solutions for Cable, DSL, FTTx, fixed wireless and mobile operators, today announced two new customer wins and the opening of a new sales and support office in the Middle Eastern region.

Sandvine's newest customers, located in Qatar and Kuwait, represent over one million fixed subscribers and two million mobile subscribers in over 16 countries in the region. The customers are deploying Sandvine's Policy Traffic Switch (PTS) platform and various applications from Sandvine's service creation, network integrity and traffic optimization suite of solutions. Together, these solutions help service providers offer subscribers new value-added services, protect subscribers from malicious traffic and optimally share network resources.

"Broadband networks are experiencing rapid growth as millions of new subscribers around the world connect to the Internet," said Tom Donnelly, EVP Sales and Marketing, Sandvine. "Service providers are responding by evolving their networks from a best efforts model to a policy management model-and Sandvine is the lead vendor for this evolution. We offer the broadest set of solutions and the most proven, flexible and high-performance platform available today."

To support their international growth, Sandvine has also opened a sales and support office in Dubai, marking their sixth international office location to date.

"We have thousands of PTS units deployed for more than 110 customers in over 40 countries. Together, these service providers represent over 60 million broadband subscribers," said Dave Caputo, CEO, Sandvine. "Our global footprint is growing steadily and we are putting down roots to support these evolving markets."

About Sandvine

Sandvine is focused on protecting and improving the quality of experience on the Internet. Our award-winning network equipment helps DSL, FTTx, cable, fixed wireless and mobile operators better understand network traffic, increase customer satisfaction, mitigate the proliferation of malicious traffic, manage network congestion, and deliver QoS-prioritized multimedia services.

Information Source:    Marketwire