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Before the Next Business Crisis, Consider Collaboration and IoT for Service Providers
We’ve all been on WebEx calls, video calls, and IM chats. Maybe we have been sophisticated enough to have more than one of these communications methods turned on at once using WebEx or Jabber. However, what happens when the call ends? What happens to the files that were shared, the chats that were…
Cisco Recognized as Leader in the Policy Management Scorecard for the Second Year
Cisco is proud to announce that IHS has recognized Cisco as a Leader for the second year in a row in the July 22, 2016 Policy Management Vendor Scorecard. With the recognition, IHS continues to validate Cisco’s leadership position and momentum in the Policy market place. The analyst scored each of…
Cisco and Apple Team to Deliver Better Collaboration for Service Providers
Have you heard the news from the most recent Apple Worldwide Developer’s Conference? The tech world is buzzing about new features in iOS 10, Apple’s mobile operating system. Some of those features include capabilities with the Cisco partnership to power a true mobile enterprise. According to Apple,…
Complementary Technologies: VoWi-Fi and VoLTE
Learn more from Monica Paolini from Senza Fili and RCR Wireless Last week, my children used Facetime to chat with me while I was traveling to hear the latest Cisco developments at CiscoLive in Las Vegas. While they love seeing the things around me via the video, it’s the stories they most want to he…
Smarter Network, Smarter Devices: A Holistic Approach to Policy Control Network Policy on the Device
Policy Control is most commonly associated with PCRF, the 3GPP-defined standard for implementing policy and charging rules. It is the enforcement of these rules at the various network gateways that enable mobile operators to control and monetize their services. Network-based policies create the foun…
The Year of VoWi-Fi
There is a new role of voice in today’s communications. While we increasingly use text messages, instant messages, video, chat, and other technologies to communicate, voice continues to be a strong application that we use to reach out to each other. The methods of connecting voice calls have evolved…
Winning the Battle for Mobile Video Viewers
There is a battle for mobile video viewers going on now. In North America alone, one operator offers their subscribers free streaming video without charging against their data plan. At another service provider, they enable companies to sponsor the data plans for subscribers to encourage a strong adv…
Vodafone Germany Completes Trial of Intelligent Access Selection
As I was walking in the neighborhood this past weekend, I had a very frustrating experience between my Wi-Fi and cellular network. I was listening to my favorite radio station, streaming it via an app on my phone. As I walked further and further away from my home, the radio stream halted due to a we…
Cisco VoWi-Fi Solution for Today’s Voice Demands
The first time I experienced Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWi-Fi), I was on the receiving end of the call. One of my colleagues called us with an OTT voice app using the airplane Wi-Fi. Not surprisingly, the sound quality was terrible, but we were able to communicate our message to him after repeating it a f…