Cisco Systems announced on its blog today that it will acquire Denver-based BroadHop for an undisclosed sum. The technology will be used to shape mobile data traffic and will be folded into Cisco's service provider networking group.
Hoping to push more 4G smartphones this holiday season, Verizon Wireless will offer double the monthly amount of 4G data to its subscribers.
The limited-time offer will begin Tuesday and is meant to coincide with the launch of the Droid …
Netflix again leads the pack as North America’s largest consumer of Internet bandwidth, creating 32 percent of peak downstream traffic, according to the 2011 Sandvine Internet Phenomena Report, which was released today.
The top four largest Internet services in North …
With consumers watching more and more video content over the web via tablets and smartphones, carriers and ISPs are going to need help preparing their networks for the onslaught of traffic.
Enter Qwilt, a new startup emerging from stealth mode …
Beginning Thursday, Verizon will no longer offer new customers an unlimited data plan for smartphones, the company confirmed to FierceWireless.
Verizon is making its newest customers pick from four data plans capped at between 75 megabytes and 10 gigabytes of …
Verizon is preparing for an expected onslaught of mobile data usage from new iPhone customers by throttling data for the top 5 percent of users — the so-called “data hogs.” It’s also compressing data files transmitted over its wireless network, …
Aryaka Networks, a provider of a cloud-based service that trims bandwidth usage and latency concerns for large companies, is launching today and has raised $14 million in its first round of funding.
The Milpitas, Calif., company provides optimization tools for …
Cloud storage solutions provider StorSimple will announce tomorrow that it has raised $13 million in its second round of funding led by Mayfield Fund, an investor in recently acquired 3Par Technology, VentureBeat has learned.
As the cloud has exploded, it …
