Aptilo Networks Named a Red Herring Top 100 Global Company
STOCKHOLM – Aptilo Networks, the global leader in integrated management solutions for control of billing, user services and access in WiMAX™ and Wi-Fi networks, today announced that it has been named one of the Red Herring Top 100 Global Companies.
Red Herring Top 100 Global Companies are chosen from winners and finalists of the previous North America, Europe and Asia Red Herring Top 100 Companies.
Winning and finalist companies from the previous three years were eligible for this outstanding award. Out of 1,800 successful and highly eligible companies, the Red Herring editorial team deployed a detailed process to drill-down to the best companies first to 200 finalists, then to the top 100 winners of this global award.
Evaluations were made on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, innovation, management, global strategy and ecosystem integration. The announcement of the winners was made at the Red Herring 100 Global event which took place in San Diego from January 14-16, 2009. Present among the finalists were elite executives and venture capital leaders from around the world.
“We were so pleased to announce Aptilo Networks as a Red Herring Top 100 Global Company,” commented Red Herring publisher Alex Vieux. “Aptilo has proven to be a company excelling in their industry and its ripples have turned into waves. It was difficult for us to narrow down, but we are pleased to have included Aptilo in our list of promising companies. We look forward to the changes it makes to its industry in the future.”
Aptilo Networks is the leading vendor of integrated service management and access control solutions for service providers, enterprises and municipalities providing IP-based data and voice services over WiMAX and Wi-Fi networks. Aptilo’s service management platforms control billing, user services and access in these networks, which are currently deployed worldwide in more than 40 countries. Aptilo’s solutions are available as software licenses or through a hosted Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) option via the Aptilo Managed Service™, which is ideally suited to global enterprises deploying Guest Internet Access networks. Aptilo is the only vendor of its kind that offers SaaS globally.
Aptilo’s solutions can be deployed with extensive functionalities already built-in, smoothing the way for fast deployments, and are also available with unique modularity for seamless integration to external additional systems of choice.
“Aptilo Networks is well positioned for continued growth even in today’s economy, as our cost-effective service management solutions facilitate rapid Wi-Fi and WiMAX deployments and our Software-as-a-Service option enables customers to start operation without the initial investments,” said Torbjorn Ward, chief executive officer, Aptilo Networks. “We were proud to be named to the Red Herring 100 Europe, and are thrilled to be singled out today as one of the Red Herring Top 100 Global.”
About Red Herring
Red Herring is a global media company, which unites the world’s best high technology innovators, venture investors and business decision-makers in a variety of forums: a leading innovation magazine, an online daily technology news service, technology newsletters and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider’s access to the global innovation economy, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy. More information about Red Herring is available on the internet at www.redherring.com.
About Aptilo Networks
Aptilo Networks is the global leader in integrated management solutions for control of billing, user services and access in WiMAX™ and Wi-Fi networks. Selected by premier business partners such as Nortel, Cisco and HP, Aptilo has become the provider of choice for service providers, enterprises and municipalities in need of a rapidly deployable, scalable multi-service solution to easily manage data and voice services over these networks.
Aptilo’s comprehensive platform delivers exceptional flexibility for successful operations and a superior user experience. Its cost-effective solutions boast extensive pre-integrated functionality for fast and reliable time-to-market, yet are also available with unique modularity for seamless integration to external additional systems of choice. Customers can enjoy the option of a hosted delivery using Aptilo’s managed service (Software-as-a-Service) from one of our many regional data centers located worldwide, or utilize a software license model. From smaller installations to large carrier networks, Aptilo’s solutions have been deployed in more than 40 countries.
Aptilo Networks is headquartered in Stockholm, with regional offices in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Plano, Texas. For more information, please visit www.aptilo.com.
Aptilo Contact:
Hillary Call, Public Relations Manager
Aptilo Networks AB
P: (917) 414-9262
hillary.call@aptilo.com
Red Herring Contacts:
Anam Alpenia
Red Herring, Inc.
Phone: 650-428-2900
Email: aalpenia@redherring.com
Yvonne Caprini
Logistics Manager
Red Herring, Inc.
Phone: 1 650 428 2900 x 410
Email: ycaprini@redherring.com