Indian broadband service provider shows way forward with fresh thinking in data security provision
Today F-Secure Corporation and Reliance Communications announce a
partnership deal in India to provide data security services for
Reliance Communications customers. F-Secure will provide its
F-Secure® Service Platform for Consumers - a solution that allows
ISPs to offer their residential and small office customers a
complete, award-winning security solution that protects their
computer day and night against viruses, external attacks, harmful
content and spam. With Service Platform for Consumers, Reliance
Communications can now offer safe Internet experience for their
fast growing broadband customer base.
Reliance Communications is the leading Broadband service
provider in India to partner with F-Secure and offer security as a
value added service integrating the offering into monthly Internet
package. This represents a pioneering step in the field of security
service offering, overstepping the usual limitations of retail
security products.
Speaking about the deal, Mr Prakash Bajpai, President
Broadband business, Reliance Communications Ventures Ltd., said: “
We are delighted to have F Secure’s security solution. With
dependence on computers at an all-time high in our personal and
professional lives, there is a need for a fail-proof security
solution that guarantees the customer peace of mind.”
Risto Siilasmaa, President and CEO of F-Secure said: “I am
delighted to acknowledge our partnership with Reliance
Communications – a company that has shown great forward thinking in
the manner it approaches its customers, particularly in the matter
of data security provision. Their innovative approach and high
ambition to become the largest broadband provider in India are
values which we strongly support and by offering superior data
security services to their customers we hope to bolster their
continued success.”
F-Secure® Service Platform for Consumers is available in two
packages: Reliance PC Protect Basic and Family Packs. These
packages include a combination of anti-virus, antispyware,
firewall, parental control and spam control.
About F-Secure Corporation
F-Secure Corporation protects consumers and businesses
against computer viruses and other threats from the Internet and mobile
networks. We want to be the most reliable provider of security services in the
market. One way to demonstrate this is the speed of our response. According to
independent studies in 2004, 2005 and 2006 our response time to new threats is
significantly faster than our major competitors. Our award-winning solutions are
available for workstations, gateways, servers and mobile phones. They include
antivirus and desktop firewall with intrusion prevention, antispam and
antispyware solutions, as well as network control solutions for Internet Service
Providers. Founded in 1988, F-Secure has been listed on the Helsinki Exchanges
since 1999, and has been consistently growing faster than all its publicly
listed competitors. F-Secure headquarters are in Helsinki, Finland, and we have
regional offices around the world. F-Secure protection is also available as a
service through major ISPs, such as France Telecom, TeliaSonera, PCCW and
Charter Communications. F-Secure is the global market leader in mobile phone
protection provided through mobile operators, such as T-Mobile and Swisscom and
mobile handset manufacturers such as Nokia. The latest real-time virus threat
scenario news are available at the F-Secure Data Security Lab weblog at http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/
About Reliance Communications Ventures Ltd.
Reliance Communications Ventures Ltd. is the flagship company
of Reliance--Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, India's largest private
information and communications services provider with over 19
million subscribers. Reliance Communications has established a
pan-India, high-capacity, integrated (wireless and wireline),
convergent (voice, data and video) digital network, to offer
services spanning the entire Infocomm value chain.
For more information, please contact:
F-Secure Corporation
Kalle Korpi, Vice President, Service Provider Business
PL 24
FIN-00181 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 2520 4123
