Ascend Wares To Include IPass Code
By Randy Barrett, Inter@ctive Week Online
May 11, 1998 7:41 AM PDT
IPass Inc. is expected this week to
announce that Ascend Communications Inc.
will include iPass's roaming code on its
primary authentication server.
The inclusion of iPass technology - which
allows traveling users to log into their
home Internet service provider (ISP)
through local ISPs - on the Ascend Access
Control servers will greatly enhance
iPass's market penetration, said iPass
Chief Executive Officer Chris Moore.
"This helps us go even farther," Moore
said.
The Mountain View, Calif., company has
been gobbling market share in the
Internet roaming industry and now counts
359 ISPs in 151 countries among its
members. IPass's primary competitor is
GRIC Communications, which has 250 member
networks in 75 countries.
Inking deals with vendors of
authentication, firewall and virtual
private network (VPN) hardware is a key
strategy for iPass because it allows
networks to easily pick up the service
without installing new software, Moore
said. IPass handles all of the back-end billing
and settlement between member ISPs, which include GTE, Hongkong Telecom, IStar Internet and PSINet.
Last Week, Red Creek Communication Inc, signed a deal to include iPass code on its VPN Technologies Inc. led the trend by accepting iPass code on its servers. |
