Intelligent Technology for Free Wi-Fi Services

MiFi^® is the culmination of technology developed through years of operating industry-leading Wi-Fi service networks and in delivering enterprise Internet and security services.

As one of New Zealand's most experienced Wi-Fi service operators, NATCOM produced MiFi^® to enable reliable, efficient and simple deployment of free Wi-Fi service networks that are scalable and deployable anywhere in the world.

MiFi^® incorporates NATCOM's Wi-Fi technology and SLAM security technology to provide a completely controlled and managed Free Wi-Fi service, allowing consumers to use the Internet without the need to pay, while managing their use and controlling content with policies defined by the venue operator.

MiFi^® solves common Wi-Fi hotspot problems

when operating paid or free in-store Wi-Fi services, particularly:

• High Touch - inherent in public Wi-Fi services - for both the venue and its customers

• Service Abuse - the majority of service being consumed by a few

• No control of content - access to questionable or malicious content and other net nasties

MiFi^® Features

• Captive portal system and website/s (user interface)

• OneCLICK login system for simple provision of secure & controlled Free Wi-Fi services

• AAA - Authentication, Authorisation and Accounting (user control)

• Central network management system for network support, monitoring, maintenance and reporting

Service Features

• Controlled: MiFi^® controls user access by controlling the time spent, data used and the speeds experienced by the user (in any combination)

• Safe: MiFi^® controls the Internet content the user can access, preventing access to questionable online material (for example)

• Secure: SLAM Managed firewall technology protects the network and the user experience.  Firewall and content control for SPAM, URL filtering, keyword filtering, malicious content filtering and protocol prevention (torrents, P2P, VoIP, SIP etc) with reporting

Top 4 Common Problems with Wi-Fi Hotspot Services

• High Touch: Wi-Fi services are traditionally high-touch for venue operators.  Normal methods for access involve physically distributing vouchers to users over the counter, meaning active involvement from staff who are distracted from their usual duties.  Staff become distracted further if a user experiences issues with thir 'login'.  MiFi^® solves this problem by providing a low-touch and simple web-browser interface where the customer can quickly and easily gain controlled and managed access with OneCLICK.

• Service Abuse: Free Wi-Fi services attract customers.  Unfortunately it takes only a few to destroy its effectiveness and value.  Such services are open to abuse, particularly when access isn't properly controlled, with some users monopolising valuable Internet and in-venue 'seat estate'.  MiFi^® solves this problem by controlling user acess by time spent online, data volume used, bandwidth speeds and number of 'login' sessions per day - in any combination - empowering the venue owner with the ability to decide how their customers use their value-added service; and the flexibility to change its policy at any time from the MiFi^® Management Portal.

• Accessing Questionable Material: Most Wi-Fi services provide no solution for controlling the content that users can access.  For some venue owners this can impose a problem where some customer's use of content would offend others.  An example of this might be the viewing of pornographic content.  MiFi^® provides secure and effective control of Internet content, empowering the venue owner with discretion to decide what content can or cannot be viewed or accessed at any time, by any user.  MiFi^® achieves this through the use of intelligent, adaptive and flexible built-in policy-based software.

• Malicious Content: With no content control, users are exposed to the threats of viruses, Trojans, worms, spam and other net nasties.  MiFi^® incorporates a managed-firewall designed to combat malicious content.