Utrecht, 25 April 2013 Almost 1 million Ziggo WifiSpots to be active by late August Ziggo begins national rollout with 65,000 Wifi Spots in The Hague Ziggo announced today that its Internet clients in areas where the company operates are to have access to almost 1 million Ziggo WifiSpots by no later than the end of August. Following the test city of Groningen, The Hague will be the second location to go live, with approximately 65,000 Ziggo WifiSpots active by 7 May...

Utrecht, 25 April 2013

 

 

Almost 1 million Ziggo WifiSpots to be active by late August

 

Ziggo begins national rollout with 65,000 Wifi Spots in The Hague

 

 

Ziggo announced today that its Internet clients in areas where the company operates are to have access to almost 1 million Ziggo WifiSpots by no later than the end of August. Following the test city of Groningen, The Hague will be the second location to go live, with approximately 65,000 Ziggo WifiSpots active by 7 May. After a one-time registration, Ziggo's Internet clients will automatically have access to all available WifiSpots.

 

The home experience outside the home
"For many years, Ziggo clients have been using our products in the comfort of their own homes, where they have been able to fully enjoy our service offerings. We now want to provide this as a mobile experience," said Pieter Vervoort, VP Consumer Products & Innovation at Ziggo. "We want our clients to be able to use our products outside their homes and on the move. Ziggo WifiSpots provide the technical basis that makes that possible. We are currently working on several new services that will be geared to the Ziggo WifiSpots network." Vervoort added.

 

Ziggo Hotspots Rollout Plan

 

Province	Number of WifiSpots*	Will be activated in
South-Holland and Groningen	Approx.200,000	May / June
Utrecht and North Holland	Approx. 200,000	June
Brabant	Approx. 150,000	June / July
Limburg and Twente	Approx. 200,000	July
Friesland, Drenthe and Overijssel	Approx. 100,000	July / August

• Numbers based on Ziggo WiFi modems installed as from 31 March 2013. The number of WiFi modems installed, and thus the number of WifiSpots available, is expected to exceed 1 million by 1 September.

 

 

 

Total separation between client network and hotspot

In order to be suitable as a WifiSpot modem/WiFi router, Ziggo has adapted the equipment and programmes in such a way that they meet the following requirements:

• Total separation between the WifiSpot and the client network so that optimum security and privacy are guaranteed
• WiFi use by clients does not affect clients' Internet performance
• The WifiSpot must have a wide enough range to provide guest users with the necessary freedom of movement
• The Wifi Spot can accommodate 20 guest users simultaneously
• Once-only log-in procedure with subsequent automatic access to all Ziggo WifiSpots

 

 

Groningen test results

• Prior to the rollout in The Hague, Ziggo tested the hot spots' function and the use of the Ziggo Wifi Spots in the city of Groningen. This test showed that function and usage met the requirements. Furthermore almost all clients found this to be an excellent alternative to 3G. Less than 1% of the clients turned off the hotspot function and did not wish to participate.

 

Demofilms WifiSpots

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HdA_4RiyZc&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tMRdwtuYj0&feature=youtu.be

 

 

 

About Ziggo Ziggo is a Dutch provider of entertainment, information and communication through television, Internet and telephony services. The company serves around 2.9 million households, with almost 1.8 million Internet customers, more than 2.2 million customers for digital television and 1.5 million telephony subscribers. Business-to-business customers use services such as data communication, telephony, television and Internet. The company owns a next-generation network capable of providing the bandwidth required for all future services currently foreseen. More information on Ziggo can be found on: www.ziggo.com
Not for publication   For further information, please contact Ziggo spokesman Gradus Vos on +31 (0)6 2280 6921 or by e-mail at [email protected]

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