ADTRAN Enables Cloud-Based Wireless LANs for Managed Service Providers

ADTRAN, Inc.,

, a leading provider of cloud connectivity, virtual mobility and enterprise communications solutions, today announced a new capability of the Bluesocket® virtual Wireless LAN (vWLAN®) solution. Leveraging the flexible control capabilities of vWLAN, ADTRAN is now able to provide service providers and value-added resellers (VARs) with multiple customer-premise equipment (CPE) deployment options including resale, managed and cloud-hosted services. These options enable service providers and VARs to create new, profit-rich, cloud-based Wi-Fi service offerings. With the ADTRAN Bluesocket solution deployed, service providers can cost-effectively scale to support hundreds of customer WLANs, offering a cloud-based WLAN service without the expense of placing a hardware controller on the customer's site.