
NationZone - Revenue generating wireless services
Operators deploying NationZone are able to introduce a new class
of wireless broadband, an entry level broadband service, to expand
their product portfolio and increase revenues. Research studies from
around the world indicate that a significant number of households
still do not have broadband, even in developed telecom markets.
Typical reasons cited are short-term tenancy or limited disposable
income. This segment can be served with a low-cost, lower-bandwidth
broadband access solution using existing CPE equipment and excess
bandwidth from nearby homes. With NationZone, subscribers receive
reduced bandwidth and service assurance, but pay only a fraction of
the regular retail broadband price. Operators can introduce this
service without adding to their operational expenditures as the
bandwidth and equipment are already in place.
NationZone - New customer acquisition
NationZone provides an innovative method for attracting customers.
Subscribers of other networks searching for an open Wi-Fi connection
(e.g. when out of the home or when their connection goes down
temporarily) may find a NationZone powered operator hotspot and get
free, limited-time access in return for agreeing that the operator can
engage them after this free trial ends.
NationZone - Existing customers - promoting loyalty
NationZone also increases existing customer loyalty by offering
Wi-Fi roaming at no extra charge. New subscribers who sign on to the
network, via a low cost roaming wireless service, may later upgrade to
fixed broadband service at home.
Operators can introduce Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) while
reducing operational expenses by utilizing Wi-Fi instead of GSM in the
NationZone range. Subscribers can enjoy the benefits of an FMC
solution, paying local landline call rates for fixed as well as
cellular calls while they are in the NationZone hotspot range.
Availability
Jungo's NationZone is currently in pilot deployments with Tier One
Operators worldwide.
About Jungo
Jungo Ltd., an NDS Group company, is a provider of broadband home
solutions. Jungo's flagship products, OpenRG(TM) (residential gateway
software platform) and OpenSMB(TM) (small and medium business gateway
software platform) enable broadband Operators to deliver managed
revenue-generating services to the digital home.
Jungo also offers extensive connectivity software solutions for
USB and PCI, including WinDriver(TM), a driver development toolkit
that enables developers to quickly create custom device drivers that
can run on a multitude of operating systems without modification, and
USBware(TM), a complete, high-quality embedded USB software protocol
stack, allowing device manufacturers to easily incorporate standard
USB OTG/Host/Device connectivity in their designs.
To find out more about Jungo Ltd. and our products, please visit
www.jungo.com.
About NDS
NDS Group plc (NASDAQ:NNDS), a majority owned subsidiary of News
Corporation, supplies open end-to-end digital technology and services
to pay-television platform operators and content providers. See
www.nds.com for more information about NDS.
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Jungo Ltd.
Shelly Aks, +972 9 8859365 x293
Sr. Marcom and PR Manager
shelly@jungo.com
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