Con­ver­ged WiFi and IoT net­works for retail

Savings in pro­vi­sio­ning through a mul­ti-ser­vice infrastructure

Mana­ging mul­ti­ple wire­less net­work infra­struc­tures tog­e­ther can be com­plex and cos­t­ly. Howe­ver, with the ubi­qui­ty of WiFi, the spe­ci­fic uses of Blue­tooth and the gra­du­al demo­cra­tiza­ti­on of IoT, this type of need is beco­ming more com­mon in retail and mass distribution.

To respond to this pro­blem, HOTSPLOTS ope­ra­tes con­ver­ged infra­struc­tures that make it pos­si­ble to unite the dif­fe­rent types of wire­less net­works around the same infra­struc­tu­re. The mul­ti­ser­vice aspect has always been at the heart of HOTSPLOTS’ offer. Inde­ed, this poo­ling of infra­struc­tu­re makes it pos­si­ble to con­sider­a­b­ly sim­pli­fy manage­ment and ratio­na­li­ze equip­ment and deploy­ment costs.

Uni­que exper­ti­se in WLAN manage­ment in com­plex environments

High cei­ling height, lar­ge area to be cover­ed, high user den­si­ty… Points of sale, espe­ci­al­ly in mass dis­tri­bu­ti­on, gene­ral­ly have rela­tively com­plex envi­ron­ments that requi­re pro­ven tech­no­lo­gi­cal exper­ti­se and exten­si­ve expe­ri­ence in the field to ensu­re per­fect manage­ment of the WiFi network.

HOTSPLOTS bie­tet mit sei­nem Team aus WiFi-Audi­to­ren, sei­ner selbst ent­wi­ckel­ten Anwen­dung und sei­ner ein­zig­ar­ti­gen Metho­dik das höchs­te Maß an Fach­wis­sen auf dem Markt. Unse­re Teams stüt­zen sich auf das Feed­back von meh­re­ren tau­send instal­lier­ten und betrie­be­nen Stand­or­ten, um Best Prac­ti­ces zu ent­wi­ckeln, die an die jewei­li­gen tech­ni­schen Ein­schrän­kun­gen ange­passt sind.

A 100% inte­gra­ted ser­vice: audit, pro­vi­si­on, ope­ra­ti­on, support

As a spe­cia­list in “Net­work as a Ser­vice”, Wifirst con­trols all the links in the pro­duc­tion chain to ensu­re the best level of qua­li­ty and thus meet our cus­to­mers’ expec­ta­ti­ons. We are con­vin­ced that each “pha­se” of the ser­vice influen­ces the qua­li­ty of the next and requi­res col­la­bo­ra­ti­on bet­ween the various teams invol­ved with the same objec­ti­ve: to meet the qua­li­ty requi­re­ments of the Wifirst standards.

Our engi­nee­ring teams crea­te the net­work archi­tec­tu­re tail­o­red to the customer’s needs with the sup­port of our audi­tors, who con­firm on site that the archi­tec­tu­re meets the spe­ci­fi­ca­ti­ons exactly.

For each site to be equip­ped, our ope­ra­ti­ons team will have its own pro­ject mana­ger. They will be respon­si­ble for over­see­ing the pro­ject from the test­ing pha­se through to com­mis­sio­ning, ensu­ring a per­so­nal rela­ti­onship with the customer.

Throug­hout the dura­ti­on of the con­tract, our sup­port and main­ten­an­ce teams work hand in hand to ensu­re opti­mal ope­ra­ti­on of the ser­vice, resol­ve poten­ti­al tech­ni­cal inci­dents and meet the con­trac­tual­ly defi­ned per­for­mance indicators.

Smooth pro­ject manage­ment and indus­tri­al pro­duc­tion capacity

Thanks to its agi­le orga­niza­ti­on and indus­tri­al pro­duc­tion capa­ci­ty, Wifirst is able to car­ry out very lar­ge pro­jects, such as the instal­la­ti­on of 3,000 post offices, in less than 18 months. This asset is all the more valuable when it comes to repla­cing exis­ting infra­struc­tures, as it ensu­res a smooth tran­si­ti­on bet­ween old and new instal­la­ti­ons, but also limits migra­ti­on time.

In addi­ti­on, we offer our cus­to­mers new web-based pro­ject manage­ment tools that pro­vi­de them with real-time infor­ma­ti­on on the over­all deploy­ment plan, pro­gress of each site, inci­dent moni­to­ring and “his­to­ri­cal” infor­ma­ti­on. When you ent­rust Wifirst with your lar­ge-sca­le WLAN pro­ject, you can be assu­red of on-time deli­very and com­pli­ance with all com­mit­ments made.

We take care of all the neces­sa­ry adjus­t­ments to the legal pro­vi­si­ons for the ope­ra­ti­on of a public WiFi hot­spot, such as data pro­tec­tion (GDPR), Tele­com­mu­ni­ca­ti­ons Act (TKG), etc.

This ensu­res that your WiFi hot­spot always com­pli­es with the latest legal requirements.