Municipalities are often looking for ways to improve public safety, streamline city operations, attract new business, and provide new services to citizens. Providing community broadband wireless access is a way to accomplish these objectives and shows that a city is on the leading edge of technology. Wireless broadband access can also be a revenue generator for a city and can be carved out for various user groups, including public safety officials and city employees as well as for the general community. Once deployed, a wireless broadband network can be used to launch new applications and services -- such as VoIP, Automated Meter Reading (AMR), traffic and pedestrian control, automated parking systems, and video surveillance -- which can dramatically reduce the cost of government operations.

Pronto's UniFi Metro module, an extension to the UniFi OSS Platform, can help municipalities accomplish the above. UniFi Metro has been deployed in dozens of high-profile cities across the U.S., including underserved communities, which did not have broadband access prior, and has helped cities provide secure, broadband access to all constituencies while generating revenue.

Below are just a few of the capabilities enabled by Pronto's solution for municipalities:

• Support for 'mixed use' networks and public safety applications
• Per subscriber-based QoS & 'Drinking Fountain' model support
• Access control for various user groups
• Zero client configuration
• Brandable hotspots within a hot zone
• Virtual community bulletin boards
• Virtual Network Operator (VNO) ready

MetroZone Pilot Pack

Pronto Networks offers a focused, turnkey pilot program, which is an end-to-end solution for cities that want to cost-effectively deploy Wi-Fi. The solution is pre-packaged with all the essential features required for a metro-scale deployment thus enabling municipalities to safely validate benefits and refine solutions prior to wide-scale deployment.