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.