Devicescape has formed a strategic partnership with iPass to integrate its Curated Virtual Network (CVN) into the global network offering. It aims to unite substantial commercial and public Wi-Fi resources, creating a global network of 50 million Wi-Fi locations. The CVN, a crowd-sourced network of more than 20 million Amenity Wi-Fi locations worldwide, is a highly versatile connectivity asset offering strategic benefits to a growing range of connectivity service providers, including mobile operators, MVNOs and Wi-Fi first operators.
The partnership expands Devicescape’s activity in the enterprise market — in which iPass has a dominant presence — and makes a combined commercial and public Wi-Fi component available to the full range of service providers and network operators. In addition, deployment of the CVN by iPass will further accelerate the expansion of the crowd-sourced network, expanding the global reach of both companies.
According to Devicescape, it champions a ‘Connectivity First’ service model that allows operators to blend cellular with commercial, public and private Wi-Fi into a service that delivers whatever connectivity is best suited to the end user’s immediate circumstances.
Dave Fraser, CEO, Devicescape
No single network in isolation can deliver the quality and consistency of connectivity that end users require. We are thrilled to be contributing our Curated Virtual Network to this ambitious undertaking, not least because it is so well aligned with our Connectivity First philosophy.
