Saguna Networks Nominated for GSMA Award

Feb. 13, 2012 - PRLog -- Nesher, Israel (February 13, 2012) – Saguna Networks, an innovative provider of Radio Access Network (RAN) application acceleration and mobile content delivery on HSPA and LTE networks, today announced that the company has been nominated for GSMA's 2012 Annual Global Mobile Awards in the Best Technology Breakthrough category.

The GSMA Best Technology Breakthrough award will recognize the best technology contribution made for increasing mobile usage, expanding the user experience and helping expand business opportunities. The nominees for the Best Technology Breakthrough award will be judged by a panel of Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) from leading mobile operators from around the world.

“New sources of revenue, user experience and infrastructure costs are all high on the agendas of mobile operator executives,” explained Lior Fite, CEO at Saguna Networks. “This important award nomination elevates the significance of our game changing technology for mobile operators to monetize internet content and applications, increase the utilization of existing infrastructure and provide users with unparalleled web browsing experience.”

Saguna Networks is developing a RAN application acceleration solution for optimizing the delivery cost of web content and applications over mobile networks. Saguna Networks’ Content Optimization Delivery System improves the mobile broadband experience without the need for mobile network operators to increase capacity in RAN. By placing popular Internet content at the LTE network edge, Saguna CODS™ reduces repetitive content delivery traffic and costs by approximately 70%, while improving the user experience and service delivery and allowing mobile network operators to offer new Over-the-Top (OTT) revenue generating services.

“It is a significant achievement to have made the shortlist, and our warmest congratulations go to all the nominees,” said Michael O’Hara, Chief Marketing Officer and GSMA. “We look forward to the unveiling of the winners at the Mobile World Congress.”
About Saguna Networks

Saguna Networks is an innovative provider of Radio Access Network (RAN) application acceleration and mobile content delivery on HSPA and LTE networks. Saguna Networks’ Content Optimization Delivery System is a patent-pending application acceleration and caching solution for mobile RAN. Saguna CODS™ is a proven solution to reduce data loads over the mobile backhaul by up to 70% and improve the Radio Interface efficiency by 20% to 30%. Saguna CODS uses DNS caching, content caching and capacity management technologies to substantially improve mobile network operator economics, while creating new level of service delivery and user experience in a transparent way.

For more information, please visit www.saguna.net.

About The GSMA
The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide. Spanning 219 countries, the GSMA unites nearly 800 of the world's mobile operators, as well as more than 200 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset makers, software companies, equipment providers, Internet companies, and media and entertainment organisations. The GSMA also produces industry-leading events such as the Mobile World Congress and Mobile Asia Congress.

About GSMA's Global Mobile Awards
The Global Mobile Awards is the most highly sought after awards in the global communications industry. Established in 1996, the Awards attract entries from across the world and are judged by a panel of independent, highly respected experts. They are presented at the Mobile World Congress, the mobile industry's annual gathering of around 60,000 senior industry leaders, executives, media, analysts and influencers.
Full information on the Global Mobile Awards can be found at www.globalmobileawards.com.

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