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Opera’s Skyfire Introduces Streaming Audio Optimization to its Rocket Optimizer

Opera’s Skyfire Introduces Streaming Audio Optimization to its Rocket Optimizer

Opera Software’s Skyfire unit has introduced streaming audio optimization feature to Rocket Optimizer, its NFV-ready video and data optimization platform, enabling mobile operators to quickly deliver high-quality audio streaming to subscribers without buffering or stalling. 

Opera cited Strategy Analytics' recent study that showed an increasing demand for online music streaming on mobile devices. The new feature is also driven by mobile operator's digital services strategy, whereby operators are increasingly partnering with online music streaming services to offer their subscribers access to music libraries as part of their data plans. 

According to Opera, its Rocket Optimizer’s streaming audio optimization works with most of the world’s popular streaming music services, as well as with “long tail” streaming content hosted on a myriad of web sites.  It supports both MP3 and MP4 stream formats, and - unlike competing optimization solutions – can also convert streams to the more efficient AAC+ codec, which is able to deliver high audio quality over a low bitrate connection to any compatible device.

"With devices getting smarter and networks getting faster, streamed music - like video - is rapidly growing in popularity among consumers, and operators need to prepare their networks to deliver the superior quality of experience that consumers expect. While audio is generally streamed at a lower bitrate than video, users often stream audio for hours at a time – consuming significant network bandwidth.  Furthermore, quality assurance is hugely important, as users are extremely sensitive to stalling in audio streams. Rocket Optimizer’s audio optimization saves bandwidth where it is needed, while improving the overall consumer experience.”

-       Nitin Bhandari, Skyfire CEO and Opera SVP of Operator Products

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