YouTube In Talks With Operators To Improve Mobile Video Speed & Quality

Have you ever experienced longer-than-average loading times or diminished quality when trying to watch online video on your mobile phone? Bloomberg’s Businessweek is reporting that YouTube is in talks with all major mobile operators, discussing how they can lessen the burden that online video has on mobile networks and optimize mobile video streaming.

Have you ever experienced longer-than-average loading times or diminished quality when trying to watch online video on your mobile phone?  Bloomberg’s Businessweek is reporting that YouTube is in talks with all major mobile operators, discussing how they can lessen the burden that online video has on mobile networks and optimize mobile video streaming.

According to Jonathan Browning and Matthew Campbell at Businessweek, YouTube is in talks not only with all major mobile operators, but they are also “in discussions with handset manufacturers, whose devices can help optimize the flow of data over increasingly clogged data networks.”

Telecom operators are interested in striking deals with Internet companies like Google, YouTube and Apple, “who they say are overloading networks without contributing to their upkeep.” 

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