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Edgecore Networks Launches the Work-from-Anywhere Solution to Facilitate the New Normal of Working Life

Edgecore Networks, a leading provider of traditional and open network solutions for enterprises, data centers, and telecommunication service providers, today announced the launch of the Work-from-Anywhere (WFA) solution to provide organizations a plug-and-play, secure, agile, reliable mechanism to deliver enterprise-grade services to their remote workers.

The trend of making offices a place for collaboration has been going on for years, but the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the dial. Social distancing requirements across the world have prompted thousands of companies and millions of employees to discover the benefits of a flexible work environment. This shift to remote work and hybrid workspace forces organizations to take a more systematic and strategic approach to connecting remote workers to applications and data. Traditional WAN connections over MPLS tend to be rigid, costly, and provide deployment connections that cannot easily adapt to today's dynamic networking needs. Edgecore's WFA solution includes feature-rich SD-WAN devices, the SDW-series, addressing those networking issues and provides robust, secure, adaptive network services on demand.

WFA Solution Key Features:

Central Management
Multiple options for central management:

VM in x86 appliance based
VM in cloud platform
Edgecore ecCLOUD (Ready in Q1, 2022)

Administrator can monitor and auto-adjust remote networks with real-time feedback from premises and deploy pre-configured network paths to remote sites.

Zero Touch Deployment:
Automated provisioning from central management with pre-configured network setup to edge devices without user intervention can improve reliability and minimize bring-up costs, while maintaining efficiency and flexibility on deployment.

Adaptive WAN Selection:
The SDW-series provides parallel connections for load-balancing, failover, and traffic steering to ensure the high-quality and reliability of network connections.

Container Management (Ready in Q1, 2022)
Containerized software that pushes container images to remote sites for consistent application performance and availability while reducing the connectivity cost.

Remote VPN:
The remote worker can access the data center by PC VPN login with 4 simple steps, greatly reducing the remote office roll-out time.

TT Hsu, Vice President of Edgecore Networks said, “The future of work is work-from-anywhere. With Edgecore's WFA solution, delivering an in-office experience to workers, wherever they are, isn’t a pipe dream. The flexibility and openness of the solution proactively prepares organizations for an ever-changing future.”

About Edgecore

Edgecore Networks Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Accton Technology Corporation, the leading networking ODM. Edgecore Networks delivers wired and wireless networking products and solutions through channel partners and system integrators worldwide for Data Center, Service Provider, Enterprise and SMB customers. Edgecore Networks is the leader in open networking, providing a full line of open 1G-400G Ethernet OCP Accepted™ switches, core routers, cell site gateways, virtual PON OLTs, optical packet transponders, and Wi-Fi access points that offer choice of commercial and open source NOS and SDN software. For more information, visit wifi.edge-core.com or contact sales@edge-core.com.

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Edgecore Networks Partners with Plume to Bring New Broadband Services to Residential and Small Business Subscribers

Edgecore Networks selects and integrates OpenSync into its expanding range of consumer premises equipment to expand access to Plume’s digital subscriber suites globally.

Edgecore Networks, the leading provider of traditional and open network solutions for enterprises, data centers, and telecommunication service providers, today announced a partnership with personalized smart services pioneer Plume®, in which select Edgecore Networks customer premises equipment (CPE) will be pre-integrated with OpenSync™ to provide out-of-the-box support for Plume’s SaaS Experience Platform, featuring advanced digital services for homes and small businesses.

Select Edgecore Networks’ gateways and extenders supporting OpenSync will be Plume-certified to support Plume’s HomePass™ Smart Home Suite, WorkPass™ Intelligent Workplace Suite, and Haystack™ Data Prediction and Analytics Suite. Plume’s highly-scalable services suites provide homes and small businesses with complete mobile app-based network control and customization, flawless WiFi connectivity, robust AI-enhanced cybersecurity, productivity tools, and more.

All OpenSync-powered CPE – including gateways, routers and mesh beacons or extenders – can coexist on the same home network, irrespective of WiFi generation or supplier, with plug and play simplicity, and provide out-of-the-box access to Plume’s services.

“We are very pleased to collaborate with Plume to bring reliable and secure network connectivity to service providers with granular visibility and control across the networks and services to deliver the highest-performing experience,” said Teng Tai Hsu, Vice President of Edgecore Networks. “Edgecore Networks next-generation WiFi and Plume’s SaaS Experience Platform is a powerful combination that enables service providers to not only enhance wireless performance, but to also deliver new cloud-curated experiences for their subscribers that will drive new ARPU opportunities.”

“Plume is thrilled to support this new partnership with Edgecore Networks and in doing so expand our OpenSync ecosystem partnerships throughout the world,” said Niall Robinson, Head of OpenSync Partnerships, Plume. “The key to super-serving today’s modern subscribers who are spending more time on their home and small business networks is through personalization, and that can only be achieved by combining the power of data, cloud and AI. OpenSync has risen to be the most widely deployed open-source silicon-to-cloud framework, and in doing so brings service providers a unique opportunity to power smart homes and small businesses into the future through a highly scalable platform.”

About Edgecore

Edgecore Networks Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Accton Technology Corporation, the leading networking ODM. Edgecore Networks delivers wired and wireless networking products and solutions through channel partners and system integrators worldwide for Data Center, Service Provider, Enterprise and SMB customers. Edgecore Networks is the leader in open networking, providing a full line of open 1G-400G Ethernet OCP Accepted™ switches, core routers, cell site gateways, virtual PON OLTs, optical packet transponders, and Wi-Fi access points that offer choice of commercial and open source NOS and SDN software. For more information, visit wifi.edge-core.com or contact sales@edge-core.com.

About Plume

Plume® is the creator of the world's first SaaS experience platform for Communications Service Providers (CSPs) and their subscribers, deployed in more than 35 million locations globally. As the only open and hardware-independent, cloud-controlled solution, Plume enables the rapid delivery of new services for smart homes, small businesses, and beyond at massive scale. On the front end, Plume delivers self-optimizing, adaptive WiFi, cyber-security, access and parental controls, and more. CSPs get robust data- and AI-driven back-end applications for unprecedented visibility, insights, support, operations, and marketing. Plume leverages OpenSync™, an open-source framework that comes pre-integrated and supported on the leading silicon, CPE, and platform SDKs. Visit plume.com, plume.com/homepass, plume.com/workpass, and opensync.io. Follow Plume on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Plume, OpenSync, HomePass, WorkPass and Haystack, are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Plume Design, Inc. Other company and product names are used for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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Edgecore Partners with Aprecomm to roll out AI Enabled WiFi Services

Today, Edgecore and Aprecomm announced a collaboration to provide AI Enabled WiFi services to their WiFi deployments. This partnership is aimed at providing measurable improvement to Wi-Fi network performance and reliability.

The solution combines Aprecomm award-winning Wi-Fi AI Engine, VWE with Edgecore’s wireless access solutions and ecCLOUD Controller to enable service providers and enterprises to optimize the performance of their Wi-Fi networks and maximize reliability. Edgecore’s WiFi Portfolio is integrated with Aprecomm’s Engine going forward to provide maximize customers benefits.

“Today’s humongous demand on WiFi connectivity and Internet usage poses a greater challenge in terms of managing networks and achieving QoE. Aprecomm is addressing these challenges by bringing Assistive Network Intelligence with products like Virtual Wireless Expert. We are very excited to partner with Edgecore and bring these offerings to all their existing and future customers “ said Pramod Gummaraj, CEO of Aprecomm.

“We are happy to announce our partnership with Aprecomm to provide a solution to maximize the user experience. Edgecore integrated with Aprecomm’s AI Engine will help our customers to experience a reliable and high-performance WiFi connectivity” said Enco Liew, Vice President of Edgecore Networks.

Aprecomm’s distributed Intelligence approach provides E2E Insights and Inferences on the Network Performance leveraging AI Algorithms to rapidly scope and provide actionable steps which can be automated. Aprecomm also provides Evidential Intelligence with performance trends, SLA degradations with much needed reasoning.

The combined solution will assist service providers and Network Administrators with precise measurement of Customer Experience both from Wired and Wireless perspectives and provide them with actionable recommendations analyzing the millions of WiFi devices in the network.

Edgecore enterprise and service provider clients will have access to Aprecomm’s solution through the ecCLOUD Controller. The optimization engine scales across the entire network to provide an immediate performance improvement.

About Aprecomm

Aprecomm is an industry game-changer with an AI-enabled Software Stack to understand Customer Wi-Fi Experience. Aprecomm offers cloud-based automated solutions to help enterprises, ISPs, and TSPs improve their business standards through higher reliability, reduced opex, and speedy ROI. For more information, visit https://aprecomm.ai

About Edgecore

Edgecore Networks Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Accton Technology Corporation, the leading networking ODM. Edgecore Networks delivers wired and wireless networking products and solutions through channel partners and system integrators worldwide for Data Center, Service Provider, Enterprise and SMB customers. Edgecore Networks is the leader in open networking, providing a full line of open 1G-400G Ethernet OCP Accepted™ switches, core routers, cell site gateways, virtual PON OLTs, optical packet transponders, and Wi-Fi access points that offer choice of commercial and open source NOS and SDN software. For more information, visit wifi.edge-core.com or contact sales@edge-core.com.

Edgecore ecCLOUD Assists TIP in Developing the World's First OpenWiFi 2.0 Cloud

Edgecore Networks, a leading provider of traditional and open network solutions for enterprises, data centers, and telecommunication service providers, today announced the launch of the world’s first Telecom Infra Project (TIP) OpenWiFi 2.x cloud controller – ecCLOUD. By integrating TIP OpenWiFi CloudSDK 2.0, the most advanced cloud SDK of OpenWiFi 2.0, ecCLOUD can provide central management and visibility to all TIP OpenWiFi devices. On top of that, Edgecore Networks initiated the OpenWiFi Facilitating Program to extend and enhance the OpenWiFi ecosystem.

The launch of OpenWiFi 2.0 shows the ambition of TIP to reinforce the global TIP OpenWiFi ecosystem by joining forces with industry partners to establish a strong technical foundation. As one of the early adopters and devoted partners of the Open WiFi ecosystem and tech stack, Edgecore Networks has brought a series of TIP-ready devices to the market. With years of practical experience in commercial cloud controllers, Edgecore Networks contributed the know-how and participated in the CloudSDK 2.0 API function planning. Through CloudSDK 2.0, ISP/Telco/MSPs will be able to unlock the limitations of existing closed network infrastructures, and quickly introduce innovative applications and services through disaggregated networks.

Edgecore Networks has taken the lead in converging TIP OpenWiFi CloudSDK 2.0 with ecCLOUD. Being the world's first and only TIP OpenWiFi 2.x cloud controller, ecCLOUD can support the full range of TIP OpenWiFi hardware devices and software applications, which realizes the goal of commercializing TIP OpenWiFi and making it a sustainable business model.

David Hutton, TIP Chief Engineer said: ”TIP’s active collaboration with Wi-Fi industry leaders enables the TIP OpenWiFi ecosystem to meet high end Wi-Fi network requirements. Edgecore’s expertise in cloud controllers has made the OpenWiFi 2.x stack accessible and practical for a wide variety of deployment scenarios.

To further thrive together with the TIP OpenWiFi ecosystem, Edgecore Networks will launch the OpenWiFi Facilitating Program in the middle of this November 2021 to build an ecCLOUD OpenWiFi development ecosystem. In this collaborative program, OpenWiFi hardware vendors can test the ecCLOUD management functions with their OpenWiFi devices. In addition, Edgecore Networks will provide the ecCLOUD API for third-party application development. Edgecore Networks and software developers will have the freedom to develop better add-ons and software to further empower and advance the OpenWiFi ecosystem, building a mutually beneficial relationship with participating vendors.

“Edgecore’s OpenWiFi Solution can provide more flexible network infrastructures and application services for ISP/MSP/Telco’s, and offer the OpenWiFi API interface for software developers, App and SaaS providers, accelerating the development of the OpenWiFi application ecosystem. As one of the TIP partners, Edgecore Networks will keep working with TIP to grow the OpenWiFi ecosystem together.” said Tengtai Hsu, Vice President of Edgecore Networks.

About Edgecore

Edgecore Networks Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Accton Technology Corporation, the leading networking ODM. Edgecore Networks delivers wired and wireless networking products and solutions through channel partners and system integrators worldwide for Data Center, Service Provider, Enterprise and SMB customers. Edgecore Networks is the leader in open networking, providing a full line of open 1G-400G Ethernet OCP Accepted™ switches, core routers, cell site gateways, virtual PON OLTs, optical packet transponders, and Wi-Fi access points that offer choice of commercial and open source NOS and SDN software. For more information, visit wifi.edge-core.com or contact sales@edge-core.com.

Please refer to the below link for the full article: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211129005012/en/Edgecore-ecCLOUD-Assists-TIP-in-Developing-the-Worlds-First-OpenWiFi-2.0-Cloud

Ambeent and Edgecore Partner to Transform Wi-Fi Performance and Reliability

Today, Ambeent and Edgecore announced a collaboration to provide immediate and measurable improvement to Wi-Fi network performance and reliability.

The solution combines Ambeent award-winning Wi-Fi Spectrum Orchestration Engine with Edgecore's wireless access solutions and ecCLOUD Controller to enable service providers and enterprises to optimize the performance of their Wi-Fi networks and maximize reliability.

“Our objective is to provide enterprises and service providers the best tools to maximize Wi-Fi performance, identify and eliminate performance bottlenecks and offer differentiated services to work-from-home users. The spectrum management solution we developed is end-user device centric, which extends beyond Wi-Fi to 5G Private and CBRS networks. We have always focused on the end-user to improve subscriber and remote employee digital experience.” said Mustafa Ergen, CEO of Ambeent.

“We are very pleased to work together with Ambeent to provide a solution to maximize the user experience. Edgecore integrated with Ambeent's spectrum orchestration engine will help service providers and enterprises to deliver the highest performance, most reliable Wi-Fi networks,” said TT Hsu, Vice President of Edgecore Networks.

Ambeent's Cloud Native Wi-Fi Monitoring, Diagnostics, and Optimization Engine implements Artificial Intelligence algorithms to identify and fix Wi-Fi network performance problems automatically. The solution analyzes performance trends and provides visibility to avoid network outages or poor performance.

The combined solution allows location and application-aware optimization to bring the reliability of Wi-Fi networks on par with that of cellular networks. Enterprises and service providers can expect Wi-Fi performance to improve by 80%-100%, call center support calls to decrease by up to 25%, and the speed of resolving technical support tickets to increase by up to 50%.

Edgecore enterprise and service provider clients will have access to Ambeent's solution through the ecCLOUD Controller. The optimization engine scales across the entire network to provide an immediate performance improvement. The combined solution brings service providers closer to their customers and enables enterprises to have a productive remote workforce.

The additional details on the joint solution is available in a whitepaper that's available at the link here . You can also find more information in the flyer that's available at the link here.

About Edgecore Networks

Edgecore Networks Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Accton Technology Corporation, the leading networking ODM. Edgecore Networks delivers wired and wireless networking products and solutions through channel partners and system integrators worldwide for Data Center, Service Provider, Enterprise and SMB customers. Edgecore Networks is the leader in open networking, providing a full line of open 1G-400G Ethernet OCP Accepted™ switches, core routers, cell site gateways, virtual PON OLTs, optical packet transponders, and Wi-Fi access points that offer choice of commercial and open source NOS and SDN software. For more information, visit wifi.edge-core.com or contact sales@edge-core.com.

About Ambeent

Ambeent is an innovator in network intelligence and the management of Wi-Fi and 5G technologies, with a mission to enhance digital experiences and help organizations of all sizes meet their connectivity objectives. Ambeent substantially improves end-to-end service performance with its patented radio frequency interference management technology powered by AI/ML as well as by delivering deep visibility and highly contextualized management of networks and digital experiences in hybrid environments. Ambeent's SaaS/PaaS business and deployment models are available to customers across a variety of industries to enhance Wi-Fi as well as CBRS and 5G networks. For more information, visit www.ambeent.ai.

Ecrio and Edgecore Partner to Offer Carrier Voice and Messaging for Fixed Wireless Access and IoT

Ecrio, the leading supplier of Mobile Carrier Communications and Messaging client software, and Edgecore Networks, the leading provider of open network solutions for enterprises, data centers, and telecommunication service providers, today announced that Ecrio delivers Carrier Voice (4G VoLTE, 5G VoNR and VoWiFi) and Rich Communication Services (RCS) capability integrated on the Edgecore family of OpenWiFi-ready Access Points.

The Ecrio’s FlexIMS™ Software is compliant with the 3GPP and GSMA standards. It offers secured communication and messaging to the mobile Operators across varied radio and core network configurations. It serves a variety of end points such as Gateways (FWA and IoT) and Devices (Smartphones, Wearables, AR/VR glasses and Drones).

Edgecore’s Access Points, with the pre-loaded TIP OpenWiFi Image, offer a highly customizable, open platform featuring Wi-Fi 6 ultra-fast, low-latency technology suited for live audio/video streaming, conferencing, and collaboration. The EAP101 and EAP102 access points include built-in Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and ZigBee, enabling value-added IoT applications for Industrial and Home Automation.

“We are pleased to enter into this partnership with Edgecore, a major player for disaggregated network solutions,” said Michel Gannage, Founder and CEO of Ecrio. “We look forward to delivering our pre-certified, carrier communication and messaging solutions on Edgecore’s OpenWiFi-ready Access Points”.

“We are excited about this collaboration with Ecrio to deliver pre-integrated standards-compliant communication applications on our open access-point platform”, said Tengtai Hsu, Vice President of Edgecore Networks. “Working with Ecrio and the OpenWiFi ecosystem, we look forward to enabling innovative FWA and IoT Services serving the Wireless Operators and Internet Service Providers”.

About Ecrio
Ecrio is the leading supplier of 4G and 5G Communications and Messaging client software serving a variety of end points such as Gateways (FWA and IoT) and Devices (Smartphones, Wearables, AR/VR glasses and Drones). Ecrio offers a comprehensive suite of standards compliant solutions including Messaging (RCS), Voice (VoLTE, VoNR, VoWiFi) and Video calling (ViLTE) Solutions. Built on the patented FlexIMS™ Architecture, and shipped in over 100 million devices, Ecrio’s client software can be pre-integrated on devices, distributed as part of an OTT application or deployed in the Cloud. With headquarters in Cupertino, California and presence in Japan, Korea and India, Ecrio’s global support team works closely with customers across the globe. For more information, please visit http://www.ecrio.com.

About Edgecore Networks
Edgecore Networks Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Accton Technology Corporation, the leading networking ODM. Edgecore Networks delivers wired and wireless networking products and solutions through channel partners and system integrators worldwide for data center, service provider, enterprise, and SMB customers. Edgecore Networks is the leader in open networking, providing a full line of open 1G-400G Ethernet OCP Accepted™ switches, core routers, cell site gateways, virtual PON OLTs, optical packet transponders, and Wi-Fi access points that offer choice of commercial and open-source NOS and SDN software. For more information, visit wifi.edge-core.com or contact sales@edge-core.com.

Please refer to the below link for the full article: https://www.prweb.com/releases/ecrio_and_edgecore_partner_to_offer_carrier_voice_and_messaging_for_fixed_wireless_access_and_iot/prweb18207785.htm

Wi-Fi vendor Edgecore takes aim at big Asian carriers with TIP OpenWiFi solutions

Taiwan-based Wi-Fi equipment vendor Edgecore is taking aim at big contracts with large Asian carriers as part of an ambitious plan to become the leading global vendor of TIP OpenWiFi-based networks. Meanwhile hundreds of Edgecore OpenWiFi APs have already been deployed at Taiwan’s National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University. The NYCU campus network is one of the first live OpenWiFi networks in the world. The company believes strongly in the transformative power of the new OpenWiFi networking paradigm.

The Telecom Infra Project’s recently announced OpenWiFi program – which aims to disaggregate the Wi-Fi network software stack and introduce open-source Wi-Fi networking to the world – is already now empowering Wi-Fi equipment vendors to grow their market share as well as expand into new market segments. Case in point: Taiwan-based Wi-Fi vendor Edgecore Networks.

Edgecore says they are now aiming at becoming the major provider of OpenWiFi-based Wi-Fi network equipment to some of the worlds largest carriers and service providers, including some in South East Asia. Add to this that Edgecore is expanding its OpenWiFi ecosystem to include collaboration with a selection of innovative software companies and managed service providers. This means that Edgecore OpenWiFi solutions will include applications aimed at various Wi-Fi market verticals such as Wi-Fi networks for chains of retail stores or restaurants, campus networks, enterprise networks, as well as affordable connectivity for rural areas.

“Especially large service providers are very interested in our OpenWiFi solutions because OpenWiFi offers a long list of operational benefits and service flexibility that carriers never had before, while maintaining all the performance benefits – for example – of Wi-Fi 6. And we can easily customise our OpenWiFi systems to carrier specifications,” says Max Wu, Edgecore’s senior product manager for OpenWiFi-capable family of products. “We are big believers in the value and utility of OpenWiFi networking for carriers but also for hospitality, MDUs, campus networks, and more,” Max Wu says.

Edgecore was one of the first vendors to launch OpenWiFi-ready hardware and has already released multiple indoor and outdoor Wi-Fi 5 enterprise-grade OpenWiFi APs. Wi-Fi 6-capable OpenWiFi APs are also available in several indoor models while outdoor Wi-Fi 6 AP models are expected to be released in Q4, Edgecore says. The company has also released a couple of OpenWiFi-compatible PoE switches to complete the solution portfolio. The Edgecore Cloud controller – called the ecCLOUD – now supports both native Edgecore devices as well as OpenWiFi-compatible APs via the TIP OpenWiFi Cloud SDK.

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Meanwhile hundreds of Edgecore OpenWiFi APs are already in operation at one of Taiwan’s most renowned tech universities. Students at the campus of the National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) in Taipei are already connecting to Wi-Fi via Edgecore OpenWiFi APs and some students are even contributing to the ongoing work on developing applications and services based on the OpenWiFi standard, Edgecore says. The NYCU campus network is one of the first live OpenWiFi networks in the world and – as far as we know – thus far the largest.

Edgecore has in record time become of one of the leading contributors to the global TIP OpenWiFi ecosystem. The company is already today operating a TIP OpenWiFi-capable test bed – a lab for the TIP community – to test OpenWiFi equipment for interoperability, traffic handling capability, RF performance, and more. Edgecore solutions also support the Wireless Broadband Alliance’s OpenRoaming standard for Passpoint-based seamless authentication, roaming, and offload. Edgecore is Wi-Fi NOW’s Official TIP OpenWiFi-ready HW provider.

Please refer to the below link for the full article: https://wifinowglobal.com/news-and-blog/wi-fi-vendor-edgecore-takes-aim-at-big-asian-carriers-with-tip-openwifi-solutions/?mc_cid=e6ff51c350&mc_eid=152be4bce2

Edgecore Networks Debuts Wi-Fi 6 with New Concurrent Dual-band Indoor Access Point – EAP101 and EAP102

Edgecore Networks, the leading provider of traditional and open network solutions for enterprises, data centers, and telecommunication service providers, today announced the launch of a series of Wi-Fi 6 access points that provide the ultimate Wi-Fi performance and enterprise-grade security for SME, enterprise, carrier, or any high-density scenarios.

The series includes two concurrent dual-band indoor access points, EAP101 and EAP102. Featuring Wi-Fi 6 advanced technology, EAP101 and EAP102 provide amazing Wi-Fi speed on both 5GHz and 2.4GHz bands for better streaming, video conferencing, and collaboration, all with lower latency, higher capacity, and reliable connectivity. The EAP101 supports 2x2:2 uplink and downlink MU-MIMO, with up to 1.7Gbps aggregated data rate. The EAP102 supports 4x4:4 uplink and down link MU-MIMO, with up to 2.9 Gbps aggregated data rate. To meet IoT trends, both access points include built-in Blue Tooth Low Energy (BLE), and EAP101 also supports Zigbee, enabling value-added IoT applications for the devices of today and tomorrow.

In addition, the Edgecore Wi-Fi 6 access points support advanced technologies such as OpenRoaming and OpenMesh. OpenRoaming assures that Wi-Fi networks automatically interoperate with each other to deliver a smooth connected Wi-Fi experience, allowing users to securely roam from location to location. OpenMesh allows users to connect their access points wirelessly to one another, providing an intuitive way to extend the Wi-Fi signal to a larger area and minimize dead zones. OpenMesh provides users with scalability, flexibility, and efficiency to achieve better network coverage for Wi-Fi deployment.

The Edgecore Wi-Fi 6 access points are also easy to manage. The access points can work in a standalone mode or be managed by ecCLOUD or a controller. Edgecore ecCLOUD is a smart, simple, and secure cloud controller that provides unified visibility and control over wired and wireless devices, simplifying deployment, management, and monitoring of single-site or multi-site network.

The newest addition to Edgecore’s product portfolio, EAP101 and EAP102 deliver ultra-fast speed with low latency and can connect to more devices to provide high-density connectivity. With the dual-band Wi-Fi 6 technology of EAP101 and EAP102, businesses can now be confident that they are making an investment in a high-performance Wi-Fi infrastructure.

Please refer to the below link for the full article: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210809005871/en/Edgecore-Networks-Debuts-Wi-Fi-6-with-New-Concurrent-Dual-band-Indoor-Access-Point-%E2%80%93-EAP101-and-EAP102

Edgecore Networks & Wi-Fi NOW partner to speed up worldwide TIP OpenWiFi network deployment

The Telecom Infra Project’s recently launched OpenWiFi initiative promises to drive costs down and innovation up for enterprise and carrier Wi-Fi networks. Now leading Wi-Fi vendor Edgecore Networks and Wi-Fi NOW are partnering to promote the fast worldwide ramp-up of TIP OpenWiFi deployments. Edgecore Networks currently is one of a handful vendors providing high-quality enterprise-grade OpenWiFi-compliant access point hardware.

The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) OpenWiFi initiative – launched recently – promises to transform the world of enterprise and carrier Wi-Fi through disaggregation, which in turn drives the cost of Wi-Fi deployments down, while ensuring innovation in software and services.

Now leading Wi-Fi network vendor Edgecore Networks and Wi-Fi NOW are teaming up to promote the fast worldwide ramp-up of OpenWiFi through the deployment of industry-leading OpenWiFi-compliant access point hardware from Edgecore Networks. The company right now supplies four Wi-Fi 5-capable and two Wi-Fi 6-capable access point models that come pre-installed with OpenWiFi software. More OpenWiFi-ready AP hardware models will be released shortly, Edgecore Networks says.

“We are excited to be part of the TIP OpenWiFi initiative and delighted to be partnering with Wi-Fi NOW to make sure the world knows how OpenWiFi is transforming and adding tremendous value to the world of Wi-Fi. Whether the use case is for SMBs, MDUs, larger venues, or for highly scalable carrier deployments, our OpenWiFi-compliant APs are exactly what the industry needs to reap the full benefits of the OpenWiFi initiative,” says Enco Liew, Vice President of Edgecore Networks.

It is easy to build OpenWiFi networks based on Edgecore Networks OpenWiFi-compliant APs because Edgecore hardware comes with a large memory for customised applications as well as a service for pushing custom software the the OpenWiFi APs, Edgecore says. The company is an active member of the TIP OpenWiFi ecosystem, contributing skills and resources in building OpenWiFi technology for the benefit of the entire OpenWiFi ecosystem, the company says.

“We believe TIP OpenWiFi is a transformative initiative that will bring great Wi-Fi services out to even more consumers and business ever before. We’re delighted to be supporting and working with Edgecore Networks to promote the case for OpenWiFi networks everywhere, and we very much look forward to showcasing great OpenWiFi technology and projects all over the world powered by Edgecore,” says Claus Hetting, Wi-Fi NOW CEO & Chairman.

For more about OpenWiFi-compliant hardware solutions from Edgecore Networks write openwifi@edge-core.com and make sure you watch this space for more information on OpenWiFi projects and solutions.

Please refer to the below link for the full article: https://wifinowglobal.com/news-and-blog/edgecore-networks-wi-fi-now-partner-to-speed-up-worldwide-tip-openwifi-network-deployment/

LIGMAN Evolve Pty Ltd Announce Distribution Agreement with Edgecore Networks Corporation

LIGMAN Evolve Pty Ltd is pleased to announce that it has signed a distribution agreement with Edgecore Networks Corporation for its 5G pole solutions.

The distribution agreement is for the sales and marketing of LIGMAN Evolve’s world class leading EVOLUTION product range, that provides its clients with a series of scalable communication enclosure platforms suitable for a combination of mini-macro, macro and multiple small cell equipment, covering 3G, 4G, 5G, O-RAN and Wi-Fi technologies. This opportunity will provide Edgecore’s customers with a fit for purpose platform for the delivery of 4G and 5G into towns and cities.

“We are very pleased to be working with LIGMAN Evolve at this exciting time in the deployment of 5G and smart city solutions into our communities. Edgecore offers scalable, converged networking solutions to best meet different customer needs and targeting data center, telecommunication service providers, managed service providers, and enterprise. This now brings us the critical street level infrastructure to enhance our value proposition.” said Tengtai Hsu, Vice President, Edgecore Networks Corporation.

“Having enjoyed a great history of integrating world class Edgecore products into our solutions, to now expand that relationship into being our partner in these important markets is key to our ambitions of being a truly global player.” said Trevor Leighton, Managing Director of LIGMAN Evolve.

About LIGMAN Evolve Pty Ltd

LIGMAN Evolve, part of the LIGMAN group was formed specifically to address the growing need for fit for purpose infrastructure to allow the easy deployment of 4G and 5G macro, mini macro, O-RAN and small cell into towns, cities and rural areas.

About Edgecore Networks Corporation

Edgecore Networks Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Accton Technology Corporation, the leading network ODM. Edgecore Networks delivers wired and wireless networking products and solutions through channel partners and system integrators worldwide for the Data Center, Service Provider, Enterprise and SMB customers. Edgecore Networks is the leader in open networking providing a full line of open WiFi access points, packet transponders, virtual PON OLTs, cell site gateways, and 1G, 10G, 25G, 40G, 100G and 400G OCP AcceptedTM switches that offer choice of commercial and open source NOS and SDN software. For more information, visit www.edge-core.com

Edgecore Networks Launches Open Wi-Fi Access Points Preinstalled with the TIP OpenWiFi Image

HSINCHU, Taiwan--Edgecore Networks, a leading provider of traditional and open network solutions for enterprises, data centers, and telecommunication service providers, today announced the launch of a series of open Wi-Fi access points preinstalled with the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) OpenWiFi image. Edgecore’s TIP OpenWiFi-ready access points offer users an open platform that works straight out of the box and which is also highly customizable. Edgecore cooperates with other members in the TIP OpenWiFi ecosystem to accelerate the pace of innovation in the Wi-Fi market by creating cost-effective disaggregated open source solutions aimed at improving global connectivity.

Edgecore Networks joined TIP's Wi-Fi Project Group in 2019 and has contributed technology and experience in hardware and software disaggregation. Edgecore is proud to launch a range of open Wi-Fi access points preinstalled with TIP’s OpenWiFi image to further support the ecosystem, including two Wi-Fi 6 indoor access points, EAP101 and EAP102; two Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2 indoor access points, ECW5211-L and ECW5410-L; and one Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2 outdoor access point with optional cellular backhaul, OAP100. From SMB to MDUs to larger venues, Edgecore TIP OpenWiFi-ready access points can adapt to various usage and requirements. The all-in-one package allows users to save on time without the hassle of having to go through initial setup. If required, Edgecore products provide endless possibilities on its open platform for clients to expand accordingly. Furthermore, each access point has received multiple international certifications including FCC and CE, allowing each product to successfully enter local markets across numerous countries and regions.

Tengtai Hsu, Vice President of Edgecore Networks, said, “As an active contributing member of TIP, Edgecore is excited about the positive collaboration that is being established among the members of the OpenWiFi ecosystem, which allows each member to excel in their area of expertise. Further, Edgecore highly prioritizes executing a roadmap that provides more high quality TIP OpenWiFi-ready products for adoption by the ecosystem. Edgecore is eager to utilize the synergy within the OpenWiFi ecosystem to develop, build, test, and deploy open, disaggregated, and standards-based solutions that deliver the high-quality connectivity that the world needs.”

“As a longtime TIP participant and supporter of disaggregation, Edgecore Networks is an active member in multiple project groups across TIP. We are excited to have Edgecore expand its support of TIP and its initiatives to include the OpenWiFi initiative,” said David Hutton, Chief Engineer, TIP.

Edgecore open Wi-Fi access points with TIP’s OpenWiFi image preinstalled are now available for order.

About Edgecore Networks

Edgecore Networks Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Accton Technology Corporation, the leading networking ODM. Edgecore Networks delivers wired and wireless networking products and solutions through channel partners and system integrators worldwide for Data Center, Service Provider, Enterprise and SMB customers. Edgecore Networks is the leader in open networking, providing a full line of open 1G-400G Ethernet OCP Accepted™ switches, core routers, cell site gateways, virtual PON OLTs, optical packet transponders, and Wi-Fi access points that offer choice of commercial and open source NOS and SDN software. For more information, visit wifi.edge-core.com or contact sales@edge-core.com.

Edgecore and Ligman Collaborate to Advance Urban Wireless Network Deployments using TIP Street Smart

Ligman Evolve, a leading smart street pole manufacturer, and Edgecore, a leading provider of open network solutions, announce their collaboration using the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) Street Smart module specification to simplify the deployment of communications and sensor networks in the Connected City. The specification enables a "chassis in the street" that supports mobile operators’ networks, public Wi-Fi hotspots, public safety and other Smart City applications. The specification supports TIP’s mission to accelerate the pace of innovation in the telecom industry by designing, building, and deploying technologies that are more flexible and efficient.

Consumers are watching more streaming video and making video calls on their mobile devices as they go about their cities, unconstrained by data caps that have been removed under competitive pressure. Operators are responding to the greatly increased demand on their networks with increased capacity. This can be achieved through denser deployment using existing frequency bands and using the more recently licensed higher frequency mmWave bands, but the propagation characteristics of these bands mean shorter range and more limited coverage. To overcome these limitations, operators must make their networks more dense, which in urban environments means putting small cells on street assets such as street lights, traffic lights, bus shelters and digital signs.

“We are very pleased to be working with LIGMAN Evolve at this exciting time in the deployment of 5G and smart city solutions into our communities. Edgecore offers scalable, converged networking solutions to best meet different customer needs and targeting data center, telecommunication service providers, managed service providers, and enterprise. This now brings us the critical street level infrastructure to enhance our value proposition.” said Tengtai Hsu, Vice President, Edgecore Networks Corporation.

At the same time, city governments are looking at the role that street assets can play in both the delivery of traditional government services such as public safety, both for traffic and pedestrians, and new responsibilities related to business development and digital inclusion. These services are delivered at the local level and street assets offer an appropriate delivery vehicle with very granular distribution across the city.

The goals of operators and city governments have always been complementary. Now, regulatory action is providing an additional reason for operators and cities to find ways to work together. Both the US, under the FCC’s small cell order (FCC 18-133), and the European Union, under Directive 57 of the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC), have created a framework for small cell deployments on city-owned assets, and other countries will no doubt follow suit.

However, regulatory action does not automatically make it easier to collaborate. There are many challenges that city governments and operators must together address – one of the most common is the integration of communications equipment with street assets. It is complicated to manage the installation of multiple communications and sensing devices in order to provide different services. The current approach is the ad-hoc attachment to existing street assets and the result is usually unappealing, which attracts citizen complaints. If smart poles are used, the result looks much better but each integration is bespoke and costly for pole manufacturers and equipment manufacturers. There is a collective need for a solution that provides operators and cities with the services they need, is acceptable to citizens and creates a horizontal market for pole and equipment suppliers.

The TIP Street Smart module specification for Integrated Street Assets addresses these issues by providing a "chassis in the street" – a shared physical and communications infrastructure built on street assets such as street lights, traffic lights, bus shelters and digital signs – through which multiple services can be offered by multiple tenants while blending into the city streetscape. The specification is built upon the principle of a standardized, modular approach which provides consistency in implementation for equipment vendors, infrastructure providers, operators and cities. This approach creates a large horizontal market for communications and sensing equipment manufacturers, a standardized approach for street asset manufacturers that avoids custom integrations, and a technical underpinning for the procurement and permitting processes of local governments. It can be applied to both existing street assets and new construction assets such as smart poles, bus shelters and the like.

Ligman and Edgecore have worked together to integrate Edgecore’s TIP open Wi-Fi Access Point ECW5211-L and MLTG-CN Terragraph node into the Ligman Evolve street pole platform. Terragraph MLTG-CN provides wireless gigabit connectivity to smart poles, allowing the deployment of hybrid fiber-wireless networks quickly and cost-effectively extending existing fiber networks. With MLTG-CN and ECW5211-L, the smart poles are able to deliver high-speed Wi-Fi Hotspot service. The collaboration addresses the mechanical, thermal, power and data connectivity aspects of integration and demonstrates the flexibility of the modular approach. The Ligman Evolve platform also includes operator Radio Access Network (RAN) sub-systems, which are also suitable for modular integration. The combined solution will be used in upcoming deployments in Dublin (Eire) and Taiwan.

"Communications and sensor devices are core components of the Ligman Evolve platform," said Trevor Leighton, Managing Director of Ligman Evolve. "Our city and operator partners depend on the integration of these components into street assets for the implementation of their connected cities strategies. The TIP Street Smart module specification has an essential role to play."

"Edgecore’s networking products conform to open standards and are ideal for connected city infrastructure applications," said Teng Tai Hsu, Vice President of Edgecore Networks. "The TIP Street Smart module specification is an important element in the creation of a large, horizontal market, which is beneficial to all participants."

Please refer to the below link for the full article: https://telecominfraproject.com/edgecore-ligman-collaborate-advance-urban-wireless-network-tip-street-smart/

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