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Aicent Enables KT And NTT DOCOMO to Launch Auto Wi-Fi EAP-based Roaming

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Aicent, a global multi-service IPX network provider of mobile data network services and solutions for global mobile operators, has implemented the Wi-Fi Roaming Exchange solution for KT and NTT DOCOMO’s networks. The new solution enables customers to securely and seamlessly roam betwwen their Wi-Fi hotspots by allowing them to automatically connect through EAP-SIM authentication. With the setup, KT subscribers can now effortlessly connect to Wi-Fi hotspots as they travel between their home network in South Korea and NT DOCOMO’s Wi-Fi hotspots in Japan. 

Aicent says that the auto Wi-Fi Roaming offers mobile subscribers a lower-cost method of roaming internationally, while providing secure and automatic authentication through EAP-SIM technology that utilizes the subscriber’s identity and credentials contained in any SIM card to automatically access a Wi-Fi network without the need for the user to input a pre-established password. And by supporting standards based Wi-Fi network identification and authentication through EAP-SIM, Aicent’s Wi-Fi Roaming solution makes the 3G/4G to Wi-Fi handover convenient and seamless to the end user, while allowing an easier and most cost effective integration into a mobile operators’ mobile network.

 

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Seokjun Kim, Vice President, KT "At KT, we are constantly working to improve our subscriber’s user experience, as a result we have invested resources into testing and implementing auto Wi-Fi to complement our wireless infrastructure by adding additional capacity to our network while offering subscribers a cost effective data roaming alternative. By implementing Aicent’s Wi-Fi Roaming solution, our customers can now easily and effortlessly connect to DOCOMO’s growing number of Wi-Fi hotspots while traveling to Japan.”

Yuichi Kato, Director of International Roaming, NTT DOCOMO "By integrating Aicent’s Wi-Fi Roaming Exchange solution we are able to offer KT subscribers traveling to networks in Japan a transparent and quality roaming experience as they roam within our network of Wi-Fi hotspots. We are also excited with our impending plans to launch support for EAP-SIM based outbound roaming following KT’s successful implementation."

MK Chang, Executive Vice President, Product Marketing, Aicent, "We are pleased that both KT and NTT DOCOMO have chosen our Wi-Fi Roaming Exchange to help them enhance their subscriber’s roaming experience through more efficient data connections and lower rates, but also by offloading data they are able to invite increasing numbers of roaming mobile users onto their network without impacting their local cellular network."  Read More ''KT And NTT DOCOMO Partner with Aicent To Launch Auto Wi-Fi EAP-based Roaming'

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