Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. July 9, 2012 – Sandvine, a provider of intelligent broadband network solutions for fixed and mobile operators, has received over $2 million in Network Policy Control orders from one of the top 10 telecom providers in the USA. The company has also concluded a new supply arrangement with Alcatel-Lucent for sales of its Network Policy Control solutions to a joint, multinational operator group customer.
The first-mentioned service provider purchased Sandvine’s Policy Traffic Switch (PTS), Fairshare Traffic Management and Usage Management products to increase the quality of experience for subscribers across their DSL network.
Sandvine was selected based on its proven congestion and policy management capabilities. Sandvine’s Fairshare Traffic Management manages the inherent competition for limited network resources so that the best possible quality of experience is preserved for the maximum number of subscribers for the maximum amount of time. Sandvine’s Fairshare Traffic Management has been deployed in over 110 service provider networks worldwide to address congestion management across all access technologies.
“A provider of telephone and broadband services, this telecom provider is committed to delivering a consistently high quality user experience across the full range of their products and services,” said Tom Donnelly, COO, Sales & Global Services, Sandvine. “Sandvine’s access agnostic solutions for fixed and mobile operators make an ideal solution for this type of network.”
In the Alcatel-Lucent deal, Sandvine has received follow-on orders from five properties in the operator group totalling approximately $2.5 million. Sandvine expects that a portion of the revenue relating to these orders will begin to be recognised in its third quarter.
“We are very pleased to finalize our supply arrangement with our partner and to see orders from this important customer begin to flow again. We have visibility into opportunities with certain properties within the global operator group, and expect additional business over coming quarters,” said Dave Caputo, Sandvine’s President and CEO.
- Orders to date include demand for:
- Sandvine’s PTS 24000 platform;
- Online charging to support the implementation of new service tiers;
- Network protection for a more secure subscriber experience;
- Traffic steering to ecosystem partner solutions, such as content caching for more efficient delivery of content to subscribers.
Sandvine’s network policy control solutions focus on protecting and improving the quality of experience on the internet. Its network policy control equipment and software helps fixed and wireless and mobile operators better understand network traffic, manage network congestion, create new services and revenues, mitigate traffic that is malicious or undesirable to subscribers, deliver QoS-prioritised multimedia services and increase subscriber satisfaction. Sandvine (TSX:SVC; AIM:SAND) has more than 200 service provider customers in over 85 countries, serving hundreds of millions of broadband and mobile data subscribers.
