About Us - Building Intelligent Wireless Networks at Global Scale

Pronto Networks designs and delivers cloud‑managed wireless networking solutions for enterprises, governments, and wireless service providers worldwide. From large‑scale deployments to mission‑critical environments, Pronto helps organizations build, operate, and scale reliable networks with confidence.

About Pronto Networks

Pronto Networks is a leading global provider of 4G LTE routers, access points and software management services for network operators. Pronto Networks wireless service delivery platform enables enterprise to cost-effectively roll-out and manage large-scale Wi-Fi networks from an industry leading cloud management service.

Inspired by our vision to provide an end-to-end solution that enables access, control and monetization, Pronto brings best-in-class products together with industry-leading customer service and support to our partners.

Awards & Recognition

Pronto Networks continues to gain recognition for its technology innovation and market leadership. Please see below for more information on recent awards from industry analysts and trade press.

AlwaysOn List Top 100 Private Companies

WIRED Top 25 WiFi Companies To Watch

ComputerWorld’s Innovative Technology Award

Honored to be a part of AO2006 Stanford Summit

AlwaysOn List Top 100 Private Companies

Most Promising New Company – Finalist by Billing World & OSS Today

Affiliations

IEEE Standards Authority

The IEEE is a global non-profit with over 377,000 members across 150 countries, leading in fields like computer engineering and telecommunications, while supporting nearly 900 standards and developing 700 more through publications and conferences.

Internet Engineering Task Force Open Internet Governance

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a global community of network professionals focused on advancing Internet architecture and ensuring its seamless operation through various working groups dedicated to specific topics like routing and security.

Wireless Communications Association International Industry Representation

Established in 1988, the Wireless Communications Association International (WCA) is a key non-profit trade group for the wireless broadband sector, boasting over 450 members worldwide, including top carriers, vendors, and consultants.

Wi-Fi Alliance Certified Interoperability

Founded in 1999, the Wi-Fi Alliance is a global nonprofit that certifies wireless LAN products for interoperability. With 182 member companies, it aims to improve user experience through seamless connectivity among certified devices.

Open Networking Foundation

The WiMAX Forum is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and certifying broadband wireless products based on IEEE 802.16 and ETSI HiperMAN standards, aiming to enhance device compatibility and accelerate market introduction.

Notable Deployments

Integrating WiFi and IN services at DST Telecom

Pronto’s Solution for Spot On Networks

Spot On Networks provides wireless Internet service and hot spots in towns and cities across Connecticut. Pronto UniFi OSS allows Spot On real-time viewing and management of the Wi-Fi network edge elements. Spot On is made aware of any problem often before the end-user notices any disruption in-service

Telecom Malaysia

Quick deployment solution helps TM to deploy large number of locations in a short time frame.
Highly scalable for enterprise deployments and can be expanded as the number of locations increase. Hot redundancy enables automatic switch over to a hot standby server upon the failure of the previously active server.

Columbus Communications, Flow Trinidad

Created a nationwide broadband service platform to integrate wireline and WiFi customers.
Multiple Pronto Service Gateways connects to residential broadband offering and Cisco WiFi Hotspot locations throughout the country. Wireline customers (multiple plan choices), TAM of 120,000 subscribers, and Tiered Monthly Plan

Chaska.net Chaska, Minnesota

Pronto Networks Wi-Fi solution brings Internet learning tools to every Chaska resident.
Solution enables custom splash pages and pricing for residents, businesses and visitors.
Residents and public safety staff can share the network with Pronto’s secure access.

City of Daytona Beach, Florida

Revenue sharing with the city for public Internet access.
Caters Hotspots within Hotzones to enterprise customers.
Facilitates Location Specific Branding for hotels within the Hotzone.

Metro-Scale Broadband City Network In Cerritos, California

Pronto’s subscriber APIs, which is being used to link Pronto’s OSS to an external email application. Pronto and Tropos provide robust management tools for monitoring and managing the network. Pronto controls, authentication, pre- and post-paid billing, security, customer care and network management.

BT OpenZone In a Box

Pronto Service Controller is used and replaced the standard APs deployed by managed hotspot operators in various locations.
Solution catered on the fly configuration management makes that made provisioning simpler. Pronto implemented IPSec tunnel to end-user traffic to pass through and ensured secure data transfer.

Dublin becomes the largest hot zone in Central, OH

HighSpeedAir announces the launch of their Citywide WiFi network and employed Pronto to provide AAA service. Pronto Networks, provides an automated, secure payment platform making it easy to gain access with different price plans. Solution catered different range of service plans including the Bronze Plan, a basic monthly subscription for $19.95/month

Pronto’s UniFi OSS in Muni Wi-Fi Networks

Pronto has successfully deployed its UniFi OSS solution in a number of Muni Wi-Fi networks throughout the US. Pronto UniFi OSS Solution with mesh network players such as BelAir, Cisco, Motorola, Nortel, Strix and Tropos Networks. Solution includes network monitoring, 24/7-customer service, billing and revenue distribution, reports, and system maintenance

Managing Mixed Use Applications in Metro-Scale Wireless Broadband Networks

Pronto’s UniFi OSS authenticates users centrally, which makes it extremely efficient to manage and bill customers. Provide each group with a custom-tailored portal page, service plan and quality of service level. Content-sensitive user groups, such as schools, filters unnecessary Internet content through their own proxy servers

City Wide Mesh Network for City of Madison, Wisconsin

Pronto Networks provided an integrated solution tailored for the community-wide wireless mesh network of Madison. Pronto Networks offers a service management solution for broadband wireless networks. Solution includes subscriber registration and management, customer billing, and multiple authentication options

MSP Case study ADP

ADP provides WIFI Hotspot service to Auto Dealerships in the continental United States
ADP’s solutions are used to manage back office for more than 15,000 auto dealerships
ADP agreed to a price increase in both monthly service pricing as well as cost of Service Controllers (PSC)

Pronto’s Solution for Spot On Networks

Spot On Networks provides wireless Internet service and hot spots in towns and cities across Connecticut. Pronto UniFi OSS allows Spot On real-time viewing and management of the Wi-Fi network edge elements. Spot On is made aware of any problem often before the end-user notices any disruption in-service.

Train Phoenix: Wi-Fi on Rails

Smart caching Superior data packet management and traffic shaping for best performance
Authentication Credit card, online/offline prepaid cards, RADIUS, Boingo, Ipass, configurable promotional access, etc.
Ruthless Preemption where the service providers can enforce different bandwidth rates for different user categories

Resort Wi-Fi

ResortWiFi is a Wi-Fi Internet provider, which focuses on the timeshare and hotel industries. ResortWiFi follows the MSP (Managed Services Platform) business model provided by Pronto Networks. Pronto provides a Unifi Hospitality module, which is an extension to the UniFi OSS Platform

MSP Case study Movilnet

Movilnet is a leading WIFI service provider to hospitality segment in Mexico
Movilnet currently provides service to Holiday Inn brand of hotels
Pronto typically charges a management fee based on number of hotels in each hotel

Credit Valley Hospital

Pronto uses a single PSC (Pronto’s Service Controller) with multiple APs deployed around the hospital premises. Pronto mobilize clinical applications, and to eventually add guest coverage for patients and family members. CVH follows the MSP (Managed Services Platform) business model provided by Pronto Networks

NDLS

Pronto deployes a new breed of cloud networking technogies to NDLS. Solution capacity to sustain the growth that is bound to happen at NDLS. Deployed a best in class solution that will provide a reliable service for client connections.

Pronto at NASA

Served secured Wi-Fi access to more than 2,500 journalists present at the event. Six-acre of NASA Press Site was Wi-Fi enabled to serve high speed Wi-Fi access. Deployed all the back-office functionality for this wireless network in a days time.

In The News

From retail to logistics to tech, enterprises choose Pronto to power their most critical connections — with intelligence they can rely on.

Pronto Networks Cloud Managed Wi-Fi Network At New Delhi Railway Station (NDLS)

New Orleans Starts Free Internet Wireless System

Cities, Partners Press For Municipal Wireless Networks

Much More Than Security: Wi-fi Management Adds Performance Optimization, Info And Control

Downtown WiFi Surfing Turns Out To Be Easy, Even If You’re Indoors

Securing Wireless Network Access

ATC International Steps Into Forefront Of Transportation WiFi Providers

Analyst Coverage

Leading analysts have highlighted the value of Pronto Networks offering to service providers as well as the criticality of back-end OSS solutions for the growth of the public WLAN market. Below is an assortment of their comments

Realizing the importance of back-office operations such as authentication, roaming, billing, and remote fault management, Pronto has created a modular OSS package for hotspot operators. In the case of both capex and opex, Pronto is able to minimize cost via remote hotspot operation and management.

The public WLAN market is one that represents great promise within the global wireless industry, said Richard Dean, program director of infrastructure integration and support services at IDC. However, the critical question that many firms are struggling with remains how the multiple providers competing for market share will sustain long-term profitability in an increasingly crowded environment. One area where that is already happening is in providing back-end software solutions to provision, deploy and manage hotspot networks. With Wi-Fi ubiquity on the horizon, back-end support for the network will be crucial to the success of public hotspots and can accelerate profitability for hotspot operators.

I doubt that public Wi-Fi networks can succeed as many in the industry predict because of the cost of backhaul and management of the network. However, I am a big fan of WiFi for the enterprise and home. While Tropos is addressing the backhaul problems, Pronto Networks has a solution to the network management problem.

SRG believes that public WLAN hot spots represent a significant revenue opportunity for service providers. However, in order to take advantage of this opportunity, service providers need a solution that can cost-effectively deploy and manage their hot spots. In SRG’s opinion, Pronto’s OSS is the only solution available today that integrates network provisioning, authentication, security, billing, roaming, and location based services, all in one highly integrated platform.