Clone of Allied Telesis supports secure seamless public Wi-Fi through OpenRoaming

Allied Telesis announced that its advanced Wi-Fi 6 Access Points (APs) have been proven to interoperate with OpenRoaming™ — an exciting technology that makes it easy to connect to over 3.5 million public hotspots worldwide.

OpenRoaming is an international public wireless LAN connection standard framework for public Wi-Fi organized by the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), which Allied Telesis is proud to be a member of. OpenRoaming consolidates a broad community of Identity Providers (IDPs) to provide extremely convenient and seamless roaming across the large and growing global network of Wi-Fi hotspots including retail, hospitality, education, and smart cities. Access is simple: there is no need to re-authenticate when changing hotspots, so users do not need to wait for multiple pop-ups or deal with terms and conditions when they change hotspots.

Allied Telesis is the first hardware vendor in Japan to offer APs that have been tested and confirmed with OpenRoaming. Its APs are certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance, including the APs’ support for Passpoint, one of the technologies that OpenRoaming uses. Certification — and stringent quality control at Allied Telesis — ensure interoperability with all standards-based devices.