Joikusoft publishes WiFi tethering growth

2010-08-31 - 2010 has been excellent for WiFi Tethering. More people have taken WiFi Tethering in use and those that have, use it more. iPad from Apple is the one biggest explanation for increased use of tethered mobile data. Market for tethered WiFi keeps multiplying as wifi hungry devices like iPad emerge, mobile data tariffs go down, and people get sick and tired for carrying an additional box like mifi with them for internet access. In P8/2010, the user base of JoikuSpot topped 900.000 active users. This is 3x growth from last year, and we still have 4 moths to go this year! The consumption of jspot mobile data increased to an average of 24Mb/JoikuSpot internet session. Average jspot user uses tethered wifi 9 times a month. Biggest growth comes from markets of China and US. An average data ARPU of US user is more than 4x of a global "norm". China beats all the stats in terms of user adoption. Good seconds are the coutries of Brazil, Russia, Germany, Italy, UK and Spain. Most active fans for tethered wifi come from Brazil. Most of the use happen via N97, N900, N95, E7x and E5x devices. N900 (Maemo) use has grown sizeably after its incarnation, and we expect high adoption in upcoming Meego domain. 3g Operators also see the light of wifi tethering. Sprint and ATT in US have announced WiFi tethering in their networks and we expect tmob to follow the suit. Meanwhile, industry drivers such as 3 outside of US continue to offer tethered WiFi for their subscribers for no additional fee. The growth, overall, in the domain of wifi tethering, is exponential. More users come into the play, and those who come, play more. We anticipate WiFi tethering to be a standard feature in mobile phones 3 years from now. Gartner has similar views as us, with their recommendation for smartphone providers to add wifi tethering inside their shipping platforms.   -- Joiku

Tweeted JoikuSpot User experiences

2010-08-27 - Tweeted use experiences from Joiku users at Joiku FB blog.

Ask Joiku CEO @Twitter

2010-08-27 - Ask Joiku CEO in Twitter @joikusoft, today Finland time 14-15PM.Topics: WiFi tethering spreads amongst iPad users and many carriers realize the opportunity to offer the service.

Nokia Ovi Store Promotion

2010-08-09 - Ovi Store & Joikusoft proudly present: A Time-Saving Touch! JoikuSpot was chosen to be one of the stars in Nokia Ovi Store's new promotion. Check out the A Time-Saving Touch promotion page.

Joiku in Twitter and FaceBook and LinkedIn

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JoikuSpot WiFi tethering roadmap

2010-05-14 - There has been lots of questions of future platform support for JoikuSpot. Thus, we chose to open up a bit of what is in the pipeline near term in our WiFi Tethering domain. JoikuSpot WiFi HotSpot today supports S60 3rd Ed and 5th Ed WiFi tethering as well as Maemo (N900) WiFi tethering. We have also a partnered and comarketed product for Windows Mobile WiFi tethering in our JoikuShop AppStore. We reccently also added iPad WiFi tethering support to JoikuSpot product. This means you can tether your iPad using WiFi with your Nokia N900 or S60 phone. Next in the pipeline will be JoikuSpot releases for Meego WiFi tethering and S60 v3 (Nokia N8) WiFi tethering. Also JoikuBoost release with USB modem support is soon to be unveiled. Regarding Android WiFi tethering, RIM WiFi tethering and iPhone WiFi tethering, these are interesting platforms and should such releases be published by Joiku, the best way to know is to subscribe for our email newsletter for product and platform updates.

NEW: Tether your iPad!

2010-05-12 - JoikuSpot Premium allows WiFi tethering with your iPad. JoikuSpot makes a perfect companion to iPad, allowing iPad to connect to 3G internet using WiFi and a JoikuSpot phone. JoikuSpot functions now with both S60 (Symbian) and Maemo (Linux) phones. JoikuSpot is fully tested against iPad WiFi tethering. Here is how it works: Turn on your JoikuSpot in your phone (3G WiFi tethering enabled) Take your iPad, discover your JoikuSpot WiFi network and click Connect. With 2 clicks, you are in internet and you can secure your connection. After first time of use, your iPad will auto-tether with your JoikuSpot WiFi connection, once available. You also save a lot of money and hassle. You actually do not need the 3G version of iPad if you use JoikuSpot WiFi to connect. And you do not need additional sim cards and data subscriptions for your iPad. Simply use your mobile phone and WiFi powered by JoikuSpot!

JoikuSpot Linux Ed UNVEILED

2010-03-08 - JoikuSpot Linux Edition for Nokia N900 unveiled at Joiku AppStore. Linux Edition comes with all JoikuSpot Premium functionality added with Joiku SpeedMeter that shows the actual mobile internet connection speed. Linux Edition supports the Maemo 5 OS and Nokia N900 device. Get yours at www.joikushop.com.  

JOIKUSPOT GOES LINUX

2010-02-13 - Joikusoft announces the next wave of mobile WiFi Tethering by extending JoikuSpot Mobile 3G HotSpotting to new Linux based Maemo devices from Nokia.JoikuSpot is world’s most used and popular solution for on-demand mobile WiFi internet and mobile 3G HotSpotting. During 2009, more than 5 million mobile internet experiences were made via JoikuSpotting, and the overall JoikuSpot user base grew to over 500.000 actual JoikuSpotters. Altogether this resulted into more than 100 Million Megabytes of mobile data consumption across more than 200 countries and 750 operator networks worldwide. Average global JoikuSpot internet consumption grew from 8 Mb to 22 Mb per JoikuSpot internet session, which speaks to the improvement in 3G operator network qualities in 2009.Purnima Kochikar, VP of Forum Nokia, states: ”Nokia has worked with Joikusoft many years to produce easy mobile internet for anyone via Nokia phones. JoikuSpot is now embedded in many Nokia devices enabling WiFi access to the Internet with the simple click of a button. The JoikuSpot experience created for the Nokia N900 surpasses anything seen before.”Tom Ojala, CEO and Founder of Joikusoft, adds: “Nokia Maemo platform allows the most speedy and easy internet connection via JoikuSpotting. Coupled with intuitive touch-user interface that Nokia N900 has, the user experience for mobile internet has now become “1 click”. The Nokia N900 takes mobile internet to a totally new level. Nokia N900 owners can now simply go and make their N900 a wireless “MiFi” modem with a simple download!”The new JoikuSpot Linux Edition contains enriched features such as Speed Measurement to allow users to accurately see their mobile internet connection speed. Users see exactly the mobile data speed they get with their mobile broadband subscription.JoikuSpot is designed to be End-to-End and Operator friendly, and adds to the Operator 3G data ARPU. Solution allows Operator measurement of JoikuSpot user profile and data traffic volumes, and produces graphical real-time reports of actual mobile broadband usage from JoikuSpotting. In addition, roaming detection, IMSI range restrictions per operator definition, server originated user updates and full operator branding and feature customization may be applied. More than 30% of JoikuSpot users upgrade to flat rate mobile data with their operator after starting to use JoikuSpot for mobile Internet. Joikusoft has already rolled out 6 operator-branded solutions for mobile 3G WiFi Tethering, and comes pre-loaded in newer Nokia devices such as N97 and N97 Mini. The JoikuSpot experience is now extended to include Nokia Maemo devices.The solution comes with full internet security and internet connection stabilizer in moving contexts. JoikuSpot saves users money by simply using their mobile phone as a 3G WiFi modem for internet access. In a way, JoikuSpot turns the user’s mobile phone into a wireless MiFi, USB dongle or a HotSpot.JoikuSpot Linux Edition launches today as FREE Beta, available from JOIKU community web site www.joiku.com, and will soon be added to Nokia Ovi Store. Production release will follow shortly.The formal PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT of the Linux Edition will be published on 15.2. at 3GSM Conference in Barcelona.

Joikusoft nominates new CEO

2010-02-01 - As for to-date, mr. Tom Ojala is nominated a new CEO of Joikusoft. Tom is one of the Joikusoft Founders and continues also as Chairman of the Board for Joikusoft. Tom's background is 10 years with Nokia Corp., where his latest position was a Director of Marketing in Dallas with Nokia USA. Tom acts also in the Boards of other IT/software companies. Joikusoft announces also that mr. Ari Backholm is nominated to head the Joikusoft external Advisory Board. Ari is also a Member of the Joikusoft Board, and is based in Palo Alto, California, USA. Joikusoft further nominates mr. Lasse Maki a CTO of Joikusoft. Lasse is a Board Member and one of the Joikusoft Founders.