Mobile network optimization is a hot technology right now – no, seriously
Amdocs just bought Actix for $120 million, but it’s only the latest in a recent chain of mobile network optimization startup acquisitions, many for considerable sums.
The NSA could collect far more than your phone records from mobile operators
We know the NSA is collecting our call records, but there are far bigger fonts of information carriers hold. The mobile network is highly managed, tracking our internet habits from the websites we visit to the apps we use.
Debunking the iPhone throttling myth
The reports circulating the web that Apple is in cahoots with the carriers to restrict your iPhone’s speeds are just plain wrong.
AT&T CEO: A subsidized mobile internet is coming to an operator near you
Content providers will soon pay mobile carriers to exempt their traffic from consumers’ mobile data plans, says AT&T’s Randall Stephenson. That may seem like a good deal for consumers but in the long-term it’s actually a raw deal.
ItsOn launches its own mobile service Zact to prove its customizable plan technology
ItsOn started out selling mobile plan customization tools to carriers as a cloud-based service. Now it’s becoming a carrier, using its own cloud service to show what the world can do with individually tailored voice and data plans.
Oracle aims to shape the flow of mobile data with Tekelec buy
Oracle is loading up on telecom vendors that specialize in controlling and managing data and VoIP traffic as it traverses the network.
Mobile traffic shaper Vasona raises $12M in Bessemer-led Series B
Vasona develops traffic shaping technologies designed to ease the flow of mobile services over the airwaves. What sets the startup apart from the numerous competitors is where it does that shaping: at the cell site.
Jasper Wireless plans to shape traffic over the internet of things
M2M outfit Jasper is investing in Tekelec’s policy server technology, which means it will be able to prioritize the traffic of certain machines over others. Why? Not all “things” in the internet of things are created equal.
Cisco buys BroadHop to start prioritizing packets
Cisco is the latest vendor to get into the policy management game. It’s planned acquisition of BroadHop will give it the foundation for new sets of service tiers that prioritize certain types of traffic over others.
Citrix buys Bytemobile, targets mobile operators
Desktop virtualization and cloud computing vendor Citrix Systems is expanding into the mobile infrastructure market, announcing on Thursday it plans to acquire mobile traffic optimization company Bytemobile. The companies didn’t disclose the terms of the deal, but they expect it to close in the third quarter.