Almere, March 10, 2008 - Hopling Technologies, a manufacturer of state-of-the-art wireless networking equipment for enterprises, operators and service providers, today announced a major software upgrade of its suite of back office systems. Hopling Technologies offers a powerful suite of back office systems to manage, monitor and control broadband wireless networks.

Hopling Technologies works closely with its customers, understanding their needs and focusing development to realize and implement best business practices. With the enhancement of the back office suite and the recently announced HopWARE v3.2 release, Service Providers can remotely configure, identify, diagnose and manage wireless networks via simple click-on icons, and context-based commands.

The back office systems incorporate an easy-to-use, web-based management interface that enables both remote and local administration. Built-in Ethernet connections simplify system setup, providing a high-performance, plug-and-play solution. Intuitive Web User Interface and SMTP servers have been incorporated in every back office system, along with complete VPN pass-through support for secure remote access needs.

The new back office software release also includes immediate application features and functionality enhancements that will support existing customers. These features include: enhanced network diagnostics, a centralized system log file, an email incident notification engine, file management as well as a new and improved graphical interface and easier navigation.

The Xfire Hopman is the central network configuration and monitoring system. The Xfire Hopbase features as the Network Services Manager and the Xfire Hoptun acts as Network VPN Tunnel Terminator. The Xfire Hopman together with the Xfire Hopbase and Xfire Hoptun form a complete back office system for managing wireless network elements and the management of the customer base, with full AAA functionality.

The Xfire Hopman and Xfire Hopbase functions have been integrated and now provide for among others:

• Network configuration;

• Network node configuration;

• Administrative tasks for locations and customers;

• Network monitoring;

• Usage parameters and statistics.

• Authorization, Accounting and Authentication

The complete solution integrates network monitoring, network configuration, AAA functionality, billing system interface and location based services. The Xfire Hopman and the Xfire Hopbase servers are usually installed in a co-located server room and connected to the Internet using public IP addresses.

Hopling Technologies is making substantial investments in embedded software development and other technologies in order to drive costs lower and establish cost leadership. With the introduction of this major software upgrade of its suite of back office systems and the recently announced HopWARE v3.2 release, Hopling Technologies is the only wireless equipment manufacturer today that delivers manageability of wireless networks combined with extended range, increased capacity and predictable performance using standard wireless technology and a with a full suite of carrier-grade management capabilities.

“The main functions of the Xfire Hopman and Xfire Hopbase have been integrated and now provide network node configuration and monitoring, network node configuration, administrative tasks for locations and customers and usage parameters and statistics,” said Ivo van Ling, Chief Technology Officer of Hopling Technologies. “Customers already using the new back office suite are very satisfied and with this new back office we provide them with all statistics and details regarding subscriber sessions, traffic per location or customer, voucher activation and turnover per location, easily, instantly and affordably.”

Customers can login to the Hopling Online Management Environment (HOME) update servers and receive the new back office software release from Hopling Technologies at no additional cost.