REDWOOD SHORES, CA— iPass has inked an agreement with FatPort Corp., an Ignition Point company, to integrate FatPorts broadband wireless “hotspots” with the iPass Global Broadband Roaming (GBR) service. Through this agreement, iPass plans to expand its enterprise compliant Wi-Fi footprint into Western Canada. iPass will work with FatPort to ensure that their Wi-Fi hotspot locations are ready for enterprise usage, and are interoperable with virtual private network (VPN) and other security policy management systems. Once the hotspot locations “interoperate” with these enterprise-required systems, iPass plans to integrate them into its global virtual network accessed via its iPassConnect mobile access client. FatPorts Library Square, Harbour Centre, Yaletown, and Gastown locations are among the new Wi-Fi hotspots covered under the agreement with iPass. The FatPort Wi-Fi hotspot venues will join more than 400 domestic and international Wi-Fi hotspot locations currently available on iPass GBR service.
