Sandvine Provides Scale Across Rural America

ClearSky Technologies manages traffic for multiple mobile carriers on Sandvine solutions

WATERLOO, ON, Sept. 25, 2012 /CNW/ - Sandvine, (TSX: SVC) (AIM: SAND) a leading provider of intelligent broadband network solutions for fixed and mobile operators, today announced its Network Policy Control products are providing increased scale for mobile connectivity across rural America.  ClearSky Technologies is a provider of hosted and managed mobile data solutions for 80 wireless carriers serving eight million subscribers. ClearSky's hosted traffic management solution is being used by several mobile carriers just five months after aligning with Sandvine.

"Smartphone apps, unlimited data plans and bill shock notification requirements make policy management an essential tool to balance airwave usage while accommodating active users and optimizing costs," said ClearSky Technologies Director of Product Management Lou Grilli. "Leveraging Sandvine's Network Policy Control products we can help our clients manage the rapid growth in data traffic and create new services to increase data ARPU."

Network Policy Control has become an integral part of wireless networks and operators worldwide are choosing Sandvine's solutions to meet the growing demands on resources. A core application of Network Policy Control is Usage Management, a product that tailors data plans that go beyond basic quota-based services to include device-based service packages such as unlimited email, web browsing, social networking, BlackBerry® service and unlimited smartphone tethering.

"We are proud to work with ClearSky Technologies to add scale and expand the quality of experience for subscribers across rural America," said Tom Donnelly, COO, Sales and Global Services.

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ABOUT CLEARSKY TECHNOLOGIES
For more than a decade, ClearSky Technologies has been a leader in providing mobile data solutions for regional wireless carriers, enabling them to offer the same advanced technology as national carriers such as AT&T, Sprint and Verizon. ClearSky's powerful array of products and services includes LTE, traffic and policy management, Multi-Generation SMS, MMS and mobile Internet gateway, along with P-SMS and carrier-branded content portals. Headquartered in Orlando, ClearSky currently provides mobile data services to more than 80 wireless operators serving 8 million subscribers across the Americas. For more information, visit www.csky.com.

ABOUT SANDVINE
Sandvine's network policy control solutions focus on protecting and improving the quality of experience on the Internet. Our award-winning 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-prioritized multimedia services and increase subscriber satisfaction. With over 200 service provider customers in over 85 countries, serving hundreds of millions of broadband and mobile data subscribers, Sandvine is enhancing the Internet experience worldwide. For more information, please visit: www.sandvine.com. 

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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SOURCE: Sandvine Incorporated