LONDON -- NTL Business, a leading provider of communications services to businesses and public sector organisations, has today announced the launch of Broadband Power, a range of ADSL-based Virtual Private Network (VPN) solutions.

Broadband Power is designed to deliver a fully-managed end-to-end VPN solution for organisations of all sizes looking to establish cost-effective high bandwidth links between disparate sites. It is ideal for organisations with satellite sites that require access to centralised Head Office systems, Intranets, applications and the Internet, or for companies implementing teleworking solutions.

In addition, Broadband Power provides a flexible and cost effective solution to smaller organisations that have previously found the costs of bespoke VPN solutions or multiple leased lines to be prohibitive, yet require more speed, capacity and security than lower-end products such as DIY Internet VPNs generally offer.

By carrying traffic over NTL’s private ATM network rather than the public Internet, Broadband Power offers enhanced security for sensitive data communications. It is designed to offer a high degree of flexibility and can be easily integrated into existing network access solutions, preventing the need for complete network overhaul as new sites are added.

Nigel Lee, Product Manager at NTL Business, commented: “Businesses and public sector institutions alike increasingly need to support communications between a number of geographically diverse sites. And with the introduction of new flexible working legislation, growing numbers of organisations are also looking at ways to enable home access for teleworkers.

“We identified a clear market requirement for a range of solutions that would deliver secure network access and also offer the flexibility of adding new sites as the need arises, without enormous additional expense. Broadband Power meets all of these needs and makes the benefits of Virtual Private Networking a realistic prospect for many organisations for the first time.”

NTL Inc.