PacketZoom, a mobile apps acceleration technology firm, Monday unveiled a new SDK that addresses mobile app users ‘need for speed.’ The proprietary protocol-based service is designed specifically for mobile app developers, claiming to speed up app content download time from the cloud by up to 10 times. The PacketZoom SDK can be used to replace the standard TCP protocol, particularly in low-bandwidth networks or areas with spotty coverage. To leverage the PacketZoom service, all mobile app developers have to do is simply drag and drop the PacketZoom Speed SDK into their app, which immediately provides unprecedented speeds for downloading cloud content, said the company.
PacketZoom which is backed by prominent investors such as First Round Capital, Baseline, Founders Collective and Tandem Capital, said that the new protocol eliminates legacy network techniques - such as DNS lookups; three-way TCP handshakes; slow starts; and aggressive back-off to reduce packet loss - that have been critical to mobile-network operations but delay content delivery.
PacketZoom also handles connections differently than legacy protocols, which consider the device’s IP address as the destination for data packets. By identifying the device itself, and not its IP address, PacketZoom easily accommodates for the intermittent nature of mobile connections in an intelligent, fault-tolerant manner, ensuring continuous connectivity as any mobile device moves across networks. The company added that the PacketZoom protocol incorporates sophisticated “situational awareness” - it always knows a device’s location, tracks dead zones, and recognizes packet drops and other critical factors in real time.
Chetan Ahuja, CEO, PacketZoom
Every mobile app developer knows that the fate of their app is based on the user experience which drives loyalty to their app. Unfortunately, too many apps miss their chance at mass adoption because slow data downloads kill the user experience. Our early traction with app developers like The ArtStack, Fluik Entertainment, Frenzoo, Proletariat, Top 10 and Voltage shows that this is a real problem for developers of all sizes, all around the world. As more companies move to take down websites and move their users to mobile apps, performance is more important than ever.
