TMC (News - Alert) recently recognized ADTRAN’s virtualized wireless LAN with the 2011 INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year Award.

The only solution to provide wireless LAN control through a VMware-ready application, ADTRAN’s vWLAN enables both enterprises and large campuses to unlock unprecedented scalability, unmatched reliability and advanced cloud control by leveraging virtualization.

“I am happy to grant ADTRAN (News - Alert) with a Product of the Year Award. The editors of INTERNET TELEPHONY have verified that vWLAN displays quality and innovation plus provides real solutions in the marketplace,” stated Rich Tehrani (News - Alert), TMC CEO, in a press release. “I would like to congratulate the entire team at ADTRAN for their commitment to advancing IP communication technologies.”

Officials said that ADTRAN’s vWLAN has also been recognized as one of 2011’s finest innovations in the VoIP and IP communications industry.

“The enterprise wireless network has become part of the VoIP infrastructure and this has presented several challenges,” said Chris Koeneman (News - Alert), vice president of Sales and Marketing, Bluesocket Business Group of ADTRAN. “Not only does the WLAN have to support mobility, but it has to cost effectively scale to support many more mobile devices and have the ability to create vast mobility domains. By leveraging the power of virtualization, ADTRAN’s vWLAN achieves the scale necessary to effectively support VoIP over the enterprise wireless network.”

vWLAN, when combined with ADTRAN’s LAN and Unified Communications (News - Alert) portfolios is capable of offering the most reliable and scalable wireless solution that can be extended to both wired and wireless users of voice, data, and video services.

Distributed enterprise with multiple locations, with the help of vWLAN, which supports centralized control in the data center, are able to deliver a consistent level of service for VoIP.

In related news, ADTRAN has added Total Access 1600 series to its Fiber to the Home or FTTH portfolio.