Fortinet® - a leading network security provider and the worldwide leader of unified threat management (UTM) solutions -- today announced that SK Telecom, the leading telecommunications provider in Korea, has chosen Fortinet's FortiGate®-3950B high-end network security appliance to help protect its 24-million subscribers using its 3G and 4G LTE services against increasing malicious attacks.
SK Telecom needed to upgrade its legacy network security infrastructure to cope with the higher throughput and protection demand resulting from the increased traffic generated by its 3G and 4G LTE services as well as its subscribers' broader use of smartphones and tablets. After conducting a benchmark test on various security appliances from major vendors, SK Telecom has selected Fortinet's FortiGate-3950B solution for its unmatched performance, flexibility, feature-richness and ease of management.
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