Operators now able to offer Devicescape’s Curated Virtual Network and enhanced connectivity to millions of iOS users
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.
With iOS compatibility, operators are now able to apply the benefits of Devicescape’s service suite — including access to its Curated Virtual Network of amenity Wi-Fi — to more than 95% of smartphones.*
Devicescape enables a range of network and virtual network operators to combine cellular connectivity with public, private, and commercial Wi-Fi to create a single, unified connectivity resource of enormous reach and scale. Operators can either embed Devicescape’s solution into their own consumer applications, or commission a custom application from Devicescape that matches their branding and value proposition.
They are then able to automate the movement of their customers’ smartphones across the different components of this unified network, ensuring a quality-managed, Connectivity First experience at all times.
Until now this enhanced connectivity experience was available only to users of Android smartphones. But access to the latest round of APIs released by Apple has allowed Devicescape to extend these capabilities to iOS devices.
“Apple is renowned for its focus on the user experience, so we are thrilled to have been granted access to APIs which let us enhance the underlying connectivity of that experience even further,” said Dave Fraser, CEO, Devicescape. “Our customers have long made clear the demand for an iOS version of our client and we look forward to working with them to deploy it to their users as soon as possible.”
Devicescape’s Curated Virtual Network includes Wi-Fi offered by some of the world’s largest service and retail brands, with each access point managed in real time for quality and availability. It delivers robust connectivity in numerous indoor locations where end users gather in large numbers, but in which cellular networks can struggle to provide acceptable service.
“Operators quite rightly want to offer the same quality of experience to all of their customers, irrespective of those customers’ preferences in terms of operating system,” Fraser continued. “With our new iOS client operators can now target more than 95 per cent of the smartphone market with greatly expanded and improved connectivity.”
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*IDC, May. 2015, Android and iOS forecast to account for 95.8% of all smartphone shipments for FY2015 http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS25641615
About Devicescape
Devicescape operates the world’s largest Wi-Fi service platform, delivering Access, Insight, and Engagement Services for operators, mobile application providers, and device manufacturers. Powered by a global Curated Virtual Network of tens of millions of amenity Wi-Fi locations, including those provided by some of the world’s most popular service and retail brands, Devicescape enables a Connectivity First customer experience at an unmatched operating cost.
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