Japanese operator demands Google help curtail 'signaling storm,' blames VoIP app

Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo is demanding help from Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) to help reign in what it's calling a signaling storm specifically exacerbated by an Android VoIP application that caused a major outage in its network.

The operator said the app and the way Android constantly polls the network generate massive signaling traffic.

Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) suffered outages in its LTE network last year and cited similar factors.

Operators are increasingly concerned with the booming traffic demands that also are likely to accompany cloud-based services and applications like videoconferencing.

DoCoMo's outage earlier this month was the fifth outage in the past six months. It affected 2.5 million subscribers.

For more:
- see this Rethink Wireless article

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