TRENDS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Onboarding of Wi-Fi devices on public networks has been a fundamental challenge marked by issues such as captive portals, proprietary implementations, and inconsistent user experiences, resulting in fewer connections to Wi-Fi networks.
Despite the availability of Hotspot 2.0’s Online Sign-Up solution for over a decade, it has faced obstacles, including a lack of implementation on major devices and operators’ hesitance due to associated costs and complexity. Hotspot 2.0 and WBA are actively discussing whether to retain or remove the OSU.
The pressing need is for a solution that addresses critical market needs, offering easy implementation for device/OS vendors on a global scale, simplified deployment for operators with reduced complexity and cost, and a user-friendly experience in a consistent manner.
BUSINESS BENEFITS
OpenRoaming™ has a powerful framework that brings different players in one place and provides them with a platform to solve the problem at a global scale.
It can enable onboarding solutions for users by leveraging OpenRoaming framework by bringing ANPs, IDPs, infrastructure and devices.
By using the current OpenRoaming Federation assets, operators and industry players can leverage the available capabilities with PKI infrastructure, and partnership discovery through DNS.
OpenRoaming participants can have access and make use of Federated Onboarding Service without each one of them implementing and deploying full-fledged standalone Online Sign-Up service, and thus avoiding cost and complexity.
