For Immediate Release
Wind Leads The Way With SlipStream Data's Newest Acceleration Technology
Italy's Leading Wireless/ISP/Portal First to Deliver Highest Image Quality AND Fastest Web and Email Experience
WATERLOO, ON, Canada - April 25, 2006 - SlipStream Data Inc., the industry leader in data acceleration software confirmed today that its latest acceleration technology will soon provide Wind's wired and wireless subscribers with new levels of accelerated Web browsing service. Wind, a current top tier customer with SlipStream Data will make the new SlipStream products available across all their networks (dial, GPRS, UMTS).
Wind will use SlipStream NOW!Imaging™ to offer an enhanced level of accelerated service delivering both the highest image quality AND the fastest user experience. With this new progressive imaging product, users experience browsing speeds that are up to 14x faster than over non-accelerated fixed and mobile networks. Wind is the first service provider in Italy to offer NOW!Imaging.
"Wind has had tremendous success," said Carlos Hernandez, Director, International Sales for SlipStream. "We were thrilled to hear that they will take their service to a new level by offering NOW!Imaging technology to their customers. With this, they demonstrate their leadership and innovation once again."
SlipStream uses patented acceleration, adaptive data compression and state-of-the-art network optimization technology to streamline text, graphics, Flash and Web-based emails, including attachments. SlipStream's technology is currently the defacto standard globally. Its legions of service provider customers have exceeded the 2000 mark in over 45 countries. SlipStream's versatile technology lends itself to unprecedented performance over wired and mobile networks and is the only mobile solution to support the widest range of devices (handsets, Smartphones, PDAs and laptops) and deliver consistent Quality of Service (QoS) from good to poor RF and across all network generations (2.5G, 3G, 4G).
SlipStream's solution for Service Providers will be at numerous trade shows in 2006 including SVIAZ/EXPO COMM, Moscow (May 10-13), ISPCON Spring 2006, Baltimore, USA (May 16-18), CommunicAsia 2006, Singapore (June 20-23), 3GSM World Congress Asia, Singapore (Oct. 16-20), Andicom 2006, Colombia (Oct. 25-27), World Handset Forum, San Diego, USA (Oct.31-Nov. 1) and Gitex 2006, United Arab Emirates (Nov. 18-22).
About Wind
Founded in 1997, Wind Telecomunicazioni SpA is the only European operator to offer integrated fixed, mobile and Internet services. Wind is the leading alternative provider of fixed-line services, operates Italy's number one Internet portal (www.libero.it) and is the country's second largest Internet Service Provider (ISP). The Company, which has been the fastest start-up among the Tlc companies in Europe, is also the number three Italian mobile operator, with a market share of more than 20%.
About SlipStream Data Inc.
SlipStream Data Inc. delivers the fastest, most reliable acceleration, adaptive data compression and network optimization technology, enabling service providers and technology partners to enhance the Web browsing and email experience for mobile, broadband and dial users, while significantly reducing bandwidth requirements. SlipStream's patented, easy-to-deploy technology is the fastest in the market, as confirmed by recent independent testing. SlipStream's core technology, the SlipStream Acceleration & Optimization Engine, is the most widely-deployed Web and email acceleration technology in the world, in use by more than 2000 service providers including Tele2, OnSpeed, Wanadoo , Telekom Africa, Turk Telecom, Bell Canada and Netscape OnLine and in over 45 countries. For more information visit: www.slipstream.com.
* SlipStream is a registered trademark of SlipStream Data Inc. All other marks are property of their respective owners.
For More Information:
Richard Nelson - Bridgehead Project (European PR consultants for SlipStream Data)
Tel: +44 (0)7795 422211 or Email: richardnelson@bridgeheadproject.com
Mike Marsh - Senior Director, Marketing & Product Management, SlipStream Data Inc.
Tel: +1 519 886 6738, ext. 220 or Email: mmarsh@slipstream.com
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