Nokia Networks announced it ".. has signed a partnership agreement with Flash Networks to include Flash Networks’ Harmony™ Gateway [see chart below] as part of its mobile broadband core network offering. The market leading solution [see "Flash Networks (40%) and Citrix (30%) Lead the Mobile Optimization Market" - here] enables operators to optimize video and web traffic for an improved user

Asaf Gilad reports to Calcalist [here, Hebrew] that "Following the acquisition of Mobixell [for $15M, see "No Longer a Rumor: Flash Networks Acquires Mobixell" - here], Flash Networks initiated a process of letting 25 of its Israeli employees go.. the employees are from both companies and all ranks .. in order to reduce redundancies. Flash Networks has 200 employees in Israel and another 100 

Flash Networks announced that it is the"..  first mobile optimization vendor to accelerate upload speeds for messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Snapchat. Flash Networks uses patented technology to optimize LTE bandwidth utilization, resulting in up to 30% faster upload speeds for an improved user experience.

Flash Networks’ TCP-4TE [see chart below for download optimization] uses inline

Flash Networks announced it has "..achieved the highest market share among network optimization providers, moving up to 40% based on research conducted by {Core Analysis}. Flash Networks has achieved market leadership following its acquisition of Mobixell [see "No Longer a Rumor: Flash Networks Acquires Mobixell" - here], previously the number two video optimization vendor. According to the

Liam Glin, CEO,
Flash Networks

I reported yesterday on the expected acquisition of Mobixell by Flash Networks (here) for $15M and today it is official.

"This synergistic union will enable Flash Networks to meet the growing demand for data optimization, acceleration, and monetization services following the explosive growth of new consumer devices, rich multimedia content, and high speed 3G,

Further consolidation is expected this week in the video optimization market.

According to sources familiar with the space, Flash Networks is going to buy Mobixell for $15M in cash.

A recent report by {Core Analysis}, on the video optimization market found that "Mobixell Networks remains number 2 in deployments with 23%" (see "Video Optimization Market Reaffirms its Maturity; Citrix ByteMobile

The Broadband Traffic Congress 2013 awards, shown with relevant links to recent posts in my blog (see 2012 awards here):

Best Use of Traffic Management for Improving Customer Experience: Oracle’s Tekelec Policy Solution - Telefonica and Oracle Expand PCRF to Fixed Broadband"   

Best Content Optimisation Tool for Managing Video Traffic on Mobile Networks: Avvasi Q-SRV - Avvasi Launches Video