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Article: Sandvine Identifies Surge in Xbox Live and iTunes Traffic North American service providers observe 80% increase in Xbox Live users
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- CCNMatthews Newswire
- Article date:
- December 4, 2006
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WATERLOO, ONTARIO--(CCNMatthews - Dec. 4, 2006) - Sandvine
Incorporated, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sandvine Corporation
(TSX:SVC)(AIM:SAND), identified a surge in Xbox Live and iTunes
traffic on North American broadband networks following the release of
new Xbox games and iTunes 7.
Through the use of its intelligent broadband network solution,
Sandvine observed an 80% increase in the number of Xbox Live users
across a sampling of North American-based broadband service
providers' networks during the first week following the release of
six new Xbox games. On November 7, 2006, Microsoft released six new
games for Xbox, including the highly anticipated release of Gears of
War, which sold ...