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NTTBP Appoints Clavister to Secure Its Public Wi-Fi Services Network in Japan
December 2016 by Marc Jacob
Clavister announced that NTTBP, the Japanese provider of carrier-grade, highly customized Wi-Fi services, has selected Clavister and its integrator partner MIRAIT to implement security on NTTBP’s extensive public Wi-Fi network which has over 220,000 access points across Japan.
In Japan, Wi-Fi is recognized as an important infrastructure and one of the fundamental broadband networks, such as optical fiber internet access and LTE internet access. It has also evolved to become an essential social foundation providing not only LTE traffic offload, but also a range of value-added services for enterprise and public sectors over high quality WiFi.
Clavister will deliver its security solutions to ensure that NTTBP stays in control of its network, and to support the potential for new value-added services and revenue streams. The Clavister solution is highly scalable, and can be integrated quickly and effectively with the NTTBP network infrastructure. The security deployment will also support NTTBP’s network plans ahead of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
Japan is one of the top four global LTE markets, with over 90 million LTE subscriptions. LTE traffic has been rapidly growing, and further rapid growth is expected as more smart Internet of Things (IoT) devices connect to networks. NTTBP aims to offload LTE traffic to its high performance Wi-Fi networks to optimise LTE performance, and enhance subscribers’ mobile internet experience with fast Wi-Fi access.
NTT Broadband Platform (NTTBP) is the Japanese provider of carrier grade Wi-Fi services and highly customized Wi-Fi services for transportation facilities, vehicles, convenience stores and local government. It also delivers high-density WiFi in stadiums and convention centers, and value added services, and is a group company of NTT Group, a leading company in the communications industry.
