Ruckus Wireless has announced that its Smart Wi-Fi products and technology are being deployed by leading colleges and universities throughout China to deliver ultra-reliable, low-cost, high-speed mobile broadband services to students and staff.
Guangxi Unicom, a unit of China Unicom, is using a wide range of Smart Wi-Fi products and technologies to deliver public broadband access across eight universities and colleges in Guangxi province. Additionally, China's Shaanxi Normal University (SNNU) has selected Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi to construct a massive, multi-campus wireless infrastructure with more than 1,200 APs supporting 50,000 students and staff.
Louis Au, VP, APAC, Ruckus Wireless said, "China has been accelerating its investments in higher education through the use of new wireless technology to improve the quality of learning. The nation sees education essential to increasing its competitiveness and vital to sustaining the rapid growth of its economy. Given the explosion of mobile Internet and online resources, campus Wi-Fi networks are seen as the must-have for today's higher education institutions delivering a quick return on investment. However with the deluge of mobile devices within classrooms, labs and auditoriums, the challenge for campus Wi-Fi has been intensifying. The flood of data-hungry mobile devices is unstoppable driving new density issues that are causing companies to rethink their wireless equipment and network strategies."
