Provisioning Aggregator

Telepocalyse calls iPass a Provisioning Aggregator. He refers the services of iPass related to WiFi. iPass makes deals with multiple WiFi Network Operators and resells the bundle to consumers.

I am not sure I like the term Provisioning Aggregator. It does remind me more of MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator). iPass does not have a network, so they are virtual. What is different is the Roaming-function. For WiFi I guess that there is still no roaming between Network Operators. iPass only allows for connectivity with multiple Network Operators. I would not call this aggregation though.

But it is indeed an interesting development in a world where the number of Network Operators increases. Might make iPass stronger.