Smart Phone Signaling Storm

What's Behind the Smartphone Signaling Storm? Chatty Mobile Apps: a Signaling Storm Turning into a Deluge In a 24-hour time period, an app set to poll for updates every 5 minutes will generate 298 connection attempts. Daily Connection Attempts for Popular Apps Yahoo IM 360 attempts Yahoo Email 240 attempts ESPN 130 attempts Facebook 125 attempts Twitter 90 attempts 1 attempt = 30+ signals! If an app requests access to the network while the i device is dormant it might take up to 30 signaling events for the radio to switch from idle to a state where data can be exchanged. in f Could The Signaling Storm Become a Hurricane? Android users have an average of 35 apps. 35 There are more than 300 million Android smartphones worldwide. The chattiest apps can generate upwards of 2,400 network signaling events per hour. Most of the time without user knowledge. This could amount to up to 25,200,000,000,000 signaling events per hour worldwide!!! Impact on Mobile Users Stolen bandwidth 212MB/month/user 212MB Smartphone users Can't Can't make calls connect to apps Sluggish wireless network No network connection III II IIII Ши п IIIIII ш ши и IIII Data compiled over a 24-hour period by SEVEN Networks using Open Channel TM