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Netgear and Flarion Technologies have made available the NetGear Mobile Broadband Router 814 (MBR814), which lets operator's customers to share FLASH-OFDM mobile broadband access with Wi-Fi and Ethernet.

The MBR814 was jointly developed by both companies. Mobile operators who have deployed FLASH-OFDM can offer it to customers starting this month.

"Our strategic relationship has brought to market a unique broadband access solution," said Netgear Chairman and CEO Patrick Lo.

"Customers welcome the MBR814 for shared broadband access within small offices, homes and anywhere FLASH-OFDM access is available," added Lo.

Features of the Netgear Mobile Broadband Router 814 include:

- LAN Ports: Four 10/100 Mbps auto-sensing, RJ-45 ports

- Wireless Interfaces: WLAN built-in 802.11g and mobile broadband access with FLASH-OFDM

- Firewall: Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) to prevent Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. Intrusion Detection System (IDS) including logging, reporting, and e-mail alerts, web URL content filtering. VPN Functionality: VPN pass-through (IPSec, PPTP, and L2TP)

Qualcomm recently announced that it plans to acquire Flarion Technologies, and that deal is expected to reach completion before the end of the year.

Chris is a staff writer for WebProNews. Visit WebProNews for the latest ebusiness news.