Libertel Coporate LAN Access is launched in the Netherlands in conjunction with Brand

On 25th January 2000, Libertel N.V, the second biggest provider of mobile telephone services in the Netherlands introduced a new advanced mobile data solution called 'Libertel Corporate LAN Access'.

Libertel Corporate LAN Access offers mobile staff access to their corporate network (Local Area Network or LAN) throughout the day and from everywhere in the world. With Corporate LAN Access Libertel is meeting the growing demand from their major corporate accounts for user-friendly and cost-efficient mobile data communications.

The solution has been developed by Brand Communications Limited. Brand supplies Apollo Access Servers, Apollo Emulator client software, installation, training, ongoing support and system design services to Libertel for incorporation in the Libertel Corporate LAN Access portfolio. Brand and Libertel are now working closely as the product is actively sold by the Libertel salesforce to large organisations throughout Holland.

Armed with a laptop and Libertel GSM data connection, the user can gain transparent access to the information and applications on his/her own LAN in an efficient and user-friendly manner through a Windows user interface. Facilities available within Corporate LAN Access include spoofing (connection management), compression and authentication, resulting in a system which is not only user-friendly and high-speed but inherently secure too.

Spoofing provides the user with a single logged-on session throughout the working day comprising many brief physical GSM connections whenever data is being passed, whilst at all other times maintaining the secure session but without the need for GSM calls. Session control also makes sure that connections inadvertently cut off are automatically restored.

Libertel Corporate LAN Access has been introduced as a feature on the Libertel Corporate subscriptions Libertel Corporate Net, Libertel Corporate Pack Plus and Libertel Corporate DataConnect. This sophisticated new application is the most recent addition to the Libertel range covering the rapidly growing demand on the business market for mobile data products.

In anticipation of GPRS, Libertel LAN Access makes it possible right now to enjoy the advantages of reliable and cost-effective mobile data communications based on circuit-switched technology and in addition gain valuable knowledge and experience in this field. Libertel Corporate LAN Access will also incorporate GPRS, which will be introduced by Libertel in the course of 2000.

Libertel N.V., domiciled at Maastricht, is the second biggest provider of mobile telephone services in the Netherlands. It has been listed on the official market of the AEX stock exchange since 15 June 1999 and 70% of its shares are in the hands of the worldwide operating Vodafone/AirTouch Group.