[07.03.2013] Today at CeBIT: Eva Himmelbauer (Member of Austrian Parliament) and Manuel Urbanek (Loop21-CEO)
[04.03.2013] Our marketing team is now going to manage the construction of our fair stand at CeBIT in Hanover, Germany!
[01.03.2013] We are ready for CeBIT 2013! Hall 13, booth A56 - with vitamins, Austrian beer and Viennese coffee!
[13.02.2013] We present the brand-new update, now available on the wireless hotspots in Sölden: Auto-Login! Once registered and logged-in, the system remembers you. Enter again and again without new login.
[07.02.2013] Shooting for the new mountainment datasheet at the Turracher Höhe, border region Styria/Carinthia, Austria
[14.01.2013 8:34] Good morning and have a good start into the week! Here, everything is white, how is it at your place?
[08.01.2013] learning for the lancom-certification and enjoying the beautiful ambience at Brunn am Gebirge, Lower Austria, Austria
[12.11.2012] Hello from Cape Town, South Africa! Today's programme: Set up of the trade-show booth, Africa Com
[12.11.2012] The booth at the Africa Com trade fair is set up! Out team is looking forward to a lot of interesting talks in the next days
[29.10.12] Behind the curtains: Insights into our testing area, where the masterminds of our business development are working
[11.10.2012] Regards from Trenčín, currently at ELO SYS, the largest electric trade fair in the Slovak Republic
[04.10.2012] Regards from Switzerland, where our collegue discovered a "Wiesn", the typical folk festival in autuum
[05.10.2012] Good morning from Soelden, Austria - wer are already looking forward to the skiing season!
[27.09.2012] Opening of the city Wi-fi with the mayor and a city councillor at the Donauinsel in Vienna, Austria
[07.08.2012 10:20] Our team enjoys perfect weather during the loop21 installation for the sailing event ÖJM 2012 @Achensee, Austria
[08.08.2012 10:43] How is the height of a radio link installation determined? Regards from Dornbirn, Austria
[07.08.2012 10:20] Our team enjoys perfect weather during the loop21 installation for the sailing event ÖJM 2012 @Achensee, Austria
[11.07.2012] Swimmer's training at the youth championship in Basel. The Loop21 team wishes good luck!
[21.06.2012.16:28] Stage "Festbühne" at the Danube Island Festival - Are you also going to be there this weekend?
[21.06.2012 12:09] Despite of 28 degree heat, our team at the Danube Island Festival is in good mood :-)
[30.03.2012 12:40] In spite of the grim weather, our dream team takes the time for a ski-run in Soelden, Austria
[12.03.2012 09:13] Mexico is a breathtaking city! Let's start with the amusement park tour guided by IAAPA
[25.11.2011 16:56] We enjoy the last days in Sao Paulo! Time to say good-bye and come back to cold Austria
[17.11.2011 15:47] Day#3 at IAAPA 2011 - We proudly present our wonderful Andrea Meissl who will be happy to welcome you at our stand today
[04.05.11 07:45] We start fully-movivated in the next day! We would be happy to see you there! :) (Innsbruck, Tyrol)
[06.05.11 13:05] Our colleagues at Interalpin in Innsbruck (Tyrol) would be happy to welcome you at our stand!! See you there! :)
[14.11.2011 13:49] We are ready for the final finish during the expo set-up at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL
[24.11.2011 13:00] We start with Brazilian sporting spirit into the last exhibition day! Take a look at our stand at the Expo Estadio in Sao Paulo
Loop21 Hotspot Software
The Loop21 Hotspot Software is a carrier-class management system to control public network access (e.g. Internet hotspots). All necessary functions for a „ready for use” user and traffic management (Triple-A) are integrated. It enables a secure and usable operation of public networks. Several Internet service providers and mobile operators are satisfied customers, which operate their public Wi-Fi networks by successfully using the Loop21 Hotspot Software.
Key features
- Central hotspot management
- Controlled & secured internet access
- Easy-to-use
- Highly scalable and customizable system
- Pay-as-you-grow
- Ready for use
Example view: design adapts itself to the screen size.
Functions & usage
- Centralized user management for hotspots
- Web-based login, no extra application required
- Full customization (administration interface, customer interface, system URL)
- Dynamic multiple languages support
- Login page with responsive design
- Display status showing users information (e.g. time credit remaining, logout button, announcements for sending promotion, time left reminder)
- Instant Keywords™ support (e.g. typing "logout" in the address bar to logout the user)
- SMTP roaming (user does not have to change SMTP setting to send email)
- Improved mobile device support on all common smartphones (Blackberry, Android, Nokia Symbian, iPhone, iPad, Windows Mobile etc.), periodically tested on more than 50 different mobile devices
- Web-based back-end interface (overview, user search, current dashboard, export, etc.)
- Hierarchical permission levels for administrators (system admin, support, marketing, etc.)
- Accounting & Logging (central data retention for legal security)
- Data transfer tracking and quota system, useful in countries with limited Internet access
- Bandwidth shaping
- Walled garden
- Works on every Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ Hardware
- Comprehensive statistics (table view, CSV export)
- Carrier-Class: high capacity of simultaneous connections
- Reseller management: System access for distributors and resellers with restrictions, overview and controlling panel to manage many resellers, individual credit limits for created and/or sold vouchers, branded back-end interface
- Operation and maintenance by Loop21
- Flexible licensing: “pay as you grow”
Future-proof extensions
Location-based services (LBS) & entertainment modules for specific use cases
(see “Loop21 WLAN Entertainer®”)
Different authentication modes
- AAA: Authentication with username & password, authorization and accounting
- Self-sign-up (registration via text message)
- Ticket mode: to expire after use (single or mass creation)
- Anonymous mode: simple click-through via the welcome portal to start surfing
- Implemented billing modes: credit card and/or prepaid voucher (see below)
- Multiple logins (combined with the normal self-sign-up, ticket mode or billing mode)
- Login once (User needs to login once initially and all subsequent access will be automatic)
- MAC-binding: username can bind to the first login client MAC address
- Client pass-through - allowing devices with certain MAC/IP addresses to pass-through without login (e.g. ATM terminals, POS equipment, information terminals)
- RADIUS support
Tariff management & payment modes
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Product management by time and data credits / bandwidth shaping
Examples of use: limitation of access minutes (e.g. restaurant), hour-pass/day-pass (e.g. hotels), recurring tariffs (e.g. every Saturday or Wednesday evening, for e.g. quieter times in a café), restricted access (after the credit is used up, the user gets limited access e.g. with throttled bandwidth), e.g. for municipal Wi-Fi, airport.
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Secure interface for credit card payments: Integration with PayPal with its payment standards or mPAY24 for the automatic handling of the payment process, e.g. at self-service-cafes or public places (No need to logout and re-login)
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Voucher codes: Possibility to sell credits (prepaid cards) to self-signed users, creation of single vouchers or voucher series (bulk codes), download printable and fully customizable PDF (single / voucher cards), customizable templates for voucher (series) as PDF or CSV Export (e.g. for scratch cards), on-click print out, return management with barcode integration, Connection of mobile printers (e.g. thermal bon/receipt printer)
Technical features
- Central server system (cloud services or partial installation) on-site
- Inheritable, hierarchical structure (administrators, hotspots, configurations)
- LDAP (User/domain controller connection)
- SQL authentication interface / RADIUS authentication mode
- Secure HTTPS Server
- System Backup
- NAT related features (e.g. disabling NAT)
- IP and Port Filtering
- DHCP server excluded IP and static IP-MAC mapping
- Internet breakout directly on the gateway (not centralized)
- Multiple SMS gateway support
- SOAP services implementation & provision
- Automatically logout
Hotspot Management System
Back-end administration
