Nokia Networks enters into partnership with Flash Networks

Nokia Networks has signed a partnership agreement with Flash Networks to include Flash Networks’ Harmony™ Gateway as part of its mobile broadband core network offering. The market leading solution enables operators to optimize video and web traffic for an improved user experience, including faster web browsing and downloads, smoother video viewing, and content control services.
“Partnering is an essential part of our company strategy to enable business growth for all the players in the market. We see an exciting partnering opportunity with Flash Networks to extend the ecosystem and grow beyond our current mobile broadband portfolio,” says Thorsten Robrecht, vice president at Nokia Networks. “With the addition of Flash Networks’ offerings into our mobile broadband portfolio, we create a significant value-add and enable mobile operators to maintain a competitive edge by providing the fastest network possible while handling the dynamic growth in mobile data.”
“We are delighted to team up with Nokia to improve the mobile internet user experience,” says Ran Fridman, senior vice president of worldwide sales at Flash Networks. “Thanks to the partnership we will be able to expand our market reach while helping operators improve their network performance in a cost effective way by better utilizing their existing network capacity.”
The Harmony optimization solution from Flash Networks improves average mobile access speeds by 50 percent while keeping video stalling to a minimum and reducing network load by 30 percent. It provides operators with a more cost-effective architecture for 4G and 3G networks by providing them with more bandwidth management flexibility combined with Nokia Networks’ planning and optimization expertise in mobile broadband.
With this agreement, which is part of Nokia Networks partnering strategy, the company will continue to strengthen development and innovation efforts for meeting the market demands and delivering the solutions of the future.