ID-WiBB Launches WiMAX & WiFi Roaming Facility in Indonesia Powered by Aptilo Networks
By Aptilo Networks And Id-wibb, PRNESunday, November 21, 2010
Uniting Indonesia Under One Wireless Broadband Umbrella
JAKARTA, Indonesia, November 23, 2010 - To encourage WiMAX(TM) growth in Indonesia,
ID-WiBB, an industry-led, not-for-profit organization formed to promote
national vision through the compatibility and interoperability of broadband
wireless products in Indonesia, announced today the launch of an Indonesian
broadband roaming facility to serve the many wireless broadband service
providers throughout the region.
This will enable roaming between WiMAX and Wi-Fi and possibly future LTE
operators, creating a unified 4G wireless network across the nation.
"Our goal is to encourage further wireless broadband adoption and growth
of the broadband ecosystem by establishing an automatic networked ID
authorization that will allow anyone - regardless of their service provider -
to tap in to the benefits of wireless broadband from anywhere, at anytime,"
said Kanaka Hidayat, ID-WiBB. "Today's announcement takes us one step closer
to uniting the Indonesian market under one wireless broadband umbrella."
To date, three operators awarded WiMAX derived Wireless Broadband
licenses in Indonesia have signed up to become roaming partners.
Aptilo Networks, the global leader in integrated solutions for control of
billing, user services and access in wireless networks including Wi-Fi, WiMAX
and LTE, has been selected by ID-WIBB to enable this multi-access roaming.
The award-winning Aptilo Service Management Platform(TM), which will serve as
a AAA proxy for the authentication, authorization and accounting of roaming
users between the different WiMAX and Wi-Fi service providers. The Aptilo
solution will keep track of roaming subscribers' consumption of resources
(time and/or data) in any visiting network and provide the required
statistics to allow ID-WiBB to serve as a neutral accounting party. The
addition of LTE support to the Aptilo platform in 2011 will expand
opportunities for ID-WiBB for future revenue streams.
"Aptilo is dedicated to full compliance with wireless standards, and is
unparalleled in our commitment to interoperability testing with vendors in
the wireless broadband arena including WiMAX," said Jan Sjonell, Managing
Director Asia/Middle East, Aptilo Networks. "We are proud to have been
selected for this important project. We look forward to working hand-in-hand
with ID-WiBB in encouraging growth of the wireless broadband ecosystem in
Indonesia."
About ID-WIBB
ID-WIBB is an industry-led, not-for-profit organization formed to promote
the compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products based
on global (international) standard in Indonesia. ID-WiBB promotes products
that are interoperable and supports broadband of fixed, portable and mobile
services. Along these lines, the ID-WiBB works closely with service providers
and regulators to ensure that Broadband Wireless systems meet customer and
government requirements in Indonesia. ID-WiBB's members comprise individuals,
operators, component vendors and equipment vendors in the Indonesian
communications ecosystem. For more information, please visit
www.id-wibb.org
About Aptilo Networks
Aptilo Networks is the global leader in pre-integrated management
solutions for control of billing, user services and access in Wi-Fi,
WiMAX(TM) and LTE networks. Aptilo has become the provider of choice for
service providers, enterprises and municipalities in need of a rapidly
deployable, scalable service management and policy control solution for
wireless networks. From smaller installations to large carrier networks,
Aptilo's solutions have been deployed in more than 45 countries. For more
information, please visit www.aptilo.com.
For further information please contact: Yohannes Sumaryo, General Secretary IDWiBB P: +622150198111 sumaryo@id-wibb.org Hillary Call, Public Relations Manager Aptilo Networks AB c/o Call Communications P: +1-917 414 9262 hillary.call@aptilo.com
For further information please contact: Yohannes Sumaryo, General Secretary, IDWiBB, P: +622150198111, sumaryo at id-wibb.org; Hillary Call, Public Relations Manager, Aptilo Networks AB, c/o Call Communications, P: +1-917 414 9262, hillary.call at aptilo.com
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