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CTIA 2013: Sandvine says wireless ops need to prep for Netflix

LAS VEGAS – As if wireless operators didn’t have enough to worry about on their network already, Sandvine CTO Don Bowman told Cartt.ca he believes: “this is the year where Netflix arrives on mobile,” but added it will make less of an impact in Canada. In an interview on the show floor in the Sandvine (Waterloo. Ont.) booth at the CTIA show in Las Vegas, Bowman said the results of its most recent Global Internet Phenomena report show that we’ve reached the tipping point for where people are comfortable enough with their wireless data consumption (and the fees they have...