PROJECT DESCRIPTION

TRENDS AND OPPORTUNITIES

Extending OpenRoaming™ into the residential domain meets the growing demand for seamless connectivity between enterprises and remote home offices.

This project enables secure, frictionless access for remote workers and explores onboarding opportunities across various verticals. It aims to enhance the telework experience by optimizing home network performance and establishing key metrics to measure success.

Premium services for corporate partnerships will add value, while expanding service provider footprints will create more opportunities to leverage OpenRoaming. These initiatives will drive innovation, new revenue streams, and ensure OpenRoaming supports the evolving telework landscape.

BUSINESS & MARKET BENEFITS

This project focuses on OpenRoaming onboarding across home, enterprise, and public environments, with a special emphasis on home teleworkers. By aligning enterprise credentials with OpenRoaming, it ensures seamless and secure access. Key objectives include refining use cases such as corporate teleworkers and community Wi-Fi, while exploring deployment options.

From a business and marketing perspective, the project enhances employee productivity through reliable remote connectivity, expands market reach, and simplifies user onboarding. It also creates new revenue opportunities and positions businesses as customer-centric, driving growth and efficiency for service providers and enterprises.

EXPECTED OUTCOMES

  • Develop industry guidelines for OpenRoaming in the home environment
  • Contribute to Operator Managed Wi-Fi (Phase 3)
  • Create a blueprint for companies to leverage OpenRoaming solutions
  • Measure early adopters implementing the proposed solutions

KEY PARTICIPANTS