Antlabs

ANTlabs (ANTlabs Pte. Ltd.) is a Network Technology company based in Singapore. ANTlabs specializes in providing network access management solutions centered in these areas: Mobile Offloading, Carrier WiFi, Hospitality and BYOD (Bring Your Own Device). ANTlabs products are typically used in visitor-based networks such as those in hotels, telecommunications companies, ISPs, airports, convention centers and stadiums . ANTlabs gateway products such as SSG (Service Selection Gateways), Tru’Auth and InnGate are well known for its guest Internet access control, bandwidth management, and guest Internet monetization through its Multi-Tier QoS and multi-device support features along with its advanced security and Multi-WAN module that enables location-based network access control and centralized network policy management.

Overview

ANTlabs products and solutions are for both large and small-scale settings, catering to the needs of Telcos/ISP infrastructures, hospitality industry and enterprise/visitor-based networks. ANTlabs’ years of research and development allowed the company to create products that focus on providing clear network technologies that are cost-effective and scalable providing faster ROI, making it cost-efficient. ANTlabs products utilize existing network and serve both the company’s clients’ and their clients’ guests’ needs.

ANTlabs has multiple international patents approved through the years.

History

ANTlabs was founded and established in October 15, 1999 by Ang Kwang Tat, Aw Peng Soon, John Sim, Rhandeev Singh, Teo Wee Tuck and Toh Young Koon in Singapore. ANTlabs initially provided guest Internet management solutions before branching into the telco hot spot space in 2001. In 2004, ANTlabs deployed to Europe, China, Middle East, Australia and Asia, and in January 2007, ANTlabs secured their first million dollar network services and maintenance contract for Changi Airport. They opened a branch in Johor Bahru, Malaysia recently in 2013.

Products and solutions

SSG (Service Selection Gateway) enables Telcos/ISP (Internet Service Provider) infrastructures to provide wireless broadband hotspots to its subscribers. As of 2013, SSG is designed to concurrently support up to 20,000 active users and 2,000 locations per gateway.

InnGate is designed for the hospitality industry and corporate guest networks. This gateway enables service providers to offer high-speed Internet access as a value-added service in hotels, airports, campuses and other properties. One of the best-known features of InnGate is its Multi-Tier QoS module, which is an advanced traffic management feature that allows service providers to give tiered bandwidth allocation to users: Guaranteed, Premium and Complimentary.

IG 3100 is a product released in 2013 to cater to smaller properties such as 100-150-room hotels. It is similar to the InnGate but on a scaled down version. It only has two-tier QoS, unlike InnGate’s Multi-Tier QoS.

Tru’Auth enables service providers to deploy tiered and differentiated services across a combination of WiFi, 3G, LTE and broadband networks. This may be used in provisioning and billing. Tru’Auth natively supports many AAA protocol methods to meet specific requirements and it is pre-configured by default with many third party vendor-specific attributes. Its APIs also allow integration with OSS/BSS, external provisioning and other portal systems. Tru'Auth can be deployed in a single server setup which can support up to 1,000 RADIUS transactions per second. Scalability-wise, Tru’Auth can be deployed in a clustered environment to scale for higher performances.