Capacity Magazine selects Deutsche Telekom’s Wi-Fi Mobilize for Judges Award 2011

At the Capacity Europe wholesale conference in Amsterdam on November 22, 2011, Capacity Magazine celebrated the announcement of the winners of the Capacity Awards. Deutsche Telekom ICSS was selected as the winner of the “Judges Award 2011” for Wi-Fi Mobilize, it’s innovative global Wi-Fi solution for operators and their consumer markets.

The “Judges Award” is a special prize that validates market innovation, proven business models, thought leadership, or success in new markets.

ICSS's Wi-Fi Mobilize offering was chosen for its excellent contribution to mobile market innovation. The Judges Award 2011 especially recognized the fact that this solution increases profitability and efficiency for operators and simplifies the expansion of data roaming, while adding high value to end consumers.

With Wi-Fi Mobilize, operators can easily enhance their consumer offering to Wi-Fi services. The solution allows the offload of data from 3G networks, offers new revenue streams, and increases the operator’s footprint to the largest aggregated Wi-Fi network worldwide.

Subscribers using smartphones or tablets benefit from a seamless connectivity experience wherever they are, whenever they want. Through a small client on these devices, operators can let their subscribers conveniently switch between 3G and Wi-Fi networks.

"I'm delighted that Wi-Fi Mobilize has been selected for this prestigious award.” said Holger Magnussen, Senior Vice President ICSS. “This clearly demonstrates Deutsche Telekom's strength and reputation for great innovation in the wholesale market. I’m proud of the Wi-Fi Mobilize team and its reward for its good work and would like to thank everyone who played a part.”

Latest market developments and in particular ICSS’s experience with customers show, that wholesale clients are looking for value-added solutions that enable them to launch new, high-value services in their retail markets.

Glyn Baker, Vice President Business Development & Innovation Scouting, adds: “Through our strong partnership with market-leading companies - in this case iPass - we are able to help operators around the world delight their customers with a unique and easy-to-use Wi-Fi proposition. Many thanks to Capacity Magazine for choosing Wi-Fi Mobilize as the winning product for the Judges Award."