Software as a Service a Winning Model for Hotspot Provider

"Its mission was always to help hotspot operators manage and control their networks and subscribers. In the beginning, it sold licensed software that operators ran on their own servers. But a couple of years ago Sputnik started moving to a Web-hosted model.

"Today, with the exception of a few long-time customers, it exclusively sells SputnikNet, the company’s flagship software product, as a service, priced as low as $200 per Sputnik-enabled device per year."

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