MediaFlex Hotspot System Takes on New Challenges Facing Operators, Delivering Extended Wi-Fi Range, Capacity, Density and Multimedia Support at an Affordable Price
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Ruckus Wireless today unveiled the Ruckus MediaFlex Hotspot (HS), the first industrial-strength "smart Wi-Fi" access point specifically developed for broadband operators who are dealing with dramatic increases in the density and mix of users, devices and applications at public Wi-Fi hotspots.
Unlike conventional Wi-Fi products, the Ruckus MediaFlex was designed to increase the reliability and robustness of public Wi-Fi environments while providing essential features that open the door for operators to use the network as a revenue-generating tool.
The Ruckus MediaFlex HS is a multimedia Wi-Fi system offering a unique collection of features and capabilities not available with low-cost consumer-grade Wi-Fi access points or expensive enterprise systems. Among these new capabilities are a custom antenna array optimized for dynamic and dense Wi-Fi environments, advanced quality of service features that allow multiple virtual networks and different traffic types to be reliably streamed over the same system, and sophisticated remote spectrum management that gives operators unprecedented visibility into hotspot RF environments.
Triple play-ready, the Ruckus MediaFlex HS delivers breakthrough range, capacity and user density, making it possible for operators to now offer a sophisticated suite of new Wi-Fi services such as voice over Wi-Fi, fixed mobile convergence (FMC), IP-based video, tiered Wi-Fi services and extended enterprise access.
Compared to conventional Wi-Fi APs, the Ruckus MediaFlex HS doubles Wi-Fi signal range, supports up to 20 concurrent voice over Wi-Fi calls and delivers 20 Mbps of consistent throughput for IP video streams. It also offers a two- to four-fold increase in coverage, thereby reducing the number of APs needed for a particular area.
PCCW, the principal telecommunications company in Hong Kong, and ThaiFi, a leading networking company in Thailand, are among the first to standardize on the new MediaFlex HS system. PCCW is installing the MediaFlex HS in hundreds of hotspots in and around Hong Kong. And ThaiFi has installed the system throughout several four-star hotels in Bangkok (see related release).
This is a partial excerpt of the full Ruckus Wireless press release that can be at www.ruckuswireless.com/press/ .
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David Callisch
Ruckus Wireless
david@ruckuswireless.com
+1-408-504-5487 mobile
Nancy MacGregor
HillRealTime Communications
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+1-415-309-5185 mobile
Source: Ruckus Wireless, Inc.
CONTACT: media, David Callisch of Ruckus Wireless, +1-408-504-5487, or
david@ruckuswireless.com; or media, Nancy MacGregor Hill of RealTime
Communications, +1-510-733-6228, or mobile, +1-415-309-5185, or
nancy@realtime-comm.com, for Ruckus Wireless
Web site: http://www.ruckuswireless.com/
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