Cincinnati Bell, a provider of telecom, mobile and energy services, has chosen Ruckus Wireless (RKUS) equipment for its enterprise customers and WiFi hotspot business. They plan to install Ruckus WiFi gear in places such as local stadiums, college campuses, and other hospitality establishments, and they are looking to use it as well for future upgrades [...]
Cisco is acquiring Meraki, a private company, for $1.2 billion. Meraki has sold Wi-Fi mesh networking equipment, although more recently it has positioned itself as a cloud-based Wi-Fi management service. Indeed, contrary to what has been said in other articles, it is clear that Cisco is buying Meraki not for its wireless mesh technology, but [...]
Ruckus Wireless (RKUS) went public on Friday, November 16, at $15 per share, in one of the most closely watched IPOs because it was the first since Election Day and was considered to be a test of the IPO market. Several companies had already postponed their IPOs because of rough market conditions, but Ruckus went [...]
Ruckus Wireless has finally priced its IPO: it will sell 8.4 million shares at a price of between $13 to $15 per share. According to Forbes, the company will have 73,685,793 shares outstanding, and at the midpoint of the range, the company would have a market cap of $1.03 billion. In the Forbes article, Eric [...]
Complaining about terrible Wi-Fi service in conferences and finding solutions to improve it are favorite topics here on MuniWireless. That’s why we are happy to report that Ruckus Wireless has released new products to target Wi-Fi hotspots in convention centers, hotel conference areas, sports arenas, train stations and city centers. As for relying on your [...]
London: Virgin Media will extend free Wi-Fi service in the London Underground until the end of 2012. Virgin had set up free WiFi service in 72 stations for the Olympic Games and planned to start charging users after the Games. That has changed, to the delight of those who use the Tube regularly. South Korea: [...]
We’ve all been to conferences and other types of events where there’s Wi-Fi service, but it is too slow or even unusable. I asked people who set up Wi-Fi networks for crowded events what one must do to ensure that users have a good Wi-Fi experience. One wireless ISP provided the following tips: (1) Plan [...]
Ruckus Wireless has filed a form S-1 registration statement for its initial public offering to raise $100M. In the S-1 the company says it is profitable. It reports a net income of $4.2M in 2011 (after a net loss of $10M in 2009 and a net loss of $4.4M in 2010). For the first half [...]
San Jose, California is upgrading the downtown Wi-Fi network that it installed in 2005 (see MuniWireless article about the San Jose Wi-Fi RFP in 2005). Now, the city will be using Ruckus Wireless equipment to replace the old access points and it is reportedly paying for the network out of general parking and revenue funds ($100,000 total [...]
Good news for travelers lamenting about hotel Wi-Fi! Hotels are finally upgrading their Wi-Fi infrastructure to meet the needs of iPad, iPhone and laptop users. Last October, Andy Abramson posted an article entitled Why Hotel Wi-Fi Is Being Crushed By iPads And What To Do About It in which he detailed what hotels needed to [...]
