Mobile application traffic optimization

A mobile device configured to optimize connections made by the mobile device in a wireless network, the mobile device comprising:

• a memory;
• a radio;
• and
• a processor, the mobile device configured to:
• batch data from a first application and a second application for transmission to a respective first application server and a second application server over the wireless network,
• wherein, the batched data from the first application and the second application is batched while a backlight of the mobile device is off in response to inactivity of the mobile device;
• allow a first message from a remote server to be received while the batched data from the first application and the second application is batched, wherein the remote server is an intermediary server that provides connectivity between the first application server and the mobile device and provides connectivity between the second application server and the mobile device;
• wherein the first message from the remote server is directed to the first application and contains data from the first application server and is associated with the mobile device and the first application;
• transmit a second message associated with the first application to the first application server in response to receipt of the first message from the remote server;
• transmit the batched data to the respective first application server and the second application server over the wireless network while the backlight of the mobile device remains off;
• wherein the batching of data for the first application and the second application can be enabled or disabled by a user of the mobile device on an application-by-application basis.