RALINK TECHNOLOGY CORP. 
By MediaTek Provides First and Only Smartphone Platform in the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED PasspointTM Program Test Bed
TAIWAN, Hsinchu - 3 July, 2012 - MediaTek Inc., a leading
fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications
and digital multimedia solutions, today announced that its
dual-SIM Android smartphone platform has been included in
the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED PasspointTM test bed as the first and
only mobile benchmark platform used for seamless Wi-Fi
network access and secure connectivity for mobile devices
on the go. MediaTek's role in developing the Wi-Fi
CERTIFIED PasspointTM program includes early involvement in
proposing fundamental elements of the underlying Wi-Fi
Alliance Hotspot 2.0 Specification, driving
interoperability testing based on its dual-SIM Android
smartphone platform, and contributing proposals that make
the certification ideal for mobile devices to automatically
discover and connect to Wi-Fi networks, delivering the true
mobile broadband experience that users want.
"We congratulate MediaTek on achieving selection to
the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED PasspointTM test bed,"said Wi-Fi
Alliance CEO Edgar Figueroa. "MediaTek's participation
in the development of this program has been instrumental in
the achievement of an industry-wide certification for this
program."
"The user experience generated by Wi-Fi CERTIFIED
PasspointTM equipment will delight subscribers and
operators alike," said SR Tsai, General Manager of
MediaTek's Wireless Connectivity & Networking Business
Unit. "We are pleased to have been a part of the
development of this program. MediaTek's industry leadership
in performance, integration, efficiency and reliability can
now bring the powerful new capabilities of Wi-Fi CERTIFIED
PasspointTM to the widest possible range of smartphone
devices."
Based on technologies defined in the Wi-Fi Alliance Hotspot
2.0 Specification, the new Wi-Fi CERTIFIED PasspointTM
program is the first industry standard to cultivate
multi-service provider Wi-Fi roaming capabilities. Not only
will mobile operators have a new solution for offloading
bandwidth-constrained cellular networks, but mobile device
users will also be able to enjoy easier and better
connections to Wi-Fi hotspots.
MediaTek offers a broad portfolio of high-performance
wireless communication solutions for the proliferation of
smartphones, tablets, personal computers and AP/routers.
The Wi-Fi CERTIFIED PasspointTM MediaTek solution included
in the test bed is:
• MediaTek Hotspot 2.0 Client V1 (based on a MediaTek
MT6575 dual-SIM platform for mid and entry
