HOD HASHARON, Israel,
February 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Allot Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALLT), a leading
supplier of service optimization and revenue generation solutions
for fixed and mobile broadband operators, today announced the
availability of its February 2014 Allot MobileTrends
Report, "Measuring the Mobile Video
Experience," which explores the factors that impact video
delivery quality over mobile data networks. The report examines how
download bandwidth, duration, resolution, mobile operating system
(iOS, Android) and video container (3GP, MP4) affect stalling, as
well as how they interact to influence the overall video viewing
experience.
Mobile subscribers tend to evaluate the overall quality of their
mobile network based on their video viewing experience, and
industry studies have concluded that video stalling has significant
impact on user engagement and quality of experience. As demand for
video content grows, video delivery quality continues to be an
important challenge for operators. The report illustrates how video
analytics can be used to address these challenges.
The statistical information presented in the report includes a
randomly selected sample of 300,000 representative video detail
records (VDRs) from hundreds of millions of unmanaged mobile video
transactions during a given week. The source data was extracted
anonymously from a mobile service provider in a developed country
during December 2013.
Mobile Video Delivery - Key
Findings:
- Actual bandwidth allocation by the network has no correlation
to the video stream requirements.
- Laptops with dongles experience more video stalls than
smartphones, however laptop users will continue to watch the video
for longer durations, regardless of stalls.
- The video delivery container directly affects the mobile
viewing experience.
- Insufficient allocated bandwidth for the video session will
result in video stalls.
- Videos watched for longer durations are likely to have more
stalls.
"Since customers tend to judge the quality of their mobile
network based on the quality of their video viewing experience, it
is crucial for mobile operators to be able to accurately measure
the experience and better understand the factors that affect it,"
said Andrei Elefant, VP Marketing
and Product Management at Allot Communications. "This report
clearly demonstrates that video analytics together with video
management and optimization tools can help mobile operators improve
the video experience, thus making them more competitive."
The full February 2014 Allot
MobileTrends Report, complete with statistical graphics and
charts, can be downloaded here.
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About Allot Communications
Allot Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: ALLT) is a leading
global provider of intelligent broadband solutions that put mobile,
fixed and enterprise networks at the center of the digital
lifestyle and workstyle. Allot's DPI-based solutions identify and
leverage the business intelligence in data networks, empowering
operators to analyze, protect, improve and enrich the digital
lifestyle services they deliver. Allot's unique blend of innovative
technology, proven know-how and collaborative approach to industry
standards and partnerships enables network operators worldwide to
elevate their role in the digital lifestyle ecosystem and to open
the door to a wealth of new business opportunities. For more
information, please visit http://www.allot.com.
Forward Looking Statement
This release may contain forward-looking statements, which
express the current beliefs and expectations of Company management.
Such statements involve a number of known and unknown risks and
uncertainties that could cause our future results, performance or
achievements to differ significantly from the results, performance
or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. Important factors that could cause or contribute to
such differences include risks relating to: our ability to compete
successfully with other companies offering competing technologies;
the loss of one or more significant customers; consolidation of,
and strategic alliances by, our competitors, government regulation;
lower demand for key value-added services; our ability to keep pace
with advances in technology and to add new features and value-added
services; managing lengthy sales cycles; operational risks
associated with large projects; our dependence on third party
channel partners for a material portion of our revenues; and other
factors discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's
annual report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Forward-looking statements in this release are made
pursuant to the safe harbor provisions contained in the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking
statements are made only as of the date hereof, and the company
undertakes no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise.
Contacts
Allot Communications
Maya Lustig, Director of Corporate Communications,
+972-9-7616851, mlustig@allot.com
Finn Partners for Allot Communications, Amy Farrell, +1-617-366-7149,
amy.farrell@finnpartners.com
SOURCE Allot Communications Ltd.