Teclo Networks, a leader in TCP/IP data optimization, has unveiled that it has noticed a rapid increase in the amount of encrypted data sent over mobile networks. According to Teclo Networks, encrypted data has now grown to more than 30% of the total traffic carried over a mobile network, up from just a few percent two years ago. Although major content providers such as Facebook, YouTube, Google and Twitter already encrypt most of their data, Teclo expects the growth in encrypted traffic to continue as more content providers follow suit.
The increase in the usage of encrypted protocols like HTTPS, HTTP/2 and SPDY to provide additional privacy and security on the internet is expected to benefit both end users and content providers. However, for operators, encrypted data causes a number of problems, said Teclo Networks. The encrypted traffic could pose issues in meeting regulatory demands as it would bypass the existing HTTP-based infrastructure such as probing.
Teclo Networks claims that with TCP optimization, operators can improve their customer experience and speed up both data uploads and downloads by up to 60% with servers installed only in the core network.
Jane Walerud, CEO, Teclo Networks
In just a few years we have noticed a seismic shift in the data we optimize. In four years, we have gone from 3% of data being encrypted to now more than 30%. This trend is rapidly accelerating, and we are now seeing operators looking for solutions that are able to optimize both encrypted and unencrypted data.
