Sandvine Opens in Europe

BASINGSTOKE, Hampshire, U.K. -- Sandvine Incorporated announced today the opening of its European, Middle East and African (EMEA) headquarters and the establishment of Sandvine Limited in the U.K. The new subsidiary will serve as the cornerstone of Sandvine's European sales operation and enable the company to support demand from broadband service providers for Sandvine's range of peer-to-peer policy management and network-based subscription service products. In addition, Sandvine EMEA will augment overall support capacity and enable local-area, 24/7 coverage for the company's growing base of global customers Helming the new subsidiary is managing director Chris Colman, a veteran network equipment marketer with more than 20 years experience in the EMEA operational theatre. "Peer-to-peer file sharing traffic is weighing down service provider networks in every corner of the globe," said Dave Caputo, president and CEO of Sandvine. "The establishment of Sandvine EMEA signals our commitment to help service providers in this region better manage the impact of P2P file-sharing on their networks, and take advantage of the opportunity to increase their revenues by delivering network-based firewall, content filtering and anti-virus solutions to their residential broadband subscribers."Sandvine Inc. Sandvine Ltd.