D-Link, and Tomizone, a global Wi-Fi service provider and Wi-Fi hotspot company, have recently announced that Tomizone has joined D-Link's Global Alliance Program (GAP) for Solution Partner to integrate its Wi-Fi hotspot software into select D-Link router models. With the software integration, customers can choose to enable the service function for setting up their own Wi-Fi hotspots to offer Internet access services to friends or public users.

The software billing platform will enable the collection of necessary data to bill users, govern usage, and manage all billing processes through Tomizone on behalf of the hotspot owner. This collaborative effort will also help customers reap greater benefits using D-Link Routers and will at the same time provide potential increased business opportunities for D-Link to win more projects.

"This alliance is ideal for us in securing a powerful opportunity for both parties to deliver more value to customers," said Tony Tsao, CEO and President of D-Link Corporation. "We see great potential opportunities in this alliance for large project deployments, with probable orders for hundreds of routers per project, especially targeting at Wi-Fi service providers and hospitality industry, such as hotels, cafes and even campuses requiring Wi-Fi Hotspot access service."

Users in India with Tomizone enabled D-Link routers can secure a broadband connection for Wi-Fi Hotspot sharing to provide paid Internet access to anyone. This means that creating a Wi-Fi Hotspot for anyone with intention to monetize broadband is simple with the software’s self-activation process. This solution also complies with the local Indian regulatory norms.

India with only few thousand public hotspots has a great potential to leverage from this Wi-Fi solution. One of the unique features includes roaming between any Tomizone Hotspot and with this owners of large chain stores for example, could earn additional revenues. Also with the new solution, potential hotspot owners can not only secure their Hotspot for public usage, but are assured that user data is being monitored and stored for authorities on their behalf if required.

The Tomizone Service is currently available in D-Link wireless product models DI-524UP, DIR-300 and DSA-3600. A new range of D-Link wireless products will also support this service in the future.