Delivering Wireless Services

Wireless network access capabilities being built into personal computing and communication devices are pouring into the market. Consumers, business users, and the youth market want wireless access to the world from anywhere. For wireless service providers, significant new revenue opportunities await - if only the wireless network infrastructure can be cost-effective enough to deploy everywhere that demand exists.

With Wireless Instant Networks^TM, it can. Using standards-based routing and a unique mesh networking technology,  HotPoint^TM wireless mesh routers complement existing installed wired and wireless infrastructures while reducing the need for a traditional wired Ethernet network backhaul. By providing a wireless backhaul that is fully Ethernet-compatible, a  wireless mesh enables HotSpots, HotZones, and HotRegions to be deployed anywhere - for a fraction of the capital cost associated with traditional wireless network infrastructures and for a low total cost of ownership.

 Instant Networks

A  instant network is an IP, broadband mesh network that supports multi-hop, point-to-point, and multi-cast routing. HotPoint routers automatically find each other to create an extensive mesh backhaul for transporting traffic. Deploying a HotPoint mesh router is as easy as plugging the unit into an AC power source. Now, service providers can extend current wireless services and promote new enhanced offerings anywhere there are paying customers.

Quickly Deploy Profitable HotZones and HotRegions

Pulling Ethernet cable, laying fiber, leasing lines, and installing or leasing space on towers used to be the only way to deploy a wireless networking infrastructure. Expensive, time-consuming, and extremely difficult in public right-of-ways, ironically it is the high cost of backhaul wiring that limits wireless deployment.

Now however,  HotPoint mesh routers enable a service provider to create a wireless mesh backhaul wherever there are standard AC outlets - often in less than a single day. HotPoint units provision themselves and automatically configure the wireless mesh upon being plugged in. And because they don't rely on line-of-sight transmission, HotPoint mesh routers are not subject to problems of obstructions, limited site availability, or weather. As a result, service providers can:

• Offer cost-effective, tailored Internet access solutions to public-sector customers such as hospitals, government agencies, municipalities, non-profits, educational institutions, law enforcement, and others
• Enable public and private Wi-Fi networks in many public venues, such as airports, hotels, sports centers, shopping malls, and downtown areas where wired infrastructures for access points don't exist or are too difficult to install
• Easily connect public buildings, corporate campuses, and educational campuses - as well as deploy wireless access services in brick and historic buildings where traditional Ethernet or fiber cabling would damage a building's historic integrity or aesthetics
• Maintain high customer satisfaction with rapid deployment, minimal invasiveness, and almost no disruption to ongoing business processes
• Eliminate multiple truck rolls for network deployment and provisioning

Add New Revenue Generating Services

Service providers can now bundle wireless Internet access with current wireless voice offerings or existing land-line-based Internet access for business, consumer, and youth markets.

Security and surveillance companies, corporate security departments, law enforcement, and other security-focused organizations also represent revenue opportunities - as new customers or as incremental business within existing accounts. As a broadband mesh network, a  instant network enables delivery of real-time video, allowing security personnel to monitor sites from any location. HotPoint mesh routers are simply plugged into existing AC power sources to provide Ethernet connectivity for surveillance cameras in parking lots and garages, public parks and recreational venues, airports, private grounds, shopping malls, and other sites. Images travel back to a central monitoring location without wires over the broadband mesh backhaul.

Reduce Costs

A  instant network reduces the need for WISPs to pay for expensive leased lines in order to provide service in hard-to-reach areas. At the same time, because a  wireless mesh configures and provisions itself, it significantly reduces the cost, time, and staff required to support customer deployments.

Mobilize Internal Resources

With just a few HotPoint mesh routers, a service provider can create a public-accessible Wi-Fi network or even boost its own employees' productivity by extending the existing internal network.  HotPoint units are ideal for extending high-speed Internet access to employees in:

• Classrooms and conference rooms
• Service locations and depots
• Equipment maintenance facilities
• Operations centers
• Field sales, support, and service locations

HotPoint mesh routers also provide an Ethernet connection for peripheral devices. For the first time, service providers can install hubs, printers, image scanners, and other devices in hard-to-reach locations to extend access to more users.

A Significant Return on Investment

Fast time to market and low cost of entry enable  Instant Mesh Networks to deliver unmatched return on investment. Now service providers can be anywhere their customers are - with broadband Internet access and a significant competitive advantage.