BelAir Networks: Carrier Wi-Fi and Small Cell Solutions for Mobile Carriers and Cable Operators
BelAir Networks wireless networking solutions are deployed by the world's leading service providers including AT&T, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Cablevision. The company's portfolio of indoor and outdoor Wi-Fi access points (AP) and Wi-Fi + licensed metrocell base stations, control and management systems enable service providers to build scalable, high performance wireless networks for 3G/LTE data offload, city hotzones, and Wi-Fi coverage for large venues, special events and retail chains. BelAir Networks solutions provide a compelling return on investment enabling service providers to capitalize on the explosive growth of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices and associated applications. Innovative mobile carriers and cable operators use BelAir Networks to drive revenue, improve competitiveness and deliver a great mobile broadband user experience.
BelAir Networks is a private company with funding from leading service providers including Comcast Interactive Capital and T-Mobile Venture Fund. Other investors include Trilogy Equity Partners, Panorama Capital, Ventures West Management Inc., VenGrowth Capital Partners Inc., McLean Watson Capital, BDC Venture Capital, EDC and Wellington Financial.
The Market Leader
BelAir Networks has been the Service Provider Wi-Fi market share leader for the last four years. This accomplishment reflects the company's track record of success deploying large-scale Wi-Fi networks for major mobile carriers and cable operators.
Proven Performance, People and Products
BelAir Networks powers the world’s largest Wi-Fi networks and has been deployed in some of the highest traffic, highest interference environments, including Times Square in New York City. To address the demands of Tier 1 carrier customers, BelAir Networks solutions are massively scalable and designed to integrate with the carrier’s current network and back office infrastructure. Carriers also benefit from BelAir Networks unparalled experience in designing, planning, deploying and managing large-scale small cell networks. This experience reduces the learning curve for BelAir Networks customers and ensures a successful network rollout.
BelAir Networks comprehensive product and service portfolio includes:
- Indoor and outdoor 802.11n Wi-Fi APs with 2-4 radios supporting Wi-Fi access and backhaul interconnections at both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz
- Outdoor picocells combining licensed 3G or 4G base stations with dual 802.11n radios
- BelAirOS operating system software enabling back office integration with the carrier’s existing systems (policy management, AAA, edge routers) and supporting network wide mobility
- BelView network management supporting up to 50,000 APs in one network on a scalable client-server-data collector architecture with web-based monitoring
- Carrier business intelligence tools including the BelAir Synthetic Client, BelAir Offload Counter, and BelView Smartphone Dashboard
- Network planning, deployment, integration and support services
Innovations and Patents
BelAir Networks commitment to innovation has resulted in a number of industry firsts and an impressive collection of patents, including:
- First 802.11n products for outdoor deployments
- First Cable Wi-Fi solutions, including APs built on the company's patented strand mount architecture
- First strand-mounted picocell combining licensed and unlicensed frequencies
- 19 patents including essential patents for both strand-mount and switched mesh architectures, and 35 applications in progress