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2017 Archive
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Devicescape Assists OEMs Affected by Wi-Fi KRACK Security Vulnerability
San Francisco, CA, November 8th, 2017 — Devicescape, a leader in innovative WI-Fi solutions, is offering software integration and testing services to address the Wi-Fi KRACK security vulnerability announced in October 2017.
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Devicescape To Speak On Proximity Engagement At Digital Hollywood Fall 2017
San Francisco, CA., and London, UK, October 2nd, 2017 — Devicescape today announced that VP Market Development Owen Geddes will participate in a panel discussion at Digital Hollywood Fall 2017, the leading entertainment and technology conference in the U.S.
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Devicescape To Speak On Proximity Engagement And Consumer Insight At IBC2017
San Francisco, CA., and London, UK, September 14th, 2017 — Devicescape today announced that VP Market Development Owen Geddes will participate in a panel discussion at IBC 2017, the world’s leading media and entertainment technology show.
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Devicescape and Universal Pictures Form UK Proximity Marketing Partnership
London, UK, June 20th, 2017 — Devicescape today announced it has entered a strategic partnership with the UK arm of Universal Pictures International, focused on innovation in proximity engagement and data analysis.
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Devicescape Engage Brings Wi-Fi Revenue Generation To Operators
San Francisco, CA, and London, UK, March 23rd, 2017 — Devicescape today announced a proximity marketing service which enables mobile operators to harness its huge Curated Virtual Network (CVN) of shared Wi-Fi to drive direct, incremental revenues.
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Devicescape Engage Brings Unmatched Scale To Proximity Marketing With Huge Wi-Fi Beacon Network
San Francisco, CA, and London, UK, February 9th, 2017 — Devicescape today launched a proximity marketing solution capable of serving engagement messages, directly to consumers’ smartphones, at any location with Wi-Fi.
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Cancer Research UK Harnesses Power Of Proximity To Drive Donations On World Cancer Day
London, UK, February 9th, 2017 — UK consumers turned to their smartphones to support World Cancer Day 2017, with a proximity engagement campaign run on behalf of Cancer Research UK in early February driving a nine per cent click through rate.
2016 Archive
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Devicescape Powers New ‘World Wi-Fi’ App From Disruptive Voice and Messaging Provider
San Francisco, Calif., July 5th, 2016 — Devicescape today announced a partnership with leading voice and messaging app provider Norwood Systems, which sees the Devicescape Curated Virtual Network of shared Wi-Fi provide underlying connectivity for Norwood’s new ‘World Wi-Fi’ app.
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Bezeq Deploys Devicescape to Support Strategic Connectivity Initiative
San Francisco, Calif., April 6th, 2016 — Devicescape today announced that its solution underpins a major, connectivity-focused customer experience initiative being launched this month by Bezeq, Israel’s largest telecommunications provider.
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All You Can Eat Data: Restaurants Serve Up Best free Wi-Fi in the U.S.
San Francisco, Calif., March 31st, 2016 Restaurant and Brewhouse chain BJ’s and Italian dining chain Olive Garden offer the best quality, freely shared Wi-Fi of leading U.S. retail and service brands, a new study has revealed. Restaurants and Fast Food outlets were found to provide the best quality shared Wi-Fi when brands were grouped by sector, followed by department stores, retailers, and grocery stores.
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Devicescape Wins Pan-European Contract With Liberty Global
San Francisco, Calif., March 3rd, 2016 — Devicescape today announced that Liberty Global, the largest international cable company, is to deploy the Devicescape solution across its European mobile footprint.
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C Spire Deploys Devicescape Solution for iOS Devices
San Francisco, Calif., February 29th, 2016 — Devicescape today announced that C Spire, the sixth largest wireless carrier in the U.S., has become the first carrier to launch the Devicescape solution to its iOS customer base.
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Devicescape’s UK Curated Virtual Network Powers Past Half Million Milestone
London, UK, February 10th, 2016 — Devicescape today announced that its UK Curated Virtual Network (CVN) of amenity Wi-Fi hit half a million access points (APs) in December 2015, more than doubling its footprint inside a year.
2015 Archive
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Media Alert: Devicescape Reveals U.S. ‘Black Wi-Friday’ Winners for 2015
San Bruno, CA, November 30th, 2015 — Department stores Macy’s and Kohl’s, and sports retailer DICK’s Sporting Goods enjoyed some of the largest increases in footfall during Black Friday, according to smartphone connection data analyzed by Devicescape.
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Media Alert: Devicescape Reveals UK ‘Black Wi-Friday’ Winners for 2015
London, UK, November 30th, 2015 — Electronics retailer Game, department store BHS and fashion retailer Topshop enjoyed some of the biggest increases in footfall over Black Friday, according to smartphone connection data analysed by Wi-Fi platform provider Devicescape. Asda, which decided not to participate in Black Friday this year, saw reduced activity over the weekend.
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Greggs and Boots named as UK High Street Wi-Fi Leaders in New Report
London, UK, November 18th, 2015 — Greggs and Marks & Spencer offer the best quality free Wi-Fi of the UK’s leading high street brands, according to a study released today by Wi-Fi experts Devicescape. But when brands are ranked according to a combination of the quality of their Wi-Fi and the ease with which it can be accessed, Boots and Asda take the top positions.
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Devicescape and BandwidthX Integrate CVN into Wi-Fi Capacity Trading Solution for Network Operators
San Bruno, Calif. November 17th, 2015 – Devicescape today announced a strategic partnership that will see its Curated Virtual Network (CVN) of amenity Wi-Fi integrated into the offering of Wi-Fi capacity marketplace provider BandwidthX.
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Devicescape Extends Connectivity First Service to iOS Devices
San Bruno, Calif., September 8th, 2015 — Devicescape today announced the iOS compatibility of its Connectivity First service, making it available to millions of iPhone and iPad users for the first time.
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Devicescape and iPass Unite Commercial and Public Wi-Fi with Landmark Partnership
San Bruno, Calif., August 10th, 2015 Devicescape today announced a strategic partnership which sees its Curated Virtual Network (CVN) integrated into the global network offering of leading Wi-Fi aggregator iPass Inc. (NASDAQ: IPAS). The agreement underpins an initiative which, for the first time, unites substantial commercial and public Wi-Fi resources, creating a global network of 50 million Wi-Fi locations.
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Devicescape to Participate in Panel Discussion at TIA’s Network of the Future Conference 2015
San Bruno, Calif., May 28th, 2015 Devicescape today announced that CEO Dave Fraser will participate in a panel discussion at the Telecommunication Industry Association’s Network of the Future conference, taking place in Dallas, TX. June 2nd – 4th, 2015.
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Devicescape to Participate in Panel Discussions at Wireless Infrastructure Show 2015
San Bruno, Calif., April 23rd, 2015 Devicescape today announced that CTO John Gordon will participate in two panel discussions during the 2015 Wireless Infrastructure Show taking place in Hollywood, FL. April 27th – 30th.
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Devicescape to Speak on Connectivity First and the New Operator Landscape at Wi-Fi Innovation Summit 2015
San Bruno, Calif., April 15th, 2015 Devicescape today announced that CEO Dave Fraser will speak at the 2015 Wi-Fi Innovation Summit, leading a discussion of the means by which mobile operators can defend their ground in a fast-changing competitive environment.
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Devicescape Launches Coverage Continuity Solution for Mobile Operators
San Bruno, Calif., February 24th, 2015 Devicescape today announced the launch of its Coverage Continuity solution, which delivers essential smartphone connectivity support for operators’ mobile networks. Coverage Continuity allows operators to use the Devicescape Curated Virtual Network (CVN) of amenity Wi-Fi locations to keep smartphone users connected when they find themselves beyond the best performance of cellular networks, either because of coverage limitations or network load.
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Devicescape Highlights Industry Shift with Connectivity First Manifesto
San Bruno, Calif., February 24th, 2015 — Devicescape today announced the publication of The Connectivity First Manifesto, marking what the company believes will be a decisive year for the mobile operator community.
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Devicescape’s UK Curated Virtual Network Experiences 13x Growth Surge
San Bruno, Calif., February 24th, 2015 Devicescape today announced that its Curated Virtual Network of amenity Wi-Fi hotspots in the United Kingdom has grown by a factor of 13 since it was commercially deployed in February 2014. The UK CVN now numbers 215,000 locations, compared to less than 17,000 when Devicescape announced its first UK customer in February 2014. The addition of almost 200,000 UK locations in a 12-month period beat the company’s own growth expectations.
2014 Archive
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Devicescape Expands Wi-Fi Monetization Opportunity with Launch of Safetynet Curator
San Bruno, Calif., December 11th, 2014 — Devicescape today announced the launch of Safetynet Curator, enhancing Wi-Fi monetization for mobile operators with the addition of an auto-VPN solution to the Devicescape Curated Virtual Network (CVN).
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Devicescape Supersizes Mobile Data Experience
San Bruno, Calif., December 11th, 2014 — Devicescape today shared new data demonstrating that consumer consumption of cellular data grows significantly for the majority of users following the introduction of an integrated Wi-Fi and cellular service.
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Devicescape to Speak on Monetization of the Entire Data Experience at Wi-Fi Innovation Summit 2014
SAN BRUNO, Calif., December 5th, 2014 — Devicescape today announced that Chief Marketing Officer David Nowicki is to speak at the 2014 Wi-Fi Innovation Summit, leading a discussion on the opportunity that exists for operators to monetize the full spectrum of smartphone usage — and not just the time spent on the cellular network.
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Devicescape named in IDG Connect’s list of pre-IPO B2B tech companies to watch in 2015
SAN BRUNO, Calif., November 18th, 2014 – Devicescape today announced its inclusion in IDG Connect’s 20 Red-Hot, Pre-IPO Companies in 2015 B2B Tech report. The report singles out companies that exhibit particular strengths in management, commercial vision and differentiated solutions, and are well regarded by the wider industry.
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Open Mobile to Deploy Devicescape Service Platform for Always Best Connected User Experience
SAN BRUNO, Calif., November 4th, 2014 — Devicescape today announced that Open Mobile, a leading LTE operator in Puerto Rico, is to deploy the Devicescape Service Platform (DSP), providing its customers with an always best connected mobile data experience.
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Devicescape to Speak on Monetization of the Entire Data Experience at Wi-Fi Global Congress 2014
SAN BRUNO, Calif., October 21st, 2014 — Devicescape today announced that Chief Marketing Officer David Nowicki is to speak at the 2014 Wi-Fi World Summit, leading a discussion on the opportunity that exists for operators to monetize the full spectrum of smartphone usage — and not just the time spent on the cellular network.
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Devicescape to Participate in Success Stories Panel at TC3 2014
SAN BRUNO, Calif., September 26th, 2014 — Devicescape today announced that CEO Dave Fraser will speak on the Success Stories panel at the Telecom Council’s TC3 Executive Summit on October 1st, 2014, at the Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA.
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Devicescape Shortlisted as Finalist in 2014 CTIA Awards
SAN BRUNO, Calif., 9 Sept, 2014 — Devicescape today announced that its Wi-Fi Service Platform has been shortlisted for a CTIA Emerging Technology Award in the ‘In-Building Wireless’ category.
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Devicescape Discusses How To Apply Virtualization to Public Wi-Fi At The Wi-Fi Offload Summit 2014
SAN BRUNO, Calif., June 17, 2014—Devicescape today announced that Dave Fraser, CEO, will lead the discussion on how operators can apply virtualization to public Wi-Fi in order to more easily monetize the entire data experience, at the Wi-Fi Offload Summit in Palo Alto, June 18-19, 2014.
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Survey Quantifies Business Benefits of Amenity Wi-Fi
SAN BRUNO, Calif., June 11, 2014—Devicescape today announced that a survey of more than 400 small, consumer-facing businesses across the U.S. has found that the provision of amenity (complimentary) Wi-Fi for customers is driving improvements across key metrics, including foot traffic, time on premises and customer spend. The survey results led iGR, which conducted the research, to conclude that Wi-Fi is on track to become as fundamental to these businesses as their core utilities.
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Devicescape to Discuss Monetising the Entire Data Experience at the Carrier Wi-Fi World Summit 2014
London, UK, June 10, 2014—Devicescape today announced that Dave Fraser, CEO, will lead the discussion on how operators can use Wi-Fi to monetise the entire data experience, at the Carrier Wi-Fi World Summit in London, 10-12 June 2014.
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ROK Mobile Chooses Devicescape Service Platform
San Bruno, Calif., May 29, 2014—Devicescape today announced that ROK Mobile, the world’s first cellular provider offering their Ultimate Unlimited Plan, has signed a deal to unleash the power of the Devicescape Service Platform (DSP) across their network.
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Devicescape to Participate on Carrier Aggregation Panel at Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) 2014
SAN BRUNO, Calif., May 29, 2014—Devicescape today announced that its CTO, Products, Simon Wynn will partake in the “Carrier Aggregation in Licensed and Unlicensed Spectrum” panel discussion at TIA 2014 in Texas next week.
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Devicescape Discusses Leveraging the World’s Largest Wireless Network
LONDON & SAN BRUNO, Calif., May 8, 2014—Devicescape today announced that David Nowicki, CMO at Devicescape, will lead the discussion on exploiting publically available amenity Wi-Fi for roaming at Roaming World Congress, Brussels, 12-14 May 2014.
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Devicescape to Join Panel Discussion at WifiForward’s Unlicensed Spectrum Summit
SAN BRUNO, Calif., May 6, 2014—Devicescape today announced Chief Marketing Officer David Nowicki will speak at WifiForward’s unlicensed spectrum summit, May 6 at 9:35 a.m. EDT in Washington, D.C., where he will discuss the business of unlicensed spectrum in a panel moderated by The Wall Street Journal’s Ryan Knutson.
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Devicescape Sponsors Cornell Mars Rover Team to Explore Wi-Fi on Mars
London, UK, April 1, 2014—Devicescape, the company curating the world’s largest Wi-Fi service platform, today announced the company will sponsor Cornell Mars Rover, a team of Cornell University students competing in the University Rover Challenge, to design and build the next generation of Mars rovers that will one day work alongside human explorers in the field.
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Devicescape to Present on the Vast Amenity Wi-Fi Opportunity at Informa Wi-Fi & Small Cells North America Conference
SAN BRUNO, Calif., March 26, 2014—Devicescape today announced Chief Marketing Officer David Nowicki will speak at the Informa Wi-Fi & Small Cells North America conference, April 2-3 in New York City, where he will lead a discussion titled “Virtualized Carrier Wi-Fi Boosts Customer Experience” on April 3 at 11:45 a.m. EDT.
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Devicescape to Join Panel Discussion on Wi-Fi Integration at CCA Global Expo 2014
SAN BRUNO, Calif., March 20, 2014—Devicescape today announced Chief Technology Officer Simon Wynn will participate in an exclusive panel during the FierceWireless Executive Breakfast at the Competitive Carriers Association Global Expo, March 25-28 in San Antonio.
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Devicescape wins Telecoms.com ‘Best Use of Wi-Fi’ award at Mobile World Congress 2014
SAN BRUNO, Calif., February 25, 2014—Devicescape today announced its Wi-Fi service platform, now deployed by multiple mobile operators in North American and European markets, has won the 2014 Telecoms.com Industry Award for the ‘Best use of Wi-Fi’ category.
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Devicescape CEO leads Wi-Fi user experience discussion at Mobile World Congress
BARCELONA, SPAIN & SAN BRUNO, Calif., February 25, 2014—Devicescape today announced that Dave Fraser, CEO of Devicescape, will be speaking at the WBA Carrier Wi-Fi Summit held during Mobile World Congress, February 24-27, in Barcelona.
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Virgin Media Selects Devicescape Wi-Fi Solution
LONDON & SAN BRUNO, Calif., February 12, 2014—Devicescape has announced that Virgin Media has signed a contract for the supply of their Wi-Fi service platform, underpinned by the company’s Curated Virtual Network (CVN).
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Devicescape Unveils World’s Largest Wi-Fi Service Platform
SAN BRUNO, Calif., February 6, 2014—Devicescape today announced expanded service offerings through the Devicescape Service Platform, which leverages its industry-leading Curated Virtual Network (CVN)—the largest virtualized carrier Wi-Fi network in the world—now at 20 million hotspots and growing.
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Devicescape Curated Virtual Network Surpasses 20 Million Locations
SAN BRUNO, Calif., February 6, 2014—Devicescape today announced that its Curated Virtual Network (CVN) of amenity Wi-Fi hotspots has grown 82% year-on-year.
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Devicescape to Present Carrier Wi-Fi Webinar
LONDON, U.K., February 6, 2014—Devicescape will present a webinar in conjunction with Telecoms.com: ‘Carrier Wi-Fi – A view from the industry: Challenges, benefits and solutions’ on 12 February at 11 a.m. GMT and a second session at 4 p.m. GMT.
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Devicescape Named as Finalist in 2014 Global Mobile Awards
LONDON, UK & SAN BRUNO, Calif., February 6, 2014—Devicescape today announced its Wi-Fi service platform has been shortlisted for the 2014 Global Mobile Awards in the “Best Cloud Based Technology for Mobile” category.
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Devicescape Shortlisted for Telecoms.com ‘Best Use of Wi-Fi’ Award
LONDON, UK & SAN BRUNO, Calif., February 6, 2014—Devicescape today announced its Wi-Fi service platform has been shortlisted for the 2014 Telecoms.com Industry Awards in the ‘Best use of Wi-Fi’ category, which recognises the important role Wi-Fi plays within the telecom industry.
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Devicescape Leads ‘Beyond Offload’ Discussion at the Wi-Fi Offload Summit 2014
LONDON & SAN BRUNO, Calif., January 22, 2014—Devicescape today announced that David Nowicki, CMO at Devicescape, will lead the discussion on curated amenity Wi-Fi at the Wi-Fi Offload Summit in Frankfurt, 22 – 23 January 2014.