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Capped Data Plans Won’t Save Wireless Networks

The trend toward capped data plans is the latest attempt by US carriers to combat growing network congestion. AT&T was the first carrier to introduce capped data in 2010 with Verizon and T-Mobile following suit this year. Sprint recently capped … Continue reading

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As Mobile Network Optimization Segment Blossoms, Carriers Feeling Pressure to Implement Now

We started 2011 with an introduction of SEVEN Open Channel, our breakthrough mobile traffic optimization technology, and as the last couple months of this year dwindle away, the market predictions for traffic optimization are becoming larger than ever and carriers … Continue reading

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Ping® for Android Takes Messaging to New Frontiers of Accessibility, Glanceability, Simplicity

This year seems to be all about simplicity and accessibility when it comes to mobile messaging, whether it’s traditional SMS, MMS or whether it’s email, social networking, IM, or video chat- end-users are overloaded with hundreds of messages every day … Continue reading

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Hotmail Goes Android with SEVEN Networks

Exciting news: our long-standing partnership with Microsoft has taken a new turn as we announce the availability of the official Hotmail App for Android, an app SEVEN developed and are jointly marketing with Microsoft. First off, this is exciting for … Continue reading

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Samsung Galaxy S II: Samsung and SEVEN Have a Solution for Staying Social Without Going Over Your Data Plan

On the Galaxy S II, Samsung and SEVEN have teamed up to help users survive in the new world where unlimited data plans are becoming a thing of the past, and yet everyone wants to stay in touch with all … Continue reading

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SEVEN Tips to Surviving the Mobile Data Tsunami

The traditional practices of carriers where they provide services such as all-you-can-eat data plans is a thing of the past. The data tsunami is forcing them to rethink the way they deliver services while still providing a superior quality of … Continue reading

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How We Used Traffic Optimization to Cut 3GB in Wasted Bandwidth for a Single User

As smartphone users adjust to a new world of metered data plans, they are taking notice of their data usage and just how much bandwidth is consumed in the background by their apps. There is a new class of “bad … Continue reading

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Apps Gone Wild: How to Stop Chatty Apps From Bringing Down Networks

Bad apps are making headlines around the wireless industry for consuming massive bandwidth and slowing down the network. Joining social media and instant messaging apps, popular games such as Angry Birds, are the latest apps to send mobile signaling skyrocketing, … Continue reading

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It’s Time for Managing Data on the Mobile Internet

On the wired Internet, the boom in demand for social media, video, audio, games and other Web 2.0 services has resulted in significant network congestion and slow download times. Content delivery networks (CDNs) became the way that content developers could … Continue reading

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Managing the surge in mobile data-Bandwidth? Fast dormancy? Signaling?

In 2010 the massive growth in data, primarily from smartphones and tablets, introduced new challenges to mobile operators forcing them to rethink the way they manage and support the surge in data. Dan Hays, a partner at consultant firm PRTM, … Continue reading

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