Carrier IQ

Carrier IQ, Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryMobile telecommunications
PredecessorCore Mobility
Founded2005
FounderKonstantin Othmer
DefunctDecember 31, 2015 (2015-12-31)
FateAcquired by AT&T Inc.
Headquarters,
United States
Number of locations
London
Malaysia
ProductsEmbedded diagnostic/data collection software
ServicesMobile analytics services
Websitewww.carrieriq.com

Carrier IQ was a privately owned mobile software company founded in 2005 in Sunnyvale, California. It provided diagnostic analysis of smartphones to the wireless industry via the installation of software on the user's phone, typically in a manner that cannot be removed without rooting the phone. The company says that its software is deployed in over 150 million devices worldwide.