{"id":1778,"date":"2019-02-18T18:52:37","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T18:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecommerce.tmcnet.com\/pareteum_on_what_ipass_merger_means\/"},"modified":"2022-10-14T18:29:54","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T22:29:54","slug":"pareteum-on-what-ipass-merger-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/technology\/pareteum-on-what-ipass-merger-means.html","title":{"rendered":"Pareteum on What iPass Merger Means"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We told you last year Pareteum&nbsp;wants to let carriers and companies <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/cloud-computing\/pareteum-lets-carriers-and-companies-quickly-integrate-global-mobile-s.html\">quickly integrate global mobile services<\/a>. They abstract the communications companies and users need, allowing a focus on applications and services, not the underlying network.<\/p>\n<p>To that end, last year, Pareteum&nbsp;procured a worldwide license to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmcnet.com\/tmcnet\/mobile-world-congress\/news\/2018\/05\/14\/8753643.htm#\">embed iPass technology<\/a> as part of its connectivity strategy.<\/p>\n<p>You may recall, in 2008 we were pretty <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wireless\/iphone-wifi-goes-global-thanks-to-ipass.html\">impressed<\/a> with how iPass helped<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0 0 20px 20px;\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/uploads\/vic%20bozzo.jpg\" alt=\"vic bozzo.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" align=\"right\"> create a communications skin first discussed by the head of Bell Labs. Specifically, they allowed a single login and password to access a network of global WiFi devices.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the two companies are involved in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/pareteum-enters-into-denitive-agreement-to-acquire-ipass-300748685.html\">M&amp;A<\/a> meaning the best of both companies can be harnessed by customers worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive&nbsp;interview, CEO Vic Bozzo explained, Vic said, &#8220;Wireless is eating everything. Demand is growing and carriers can&#8217;t keep up.&#8221; He continued, &#8220;Pareteum&nbsp;provides f<span class=\"TextRun SCXW196709382 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW196709382 BCX0\">lexible, elastic,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW196709382 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"ContextualSpellingAndGrammarError SCXW196709382 BCX0\">cloud-based<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW196709382 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW196709382 BCX0\">&nbsp;management of all of these streams of communications.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our most recent video interview with Vic Bozzo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fE0_WXn3Xm0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nWith iPass, they get a top-notch connectivity manager allowing customers to toggle easily between wireless and WiFi. In addition, they get access to 65 million global hotspots and over 500 Fortune 1,000 customers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Customers can now&nbsp;connect anywhere and everywhere,&#8221; he exclaimed.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to explain, companies are taking advantage of their open APIs to take advantage of more flexible communications and the smart-city space is beginning to heat up as a customer segment.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a great story with impressive synergies &#8211; a further abstraction of communications, allowing companies and developers to focus on solutions and apps, while ensuring connectivity is handled in the most efficient manner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We told you last year Pareteum&nbsp;wants to let carriers and companies quickly integrate global mobile services. They abstract the communications companies and users need, allowing a focus on applications and services, not the underlying network. 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