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
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
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