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May 18
CTIA: Streaming Music Takes Center Stage!
icon1 Posted by Don Bowman in Network Policy Control Market, Uncategorized on May 18th, 2012 | No Comments - Reply Now

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Last week’s Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) show was hosted in the lively city of New Orleans and pulled together over 40,000 attendees and more than 1,000 exhibitors from all corners of the globe to discuss issues facing the mobile industry.  As a show opener, a local jazz quartet marched out to center stage and delighted the applauding audience with a snappy tune.  Some could argue that this brief music interlude captured the peak of show excitement, as some reporters have been commenting on how quiet this year’s event was.

 
Although it may seem to have been a quieter show, Sandvine believes that there is an underground current of noise that everyone is starting to listen to much more closely. In our Global Internet Phenomena Report: 1H 2012, we reported that streaming audio now accounts for over 6% of total mobile traffic in some regions of the globe and that YouTube is the largest source of mobile video traffic in every region examined, accounting for as much as 25% of network data.  How many people are listening to music through Pandora on your network?  If subscribers are starting to use mobile devices as a radio, it won’t be long before they use mobile devices as their TV.

 

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Sep 29
Can Network Business Intelligence Revolutionize Decision Making?
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We think so.  Often our customers want to answer questions like; how do I gain detailed knowledge of subscriber and network trends? Is there a more efficient way to get network profiles, subscriber segmentation info, or other usage data? And, what other business decisions could I be making with more visibility to network data?

The reality is that successful Internet business strategy requires sufficient data to make informed decisions regarding things like service plans, management policies, capital investments and premium services.  Network Business Intelligence connects the dots, so to speak, by giving you insight into network data in conjunction with information from additional business systems delivering to you actionable conclusions that can have measurable business impact.

Sound intriguing? Learn more on this subject by joining Peter Dykes, Senior Analyst for Informa Telecoms & Media and Sandvine for this free webinar where we’ll discuss some of the leading business opportunities and use cases that are driving the adoption of network business intelligence solutions.

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The “Everything” Boxes
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In preparation for the 2010 launch of God of War III, Sony announced the God of War Collection – this is a single Blu-ray disc that includes remastered versions of the series’ first two instalments.  Like many game releases, to help promote sales and spread the word, a game trailer is available for download through the Playstation Network.  The trailer, roughly 2 minutes in length, is available in several resolutions.  The 1080p version checks in around 144 megabytes.

Game trailers are no new development, and are by no means exclusive to Sony.  Similarly, today’s consoles support not only the downloading of add-ons (a Rock Band album can easily be over 100 MB) and entire games, but have also introduced movie streaming through partnerships with Netflix.  Additionally, the built-in web browsers often support popular video formats.  These capabilities mean that a console owner might well use the gaming device to watch YouTube videos, or listen to Internet radio, or prevent a trip to the video rental store, or to replace an existing TV package.

When we think of the Wii, Xbox 360, or PS3, it’s natural to think in terms of “online gaming”; that is, the bidirectional flow of data corresponding to a game being played.  In reality, though, the majority of bytes attributable to these gaming consoles are actually the result of these extra media capabilities.  Also, while much of this media traffic is sensitive buffered video that is consumed on arrival, game or firmware updates are more akin to traditional bulk downloads.

Understanding the use-cases is an important part of understanding Internet subscriber behavior as a whole, and it is this understanding that leads to services packages more closely aligned with subscriber usage patterns.

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