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Devicescape Software, Inc.

Company Overview

Devicescape Software, Inc. provides Wi-Fi software solutions for mobile handsets, personal computers, and other service-enabled portable devices. Its Wi-Fi product contains various modules, such as managed supplicant, connection manager framework, Wi-Fi protected setup (WPS), Cisco compatible extensions (CCX), and hotspot login. The company’s products are used in various areas, such as hotels, public transit, home, airport, and Café University. It serves wireless device manufacturers. Devicescape Software, Inc. was formerly known as Instant802 Networks, Inc. and changed its name to Devicescape Software, Inc. in January 2005. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in San Bruno, ...

Detailed Description

900 Cherry Avenue

6th Floor

San Bruno, CA 94066

United States

Founded in 2001

Phone:

650-829-2600

Fax:

650-829-2601

www.devicescape.com

Key Executives

Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director
Age: 45
Co-Founder and Director
Co-Founder and Director of Product Engineering
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Compensation as of Fiscal Year 2009.

Key developments for Devicescape Software, Inc.

Devicescape Software Inc. Introduces Easy Wi-Fi Network

Devicescape Software Inc. announced the fourth generation of its Easy Wi-Fi hotspot connectivity solution. This new release features the groundbreaking Easy Wi-Fi Network, a high-quality hotspot network which combines global Wi-Fi access at a low cost with an easy-to-use hotspot location finder. Easy Wi-Fi enables device manufacturers to ship products with lifetime worldwide hotspot access. The Easy Wi-Fi Network solves this problem. By embedding the new Easy Wi-Fi into their devices, manufacturers make it simple for users to find and connect with a nearby Wi-Fi hotpot, free of cost to the consumer. With Easy Wi-Fi within the device, the manufacturer can ship a Wi-Fi enabled device with bundled access to a large, global Wi-Fi footprint. Key features of Easy Wi-Fi are: finding, easy Wi-Fi integrates a location finder capability. This allows a device to display nearby, accessible hotspots to the user. Easy Wi-Fi also equips the device with a 'Soft-GPS,' which identifies the device's location using Wi-Fi, without the need for GPS hardware; connecting: Easy Wi-Fi enables automated login to hotspots without the need for complex and tedious user intervention, such as typing a username and password in a browser. Easy Wi-Fi also supports thousands of additional hotspot networks, allowing users to personalize and extend their Wi-Fi coverage beyond the Easy Wi-Fi Network; access: Easy Wi-Fi provides access to the world's largest high-quality Wi-Fi hotspot network. At the time of this announcement, the Easy Wi-Fi Network consists of more than 100,000 locations and is growing by several thousand new locations every month. The service ensures high-quality through continuous monitoring and validation of the network; availability Devicescape Easy Wi-Fi 4.0 featuring the Easy Wi-Fi Network is available immediately. Consumer downloadable applications for evaluation and non-commercial use will be available from www.devicescape.com on October 20 for iPhone OS, Nokia S60, and other popular platforms.

Devicescape Develops an Automated Hotspot Login Application, Called Wi2 Connect, for Wire and Wireless

Devicescape Software Inc. announced that it has developed an automated hotspot login application, called Wi2 Connect, for Wire and Wireless (Wi2). Wi2 Connect is based upon Devicescape's Easy Wi-Fi technology. Wi2 Connect allows Wi2's customers to automatically connect to the hotspots of Wi2 and its roaming partners without the inconvenience of entering user IDs and passwords in a browser. The Wi2 Connect application is available from the Wi2 Website for Windows Mobile, Windows laptops, iPhones and MacBooks. Wi2 is the latest service provider to take advantage of Devicescape's 'Locked Easy Wi-Fi' program, which customizes the Easy Wi-Fi client application for a service provider's own network footprint and brand. The locked Easy Wi-Fi application automates access to the network and roaming partners of Wi2, providing a hassle-free experience for Wi2's customers.

Brother Selects Devicescape's Easy Wi-Fi for Devices for Its Multifunction Printers

Devicescape Software Inc. announced that Brother has licensed Devicescape's Easy Wi-Fi for Devices for its printers and multifunction printers (MFPs). Customers using these products will take advantage of the robust security, easy device setup, simple connectivity and seamless mobility that only Devicescape can provide with its Easy Wi-Fi for Devices solution. A longtime Devicescape customer and one of the premier providers of products for small offices and home offices, Brother has a long time relationship with Devicescape for its Wi-Fi enabled products. While many devices are meeting consumer demands for greater functionality, they are at the same time often difficult to set up and add to a network for the average user. Brother has chosen Devicescape's innovative technology to ensure its home and business customers experience seamless setup, and can easily add new devices to their wireless networks. Easy Wi-Fi for Devices provides manufacturers with robust security, automatic login capabilities and a small footprint. With Devicescape, manufacturers can expand their market and device appeal with one client that supports sales to all markets and geographies, and that dramatically simplifies the user experience.

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