Smartphones including the iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy SIII and HTC Sensation XL are consistently consuming more mobile data than tablets, according to a new report by mobile data analytics company Arieso. The firm looked at the data demands of more than one million distinct subscribers over a single, 24-hour weekday in November 2012. The data was taken from a tier-1 UMTS network in Europe. → Read More
As carriers drop unlimited data plans and throttle bandwidth, the need to stay under a data limit is on more people’s minds.
“The thing about web data is that no matter how bad you think it is now, it’s only going to get worse,” says Snappli co-founder Roy Tuvey. Snappli has just raised $1 million from investors including Greylock Partners, Index Ventures and early Facebook investor Klauss… → Read More
Mocana has raised $25 million in new funding from Trident Capital for mobile app and smart security solutions. The Series D round gives Mocana $47 million in total investment.
Mocana’s goal is to be the next major global security franchise – a market estimated at $3 to $5 billion in size.
Mocana executives see two major business markets evolving in the enterprise market. There is the need… → Read More
Despite its long and boring name, Cisco’s “Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update” is one of the more fascinating data-filled reports you’ll read this year. The report examines the dramatic growth we’re seeing in the mobile Internet space, including the massive demands for mobile data, the growth of mobile video, and the rise of the smartphone as new gateway to… → Read More
Onavo, makers of the money-saving, data-compressing app mobile app, just raised $10 million in Series B funding. Horizons Ventures, the private investment arm of Li Ka-shing, led the investment along with Motorola Mobility Ventures, the strategic equity investment arm of Motorola Mobility, Inc.
The company’s previous investors, Sequoia Capital and Magma Venture Partners, also participated in… → Read More
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