FusionOne wins Telus, steps closer to cell phone data portability?

FusionOne wins Telus, steps closer to cell phone data portability?

FusionOne is announcing this morning that it has snared Canadian cell phone carrier Telus as a customer for its mobile phone backup and restore service.

San Jose, Calif.-based FusionOne has been around for a decade as a provider of software that backs up the contact data, camera phone pictures and stored applications on a cell phone. If someone loses a phone or switches providers, FusionOne’s software can restore it as needed.

Canada-based Telus will offer its Telus… Continue Reading

Arrival of the phone backup services: FusionOne, Dashwire, Backup-Pal

Arrival of the phone backup services: FusionOne, Dashwire, Backup-Pal

With mobile phones becoming more powerful, and more important for people’s lives, a growing number of services are emerging to help backup all the personal data on those phones. But in some cases, powerful carriers are still getting in the way.

Fusion One, a Silicon Valley company that lets you backup pretty much any content on your mobile phone, has just raised $6 million.

Already, folks with smart phones like the BlackBerry have most of their phone’s… Continue Reading

FusionOne raises $6M for mobile content backup services

FusionOne raises $6M for mobile content backup services

San Jose-based FusionOne has raised $6 million in a Series A-1 preferred stock round for its mobile content backup services.

The company was founded a decade ago to create applications and services for mobile device users.

It started out with a synchronization technology platform. It allowed users to securely sync files such as e-mail, calendar, browser settings and music between their computers and mobile phones. In 2001, it added wireless support and has helped the industry create… Continue Reading