5BARz enters Wi-Fi router business

NEW DELHI: 5BARz India Private Limited a wholly owned subsidiary of 5BARz International, has announced that it has entered the wireless router business through its advanced next generation Wi-Fi broadband router and smart hub that brings in new innovations for the homes in emerging markets.

The new product comes with intuitive features and state-of-the-art functionalities that will now enable Wi-Fi users to smartly monitor, manage and control their home networks while at home or away.

The product brings in a fundamental change in thinking of Wi-Fi users across the world who earlier viewed the router as a mere hardware device, the sole function of which was to enable access to the internet. The 5BARz Wi-Fi device comes with the 5BARz Smart Experience connectivity software and applications that will enable homes to customize their internet experience completely.

This announcement comes immediately following the announcement on August 31 of signing a landmark deal with a top ISP to deliver a minimum of 5 million units of these devices in India alone over the next few years. The contract volume is close to 1.25 times the current annual router sales of the entire country. On deployment, 5BARz WiFi solution will enable nearly 25 million users to avail the fastest, optimal and smartest broadband connectivity in the country making it the largest deployment of a solution of its kind in the world.

The Wi-Fi device comes with some features such as: dual backhaul, power backup, mini Wi-Fi instances for each member, customizable bandwidth and data usage, remote monitoring, alerts and advanced IoT capabilities which can be monitored and customized with the easy-to-use 5BARz Smart Experience connectivity suite of applications from anywhere and at any time. The product functions as a hub for the smart devices with these built in IoT capabilities which come as a default feature in the device.

Samartha Nagabhushanam, CEO of 5BARz India Private Limited, commented, “We are confident that this product has the potential to drive growth in not just India but other emerging markets as well. We have innovated this game changing technology in the Wi-Fi domain considering one simple fact: Over 80% of data usage happens indoors. This space needed a transformation. Our 5BARz thinking and specifically the Wi-Fi product improves overall performance and efficiency of a Wi-Fi network, bringing tremendous benefits & experience to the customers in today’s Wi-Fi intensive world.”

Sumanth Sarangapani, one of the leading Smart Home Solution provider in India Says, “5BARz which is well known for its endeavor to build world-class technology solutions has come up with another unique product. I am positive that this will be a major milestone in their product journey. The 5BARz Wi-Fi experience suite will really transform connectivity and change the current thinking of looking at a router into an expectation of a smart home assistant”.