Holmdel , NJ - Flash Networks, the leading provider of wireless data optimization infrastructure solutions, today announced that Sprint (NYSE: FON, PCS) has selected their flagship product, NettGain™ to enable its industry-first offering of managed Wireless-IP VPN services. Flash Networks’ NettGain will enable Sprint to offer secure, anytime/anywhere wireless access to corporate information.
Using NettGain products, mobile workers can now connect to email, corporate data and the Internet using any data-capable phone or wireless modem card and Sprint’s managed Wireless IP VPN service. The integrated solution is user friendly and compatible with all network types. It can be easily scaled to grow to meet expanding customer needs and support thousands of users.
“We chose NettGain technology as a best-in-class solution to dramatically improve the performance and effective speed of wireless data transmission of our Managed VPN service. NettGain will expand the throughput, increase available bandwidth and create a wire-line experience.” said Barry Tishgart, Director – Data Product Management, Sprint. “We expect the offering to be very successful.”
“Enterprise customers are seeking simple, cost effective solutions for secure wireless access to email and other corporate applications. The addition of Wireless IP VPN to Sprint’s managed services portfolio will meet these customers’ demands,” said P.K. Prasanna, President, Flash Networks, Inc & COO. “
Sprint’s Managed Wireless IP VPN with NettGain’s best-in-class wireless data support, will enable enterprises to mobilize their existing applications in a secure, cost effective way. The solution is easily deployed and can be integrated with existing corporate infrastructure to provide compelling economic returns.
About Sprint
Sprint is a global communications company serving more than 23 million business and residential customers in more than 70 countries. With 80,000-plus employees worldwide and more than $26 billion in annual revenues, Sprint is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying state of the art network technologies, including the United States' first nationwide all-digital, fiber-optic network. Sprint's award-winning Tier 1 Internet backbone is being extended to key global markets to provide customers with a broad portfolio of scalable IP products. Sprint's high-capacity, high-speed network gives customers fast, dependable, non-stop access to the vast majority of the world's Internet content. Sprint also operates the largest 100-percent digital, nationwide PCS wireless network in the United States, already serving the majority of the nation's metropolitan areas including more than 4,000 cities and communities.
About Flash Networks, Inc
Founded in 1996, Flash Networks has been defining and delivering the technology for wireless data access since its inception. Flash Networks creates software infrastructure solutions to support carrier and enterprise customers worldwide.
The Flash Networks’ Nettgain product portfolio helps clients overcome wireless network challenges to maximize workforce productivity and minimize IT expense. The flagship product line, NettGain, meets all the technical and business requirements - transparently, reliably and inexpensively. As a result, NettGain has become the "must have" product for today's mobile networks thanks to its unique combination of features. NettGain is already widely deployed with blue-chip clients in the USA, Europe and Asia.
Flash Networks maintains offices in Holmdel, N.J., USA and Herzelia, Israel, as well as support centers in Germany and the Netherlands.