BROWSING: Video Optimization

The Spanish-based telecom will focus on E2E customer experience HONG KONG – Within the next five years, Spanish telecommunications operator Telefónica will focus its efforts on the development of mobile technology in order to improve the quality of its video offering in its mobile and...

T-Mobile US announced is new Binge On wireless TV service. With that news, there seems to be concerned voices from a variety of people in the industry wondering whether the T-Mobile US network can handle the expected usage surge. So what can we expect to see?...

T-Mobile ‘Un-carrier X’ announcement includes free video streaming, rate plan changes T-Mobile US continued its assault on mobile industry norms, announcing it will provide customers on higher-tiered data plans with unlimited access to a handful of streaming-video services. The announcement came as part of the...

By selectively optimizing data, mobile network operators can increase revenue. Although it seems like a paradox, the conventional wisdom that subscribers will pay for extra bytes beyond their data plan has proven generally false. As subscribers become accustomed to doing more online activities with smartphones, it...

WASHINGTON – Facebook has been busy of late. In addition to steadily gaining users and announcing plans to provided free Internet to Africa via satellite, the social media company is getting ready for a renewed push against Google-owned YouTube to stake its claim on...

The age of encryption is upon us. Data gathered from mobile operator networks around the world reveal that between 50% and 65% of all mobile data traffic is now encrypted. This is up from a level of only 10-20% in 2013. Right under our...

Go90 trial sparse on details, but could help Verizon counter AT&T/DirecTV combo Verizon Wireless began initial trials of its mobile-first Go90 video service, rolling out a teaser website claiming a game-changing service. The website is sparse on details, but does state the service is in “beta”...

AOL’s $248M offer for Millennial expected to boost Verizon’s Go90 service AOL, which was recently acquired by Verizon Communications for $4.4 billion, signed an agreement to acquire mobile advertising platform provider Millennial Media for approximately $248 million. AOL said the acquisition, if approved, will strengthen its...

AT&T bundles discount on DirecTV or U-verse TV package when combined with mobile AT&T wasted little time putting together a package of services tying together its wireless and recently acquired DirecTV assets. The carrier today announced that beginning Aug. 10, it will provide an offer of...

Verizon, HBO sign content distribution agreement that will include mobile video platform Verizon Communications' video plans are set to receive a premium-channel boost as the telecom giant announced a “broad agreement” with Home Box Office that allows Verizon to distribute HBO content through Verizon digital...

Verizon video play expected by late summer; comfortable with current spectrum, technology options Verizon Communications is set to unveil its oft-discussed “over-the-top” video service in a move expected to jolt the current video delivery model, but does not seem concerned about the impact such an...

Sprint eliminated video-streaming limitation, though states it will still ‘manage the network’ Connected with its recently launched “All-In” rate plans, Sprint this week also said it is removing its previous policy to limit video-streaming services to 600 kilobits per second, though it will still “manage...

IAB looks at trends relative to mobile video consumption as industry invests heavily As mobile video consumption becomes more and more widely adopted, consumers are apparently getting comfortable watching longer videos on their smartphones and tablets. That’s according to a new report from the Interactive Advertising...

ATLANTA – Focused on enabling network operators to keep up with customer demand for mobile video, Ericsson is emphasizing its various solution platforms including LTE Broadcast and the Media Delivery Network. The Swedish hardware and software supplier was in Atlanta for the 2015 Competitive Carriers...

I expect that 2015 will be a banner year for technologies designed to enhance the video-streaming experience. With existing players continuing to push their on-demand services and new entrants, such as Overstock coming to market, the landscape is becoming more competitive. As a result,...

As mobile networks migrate to IP architectures, media processing is increasingly critical, but it is not a core competency for most equipment vendors. Radisys marketing director Ray Adensamer says that Nokia Networks chose to outsource media processing in order to keep its own team...

Editor’s Note: With 2015 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new year. The end of the year always brings on new planning cycles for technology companies, and you...

Editor’s Note: Looking to bring a younger perspective to the mobile space, RCR Wireless News’ has tapped Jeff Hawn to provide insight into what’s on the minds of the tech-savvy youth of today. In the year 2000, 98% of American households had a television set...

There’s no doubt that the television landscape today is very different than just a few years ago. The rapid adoption of mobile devices is driving a media revolution, completely changing the content consumption experience and skyrocketing the opportunity for revenue generation. To this end,...

Ulf Ewaldsson, SVP and CTO at Ericsson, talked with RCR Wireless News about the distinction between "mediacoms" and telecoms. Ewaldsson notes that media was one of the first verticals to be digitized, and as a result it has changed radically in the past decade or...

Today end users purchase a wireless solution that has separate categories for voice and data usage. And depending on where you are in the world SMS and MMS packages. Avvasi believes the time has come for a separate video usage package and I think...

Opera has acquired three-year-old mobile video advertising platform company AdColony for $75 million plus up to another $275 million tied to "ambitious" platform revenue goals over the next two years, and raised its guidance as a result of the purchase. Opera said with the acquisition,...

Managed mobile video has been tried before (Verizon Vcast, anyone?) without much consumer interest.

This week’s beginning of the World Cup in Brazil is expected to be not just a battle over soccer supremacy, but also the ultimate test of wireless networks as fans both across Brazil and the world will look for ways to remain connected to...