Author Archives: SEVEN Networks

About SEVEN Networks

SEVEN Networks is mobile data made efficient: less signaling and bandwidth usage for any mobile app. No need to tackle the problem of network congestion one app, one cell tower, or one user segment at a time.

Boom Time in Carrier Wi-Fi

Posted on May 20, 2013

There’s a boom underway for carrier Wi-Fi as many carriers realize that LTE won’t be enough to meet the predicted growth in bandwidth demand for mobile Internet services. Industry research firm Infonetics predicts that the carrier Wi-Fi equipment market will … Continue reading →

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“All You Can App” Mobile Services

Posted on April 30, 2013

There’s a new buffet coming to your smartphone soon. It’s called “all you can app” (AYCA). The idea is that smartphone users will be able to choose from a menu of service plans that, for a fixed monthly subscription, include … Continue reading →

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Chatty Apps Update: Your Smartphone Makes More Calls Than You Do

Posted on April 8, 2013

We’ve written in this blog before about what a problem chatty apps can be for carriers – overwhelming radio network infrastructure or degrading the performance of mobile data sessions. But according to a recent four-country study, those apps are getting … Continue reading →

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Industry Talks Mobile Traffic Management at OMA Meeting

Posted on March 19, 2013

by David Puron Recently, SEVEN joined the Open Mobile Alliance to collaborate with our industry counterparts on solutions that will help manage and optimize data traffic on mobile networks. Our timing was perfect. While my colleagues in Redwood City were … Continue reading →

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Mobile World Congress 2013: Handsets and Tablets Aplenty

Posted on March 1, 2013

This year’s Mobile World Congress kicked off Monday in a brand new venue in Barcelona. As the show closed yesterday, here’s a roundup of what we read and observed from our meeting room in Hall 2. Handsets, Handsets and More … Continue reading →

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What We Told Industry Analysts and the Press about Our New Open Channel Products

Posted on February 25, 2013

This week marked a big event for SEVEN Networks as we extended our Open Channel® offering from a single product that addresses mobile app signalling to an entire software product line delivering end-to-end visibility, management, and optimization of wireless traffic. … Continue reading →

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2013: New Year, New Mobile App Troubles

Posted on February 15, 2013

The New Year is still young, but carriers are facing the same old problems from mobile app data that rose to a critical level in 2012. Here’s a round-up of several recent news events that shows that the need for … Continue reading →

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Mobile App Free for all Not Great for Wireless Networks: Traffic Management Even More Critical

Posted on November 15, 2012

According to a recent article in PCWorld, leading analyst firm Gartner has reported “93 percent of all mobile apps will be free by 2016.” This news will likely lead mobile app developers to focus their attention on how to drive … Continue reading →

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Network Signaling Overload and Congestion Becoming a Worldwide Phenomenon

Posted on November 13, 2012

We often talk about wireless network congestion in major countries, but smaller countries are feeling the wrath of the signaling storm as well. Last month, FierceBroadbandWireless shared a study from Cisco that projected “mobile network traffic in Mexico is expected … Continue reading →

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As Android Goes, So Goes the Network

Posted on November 9, 2012

The market growth in smartphones that has brought us the wireless data tsunami is showing no signs of slowing, according to Q2 2012 handset shipment numbers from IDC.  Android’s growing lead in the market, though, has some implications for wireless … Continue reading →

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