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three6five is first in Africa to achieve Advantage Partner Status with Sandvine

Johannesburg, 17 Nov 2014

three6five, the Internet Protocol (IP) networking expert and value-added reseller, is pleased to announce it has become the first Sandvine partner in Africa to achieve Advantage Partner Status within Sandvine's partner programme.

Sandvine (TSX-SVC) is a global leader in providing network policy control solutions that add intelligence to fixed, mobile and converged communications service provider networks. Sandvine's networking equipment provides end-to-end policy control functions, including traffic classification and policy decision and enforcement across the data, control and business planes.

Sandvine's global Channel Partner Program helps Sandvine extend its reach across a customer base of more than 250 operators across the globe. Sandvine's success in Africa is equally impressive, with more than 30 networks in approximately 20 African countries having selected Sandvine to improve quality of experience, control costs and drive service innovation.

Advantage partners are recognised for their broader technical expertise, including integrated solutions, policy development and advanced troubleshooting. They are heavily invested in Sandvine skill sets, have access to Sandvine laboratory equipment and have the means and skills to provide high levels of local support and professional service.

"three6five achieved Advantage Partner Status within its first two years of partnership with Sandvine. With a team of more than 67 industry leading engineers, we have the technical expertise and know-how to effectively implement Sandvine technology and to maintain the high levels of support and professional service that such business mission-critical solutions require," says Tyrone Carroll, Chief Executive Officer of three6five.

"We are greatly appreciative of the effort and investment that three6five has made in the Sandvine Partner Program. It is a highly respected organisation that has proven itself to be invaluable in the support of our mutual customers and in their contribution towards business strategies that have helped our customers gain the edge they need in a competing marketplace. We are proud to have three6five as an advantage partner of Sandvine and are looking forward to a continued successful working relationship," says Sybren van der Leij, Alliances Manager - Africa.

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three6five

three6five provides any enterprise or carrier the assistance they need to build, improve and manage their IP networks. The company's advanced technical skills are complemented by an extensive heritage in determining both the business and technical requirements to provide the performance and features required by your business.

three6five's recommendations are based on real-world experiences and a rigorous, practical approach which leaves you with a reliable network that just works. three6five strives towards helping people gain knowledge and an education, thus creating business opportunities, financial freedom and, ultimately, political freedom. The company works towards empowering African communication.

It has a large customer footprint in Africa, with local offices in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town.

Sandvine

Sandvine's network policy control solutions add intelligence to fixed, mobile and converged communications service provider networks to enable services that can increase revenue and reduce network costs. Powered by Sandvine's Policy Engine and SandScript policy language, Sandvine's networking equipment performs end-to-end policy control functions, including traffic classification, and policy decision and enforcement across the data, control and business planes. Sandvine's products provide actionable business insight, the ability to deploy new subscriber services and tools to optimise traffic while enhancing subscriber Internet quality of experience.

Sandvine's network policy control solutions are deployed in more than 250 networks in over 90 countries, serving hundreds of millions of data subscribers worldwide, www.sandvine.com.

Editorial contacts

Lynelle Potgieter
Three6five
0860 000 365
lynelle@three6five.com