The Mobile Internet Explosion: Manage it Profitably Consumers worldwide are embracing a new generation of mobile data services. Service providers, in turn, are responding with aggressive rollouts of 3G, HSPA, EVDO, WiMAX and LTE networks to attract consumers with the same performance, quality and open Internet access of their residential broadband service. Scaling to the world’s largest networks, Sandvine provides network policy control solutions for mobile service providers to create innovative service plans and deliver consistent, high-quality services.

The Sandvine platform is specialized for high capacity and performance, and provides a suite of solutions to address a wide range of business needs to:

Measure and Characterize Network Activity

Sandvine Network Demographics reporting offers critical business intelligence based on traffic application usage per subscriber and per tier. Rate plans and marketing programs can adapt to reflect new trends and network capacity can be better planned with a clear view of the applications driving network bandwidth.

Manage Traffic Fairly

Sandvine traffic management accurately addresses network congestion in a fair manner in order to make the Internet experience better for all subscribers. Excessive peak period usage by bandwidth-intensive users, or by applications such as P2P file-sharing, can be constrained so that the majority of subscribers are not adversely impacted by a small minority of heavy users. QoS-priority can be applied to sensitive traffic such as VoIP, online gaming and streaming video.

Maximize Revenue Potential

Sandvine quota management and integration with online charging systems provides the platform for revenue generation using both traffic-based and time-based usage plans. Subscribers are given visibility into their online usage and specific market segments can be targeted by zero-rating sponsored content.