G-Connect and Friendly Europe Announce a European Distribution Agreement; G-Connect's Products Now Available Throughout Europe Through Friendly Europe's Multi-Lingual Sales Team
HERZLIYA, Israel & LONDON--Feb. 2, 20045, 2004--G-Connect Ltd, a supplier of IP service creation products and solutions to the Internet market, and Friendly Europe Ltd., a specialist distributor to European ISPs and Telcos, today announced that they have signed a mutual distribution agreement for G-Connect's POPgate and POPmaestro systems.G-Connect's POPmaestro is the first product of its kind to offer dynamic IP service creation capabilities for all types of communications networks: cable, wireline and wireless. The POPmaestro is optimized for the delivery and marketing of network based revenue-generating services to broadband subscribers.
Selling and marketing to Europe through its multi-lingual technical sales team, Friendly Europe adds a specialist and focused European distribution channel for the G-Connect products.
"We are very excited to have reached this agreement with Friendly Europe," said Erez Kedem, Chief Technical Officer of G-Connect. "Their extensive sales contacts and technical expertise will help the market experience the benefits of our solutions, and allow G-Connect to reach a much broader range of customers for its innovative POPMaestro and POPGate products."
"The product range of G-Connect fits perfectly within our existing product mix," said Michael Glass, Managing Director of Friendly Europe, "We believe that value added services and intelligent IP networks will be the next wave of the Internet development. By working through our dedicated sales professionals we expect to increase the exposure and the market share for G-Connect's innovative products."
About G-Connect Ltd
G-Connect (www.g-connect.com) develops, manufactures and supplies IP access and service creation products and solutions to the dynamic Internet infrastructure market. G-Connect solutions enable wireline, cable, and wireless network operators and Internet service providers to offer to their Internet subscribers an attractive portfolio of revenue-generating Enhanced Differentiated Services.
Headquartered in Israel, G-Connect is an affiliate of ADC Telecommunications Inc. , a leading global supplier of fiber optics, network equipment, software and integration services for broadband, multi-service networks.
About Friendly Europe Ltd
Friendly Europe (www.friendly-europe.com) is a specialist distributor to the European ISP and Telco sectors. Based in London UK, Friendly Europe markets a broad line of subscriber acquisition, connectivity and self-support software for service providers via dial-up, xDSL, cable and wireless.
Friendly Europe has developed a specialist multi-lingual sales team, and has built considerable expertise in marketing and selling to Internet Service Providers and Telcos throughout Europe.