Operated by Ogero · Beirut, Lebanon
Ogero needed the Beirut airport network to do two jobs at once: give every passenger a complimentary session, and sell a better one to travelers who need it — online by card, or in person through an agent. ANTlabs delivered both from a single gateway and a single portal.
The problem
A single undifferentiated Wi-Fi plan forces an impossible choice. Set the session generous enough for the traveler who needs to work, and the operator absorbs the cost for every casual user. Set it tight enough to control cost, and the passenger who genuinely needs bandwidth has nowhere to go.
Ogero also had to serve more than one kind of location. An airport terminal and a public Wi-Fi site have different dwell times, different user expectations and different commercial logic — but the operator wanted one managed environment behind both.
A customized guest Wi-Fi portal with several authentication choices for different user preferences.
Both complimentary access and paid Wi-Fi options, rather than one flat plan.
Centralized gateway and location configuration, DHCP service, VLAN scopes and high-availability connectivity.
Premium access purchasable by online card payment and through agent-assisted voucher sales.
External email, SMS, subscriber authentication and RADIUS accounting integrations for the expanded service.
Different complimentary access durations and menu options for airport versus public Wi-Fi locations.
The solution
ANTlabs Cloud Services (ACS) is the cloud-based platform that gives business owners and IT teams one place to manage Wi-Fi across every site. A network-health map shows the status of each site and the reason for any failure, while multi-level, role-based administration keeps every team to the access it needs. Administrators can also be notified by SMS or email if any module goes down.
| Delivered | Detail |
|---|---|
| ANTlabs IG4 4210 gateway | Deployed with a 5,000-device license. |
| ACS and HA connectivity | The gateway is documented as connected to ACS with high-availability connectivity. |
| DHCP, VLAN and location configuration | DHCP service with configured default scopes, VLANs, service plans and active Ogero location management. |
| Activated service modules | Volume Accounting, RADIUS, Credit Card, Multi-WAN, Lawful Intercept, Advanced QoS, HA and Management Port. |
| Delivered | Detail |
|---|---|
| Custom landing page | A branded Ogero landing page with form-based access and social authentication options. |
| Multiple authentication methods | Email, mobile and social-media authentication configured on the gateway. |
| Location-specific free plans | Phase 2 configured two hours of free Wi-Fi per day at the airport location and 30 minutes per day at the public Wi-Fi location. |
| Delivered | Detail |
|---|---|
| Prepaid Wi-Fi bundles | Credit-card bundles configured for the airport service, with successful purchases issuing voucher access codes by email or SMS. |
| Payment module | The customized flow redirects buyers to the Mastercard payment gateway for prepaid Wi-Fi purchases. |
| Voucher Management System | Onsite agents can create and sell premium Wi-Fi access codes, with payment collected offline by the agent. |
| Delivered | Detail |
|---|---|
| External service integrations | Phase 2 added SMTP, RADIUS client configuration, an external API for Ogero subscriber verification and an external API for sending SMS. |
| RADIUS module | A separate TA virtual machine was added to handle RADIUS accounting calls after login. |
The impact
Next step
Tell us about your terminals, your passengers and how you want to offer Wi-Fi. We’ll show how free access, prepaid bundles and agent-sold vouchers can run from one platform.
