Tuesday, December 7, 2010

A Handshake with Sierra Wireless

It's no secret that the fixed wireless broadband solutions that we provide depend heavily on the quality of our partners' products and services as well. We've been blessed to form partnerships with companies who help us to build a reputation for excellence we can be proud of. This includes, of course, our carriers who provide the broadband connection, as well as the hardware that interfaces with our proprietary antenna technology.

Sierra Wireless is one of those top-notch partners. It is for that reason that we are very happy to share the announcement about our co-marketing agreement. In November, a press release officially announced our joint marketing agreement to promote secure, reliable cellular solutions for customers deploying retail transaction and networking applications. This agreement formalized a long-time relationship that has enabled Accel to deploy PCI-compliant fixed wireless broadband solutions for primary and back-up connectivity. Utilizing Sierra Wireless AirLink™ intelligent gateways and routers has been a crucial component to our ability to provide reliable and secure solutions for several major national retail customers and food service chains.

The combination of our proprietary antenna technology and monitoring platforms with Sierra Wireless’s best-in-class intelligent wireless gateways and routers makes cellular fixed wireless an effective enterprise-wide solution for mission-critical applications and enables enterprise customers to expand into areas where wired broadband connections are not available or not practical. Powered by ALEOS™ embedded intelligence and managed by AirLink management software, AirLink devices provide a persistent, secure data connection and can be easily configured and controlled from any location with an internet connection. Moreover, the reliability and ease of integration offered by the Sierra Wireless devices made AirLink an easy choice for our standard connectivity platform.

The announcement of this solidified partnership with Sierra Wireless coincided with the Customer Engagement Technology World (CETW) show. That timing was no accident. We're particularly excited about our offering to the CETW attendees because we are confident there is no better connectivity solution for kiosks and digital signage than Accel’s fixed cellular solution complete with Sierra Wireless technology.

As more and more businesses in retail, restaurants, c-stores, and now kiosk retail are coming to rely on Accel for fixed wireless broadband, we're confident in our ability to provide the service they expect thanks to partners like Sierra.

Labels: Fixed Wireless Broadband, Sierra Wireless, wireless carriers